After falling behind by four runs in the first inning, the Phillies rallied to defeat the Cardinals, 9-4, and expand their East Division lead to six games over the Pirates. The Cards put together four extra-base hits -- a triple by Jerry Mumphrey, homer by Lou Brock, double by Ted Simmons, intentional pass to Joe Ferguson and double by Keith Hernandez -- for a quick kayo of Jim Kaat. However, five relievers pitched scoreless ball the rest of the way.

The Phillies picked up a run in their half of the first but appeared on the way to defeat until the eighth when nine straight batters reached base in an eight-run explosion. Larry Bowa and Bobby Tolan singled and Dave Cash was safe on Garry Templeton's third error of the game. Garry Maddox singled, driving in two runs. Jerry Martin tied the score with a single. After Greg Luzinski walked to load the bases again, Dick Allen drove in two runs with a single to put the Phillies ahead. Mike Schmidt walked to fill sacks for the third time in the inning. Bob Boone then singled to add two runs. After Bowa was retired for the first out, Tolan hit a sacrifice fly to account for the final tally. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Wednesday, September 22, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  4
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  0    0  8  x  -   9 13  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mumphrey cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .262      Cash 2b               6   2   2   0     0   0   .274
Templeton ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Maddox cf             3   1   2   2     2   1   .328
Brock lf              4   1   1   2     0   1   .302      Brown rf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Simmons c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .291        Johnstone ph,rf     2   0   0   0     0   1   .322
Ferguson rf           3   1   0   0     1   2   .214        Martin ph,lf        1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
Hernandez 1b          4   0   2   2     0   1   .289      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .296
Cruz 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .222        Bosetti pr,rf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Tyson 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Allen 1b              5   1   3   3     0   1   .271
Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .138        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Walker p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   0     2   0   .260
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Boone c               4   0   1   2     1   0   .279
  Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Bowa ss               5   1   2   0     0   0   .247
                                                          Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
                                                            Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
                                                            Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .174
                                                            Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .216
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Tolan ph,1b         1   1   1   1     0   0   .256

Totals               33   4   7   4     1   8             Totals               39   9  13   9     6   5

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 27,423
Left on Base: Cardinals 3, Phillies 13
DP: Cardinals 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Templeton 3, Hrabosky
Doubles: Simmons (34), Hernandez (19)
Triples: Mumphrey (5)
Home Runs: Brock (4)
Stolen Bases: Templeton (8), Tyson (3), Maddox (28), Bowa (28)
Sacrifice Flies: Tolan (5)
GIDP: Cruz (11)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 2     3   1   1   2   2   0  11   3.21
Walker L(1-2)           5     7   4   3   2   3   0  27   2.76
Hrabosky                0     2   4   4   2   0   0   4   3.40
Solomon                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.25
Totals                  8    13   9   7*  6   5   0  46

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    0.1   4   4   4   1   0   1   6   3.55
Schueler                1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.15
Twitchell               2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.89
Reed                    2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.51
Garber W(8-3)           2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.91
McGraw                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.44
Totals                  9     7   4   4   1   8   1  34

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ed Vargo


CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey tripled to left; Templeton grounded out
(third to first); Brock homered [Mumphrey scored]; Simmons
doubled to center; Ferguson was walked intentionally; Hernandez
doubled to left [Simmons scored, Ferguson scored]; SCHUELER
REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Cruz popped to third; Tyson popped to
shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to center; Maddox walked [Cash to
second]; Brown popped to shortstop; Luzinski was called out on
strikes; Allen singled to right [Cash scored, Maddox to third];
Schmidt flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Falcone grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey
lined to third; Templeton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone walked; Bowa forced Boone (second to
shortstop); TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Taylor struck out; Cash
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: TWITCHELL REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Brock
struck out; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Maddox singled to pitcher; WALKER REPLACED FALCONE
(PITCHING); Brown flied out to center; Pete Falcone injured
by Garry Maddox line drive; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Maddox to second]; Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez singled to right; Cruz grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Hernandez out at
second]; Tyson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt walked; Boone reached on an error by
Templeton [Schmidt to second, Boone to first]; Bowa popped to
shortstop; MCCARVER BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; McCarver flied out to
center; Cash flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: REED REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Walker
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey flied out to left;
Templeton singled to third; Templeton stole second; Brock
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox walked; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR BROWN; Maddox
stole second; Johnstone flied out to right; Luzinski flied out
to center; Allen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Simmons
was called out on strikes; Ferguson flied out to left; Hernandez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: On a bunt Schmidt popped to catcher in foul
territory; Boone reached on an error by Templeton [Boone to
first]; Bowa singled to left [Boone to second]; HUTTON BATTED
FOR REED; Hutton popped to catcher in foul territory; Cash
singled to shortstop [Boone to third, Bowa to second]; Maddox
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Cruz struck
out; Tyson singled to center; Tyson stole second; On a bunt
Walker made an out to catcher; Tom Walker called for
interference; Mumphrey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnstone was called out on strikes; Luzinski
lined to shortstop; Allen singled to right; Schmidt singled to
center [Allen to third]; Boone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); Brock
flied out to left; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa singled to right; TOLAN BATTED FOR GARBER;
Tolan singled to right [Bowa to second]; Cash reached on an
error by Templeton [Bowa to third, Tolan to second]; Maddox
singled to left [Bowa scored, Tolan scored, Cash to second];
HRABOSKY REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); MARTIN BATTED FOR
JOHNSTONE; Maddox was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Hrabosky [Cash to third, Maddox to second]; Martin singled to
shortstop [Cash scored (unearned), Maddox stayed at second];
Luzinski walked [Maddox to third, Martin to second]; Allen
singled to center [Maddox scored, Martin scored, Luzinski to
second]; Schmidt walked [Luzinski to third, Allen to second];
SOLOMON REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); BOSETTI RAN FOR LUZINSKI;
Boone singled to center [Bosetti scored, Allen scored, Schmidt
to second]; Bowa forced Boone (shortstop to second) [Schmidt to
third]; Bowa stole second; Tolan hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Schmidt scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Bowa to
third]; Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); 8 R (7 ER), 6 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 9.

CARDINALS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BOSETTI
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MCGRAW REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING);
TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Ferguson struck out;
Hernandez struck out; Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 9.