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Friday September 24, 1976
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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, St. Louis Cardinals 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, September 24, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Pirates      0  0  2    0  3  0    0  0  6  -  11 12  1
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Helms 2b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .276      Mumphrey cf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .254
Hebner 3b             3   2   1   0     1   0   .248      Templeton ss          4   0   2   1     0   2   .287
Zisk lf               2   0   0   2     0   1   .289      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .303
  Moreno cf           0   1   0   0     1   0   .261      Ferguson c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Parker rf             5   2   3   3     0   1   .311        Rudolph c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .182
Robinson cf,lf        4   1   2   1     0   1   .306      Anderson rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .298
Robertson 1b          4   1   1   3     1   1   .224      Hernandez 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .291
Dyer c                4   1   1   0     1   2   .233      Kessinger 2b,3b       4   0   1   0     0   0   .240
Mendoza ss            5   0   1   2     0   0   .200      Harris 3b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Rooker p              5   2   2   0     0   2   .222        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Potter ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Capilla p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                          Curtis p              1   1   1   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Alvarado 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .300

Totals               36  11  12  11     5   8             Totals               32   1   6   1     2   7

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 10,368
Left on Base: Pirates 7, Cardinals 6
DP: Pirates 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Mendoza, Harris
Doubles: Parker (26), Robertson (5), Mendoza (5)
Triples: Curtis (1)
Stolen Bases: Mumphrey (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Hebner (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Zisk 2 (7)
GIDP: Anderson (4), Brock (19)
Hit by Pitch: Robinson (1,by Greif)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker W(14-8)          9     6   1   1   2   7   0  34   3.51
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   7   0  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis L(6-10)          4.2   8   5   5   1   2   0  23   4.50
LaGrow                  2.1   0   0   0   1   4   0   8   1.66
Capilla                 1.2   2   3   3   2   1   0   9   6.14
Greif                   0     2   3   3   1   0   0   4   5.26
Solomon                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.21
Totals                  9    12  11  11   5   8   0  45

Hit by Pitch: Greif (2)
Wild Pitches: Greif (7)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Sudol


PIRATES 1ST: Helms singled to center; Hebner popped to second;
Zisk popped to catcher in foul territory; Parker grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Templeton
struck out; Brock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: RUDOLPH REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Robinson
struck out; Robertson flied out to center; Dyer singled to
first; Mendoza grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Rudolph singled to center; Anderson grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Rudolph out at
second]; Hernandez singled to second; Kessinger lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Rooker singled to center; Helms flied out to right;
Hebner singled to right [Rooker to third, Hebner to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Zisk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rooker
scored, Hebner to third]; Parker singled to right [Hebner
scored]; Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Harris struck out; Curtis tripled to left;
Mumphrey struck out; Templeton singled to right [Curtis scored];
Brock grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Robertson flied out to center; Dyer struck out;
Mendoza flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Rudolph popped to catcher in foul territory;
Anderson walked; Hernandez struck out; Kessinger singled to left
[Anderson to second]; Harris forced Kessinger (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Rooker singled to third [Rooker to second (error by
Harris)]; Helms walked; Hebner out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Rooker to third, Helms to second]; Zisk hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Rooker scored]; Parker doubled to left
[Helms scored]; Robinson singled to center [Parker scored,
Robinson to second (on throw to home)]; LAGROW REPLACED HARRIS
(PITCHING); ALVARADO REPLACED CURTIS (PLAYING 2B); KESSINGER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Robertson walked; Dyer struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Alvarado popped to third in foul territory;
Mumphrey walked; Mumphrey stole second; Templeton struck out;
Brock struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); Rooker
struck out; Helms grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Rudolph popped to shortstop; Anderson flied out
to center; Hernandez popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Hebner flied out to right; Zisk was called out on
strikes; Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Kessinger flied out to right; POTTER BATTED FOR
LAGROW; Potter grounded out (shortstop to first); Alvarado
reached on an error by Mendoza [Alvarado to first]; Mumphrey
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
5, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 8TH: CAPILLA REPLACED POTTER (PITCHING); Robinson
singled to first; Robertson struck out; Dyer popped to third in
foul territory; Mendoza grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: MORENO REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING CF); ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Templeton singled to left; Brock
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Templeton out at second]; Rudolph flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 9TH: Rooker grounded out (second to first); Helms flied
out to center; Hebner walked; Moreno walked [Hebner to second];
Parker singled to center [Hebner scored, Moreno to third]; GREIF
REPLACED CAPILLA (PITCHING); Robinson was hit by a pitch [Parker
to second]; Robertson doubled to left [Moreno scored, Parker
scored, Robinson scored]; Dyer walked; Greif threw a wild pitch
[Robertson to third, Dyer to second]; Mendoza doubled to left
[Robertson scored, Dyer scored]; SOLOMON REPLACED GREIF
(PITCHING); Rooker struck out; 6 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
11, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Anderson flied out to center; Hernandez popped to
first in foul territory; Kessinger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 11, Cardinals 1.



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