Bidding for his third straight homer title, Mike Schmidt smashed his 38th of the season, one more than Dave Kingman of the Mets, to help the Phillies edge the Cardinals, 6-5. Schmidt's blow came with a man on base in the fifth inning when the Phillies counted three times to take a 5-1 lead. The Cardinals rallied to tie the score, but the Phillies came back with the deciding run in the eighth on a walk to Bob Boone and double by Jerry Martin, driving in pinch-runner Rick Bosetti. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Wednesday, September 29, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Phillies     2  0  0    0  3  0    0  1  0  -   6  9  3
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  2  2    0  0  0  -   5 11  3


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               3   1   1   0     0   0   .278      Mumphrey cf           5   1   2   2     0   1   .258
  Andrews 2b          1   0   0   0     1   0   .667      Templeton ss          5   1   3   1     0   2   .300
Tolan lf              3   2   2   1     0   0   .261      Hernandez 1b          5   0   1   2     0   2   .292
  Brown ph,lf,rf      2   0   1   0     0   0   .251      Simmons c             5   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Schmidt 3b            3   2   2   3     0   0   .261        Mejias pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
  Harmon 3b,ss        2   0   0   0     0   0   .316      Crawford rf           4   0   1   0     1   0   .304
Johnstone rf,1b       4   0   1   0     1   0   .321      Cruz 3b               5   1   1   0     0   2   .231
Hutton 1b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .203      Harris lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .228
  Nahorodny ph,c      1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Tyson 2b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .282
Boone c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Forsch p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .177
  Bosetti pr,lf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .300        Tamargo ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Martin cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .259        Richard pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .180
Bowa ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .248        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vukovich 3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Anderson ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .296
Christenson p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Chant pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .276        Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Brock ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .302
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .261        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               37   6   9   6     3   2             Totals               39   5  11   5     3   9

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  5,992
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Cardinals 10
DP: Phillies 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Tolan, Harmon, Johnstone, Templeton 2, Harris
Doubles: Schmidt (29), Martin (7)
Triples: Cash (12), Templeton (2)
Home Runs: Schmidt (38)
Stolen Bases: Mumphrey (22), Mejias (1)
Caught Stealing: Bowa (8)
GIDP: Martin (5), Cruz (13)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson             5     8   3   3   0   2   0  22   3.68
McGraw W(7-6)           2     2   2   2   2   2   0  10   2.52
Twitchell SV(1)         2     1   0   0   1   5   0  10   1.75
Totals                  9    11   5   5   3   9   0  42

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch                  5     6   5   3   1   0   1  23   3.94
LaGrow                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.48
Curtis L(6-11)          2     2   1   1   1   1   0   9   4.50
Hrabosky                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.30
Totals                  9     9   6   4   3   2   1  40

Wild Pitches: Forsch (9), Hrabosky (5)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Tolan
reached on an error by Harris [Tolan to second]; Schmidt doubled
to left [Tolan scored (unearned)]; Forsch threw a wild pitch
[Schmidt to third]; Johnstone walked; Hutton grounded out
(second to first) [Schmidt scored (unearned), Johnstone to
second]; Boone grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Templeton
tripled to left; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Templeton scored]; Simmons flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Martin grounded out (third to first); Bowa
grounded out (pitcher to first); Christenson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Crawford singled to center; Cruz grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Crawford out at
second]; Harris grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Tolan
singled to right; Schmidt flied out to right; Johnstone singled
to center [Tolan to second]; Hutton grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson popped to third; Forsch singled to center;
Mumphrey grounded out (third to first) [Forsch to second];
Templeton singled to pitcher [Forsch stayed at second];
Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone reached on an error by Templeton; Martin
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Boone
out at second]; Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied out to center; Crawford flied out
to center; Cruz popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Christenson lined to second; Cash tripled to
right; Tolan singled to center [Cash scored]; Schmidt homered
[Tolan scored]; Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted);
Hutton grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: ANDREWS REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); HARMON
REPLACED SCHMIDT (PLAYING 3B); Harris popped to third in foul
territory; Tyson popped to third; TAMARGO BATTED FOR FORSCH;
Tamargo singled to pitcher; Mumphrey singled to left [Tamargo to
second]; RICHARD RAN FOR TAMARGO; Templeton singled to first
[Richard scored, Mumphrey to third]; Hernandez singled to left
[Mumphrey scored, Templeton to third (error by Tolan)]; Simmons
flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals
3.

PHILLIES 6TH: LAGROW REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Boone grounded
out (shortstop to first); Martin flied out to left; Bowa singled
to right; MCCARVER BATTED FOR CHRISTENSON; Bowa was caught
stealing second but was safe at second (error by Templeton;
assist by Simmons); McCarver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: VUKOVICH REPLACED BOWA (PLAYING 3B); HARMON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MCGRAW REPLACED MCCARVER
(PITCHING); Crawford flied out to center; Cruz singled to left;
Harris struck out; Tyson walked [Cruz to second]; ANDERSON
BATTED FOR LAGROW; Anderson walked [Cruz to third, Tyson to
second]; CHANT RAN FOR ANDERSON; Mumphrey singled to center
[Cruz scored, Tyson scored, Chant to second]; Templeton struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: CURTIS REPLACED CHANT (PITCHING); Andrews flied
out to right; BROWN BATTED FOR TOLAN; Brown singled to
shortstop; Harmon flied out to right; Johnstone forced Brown
(pitcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hernandez
flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (third to first);
Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 5, Cardinals 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: NAHORODNY BATTED FOR HUTTON; Nahorodny grounded
out (second to first); Boone walked; BOSETTI RAN FOR BOONE;
Martin doubled to left [Bosetti scored]; Vukovich struck out;
TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Taylor grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); NAHORODNY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BOSETTI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
LF); BROWN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); JOHNSTONE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Cruz struck out; Harris singled to
right; Tyson was called out on strikes; BROCK BATTED FOR CURTIS;
Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 6, Cardinals 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); Andrews
walked; Hrabosky threw a wild pitch [Andrews to second]; Brown
flied out to center; Harmon lined to third; Johnstone flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Mumphrey reached on an error by Harmon [Mumphrey
to first]; Mumphrey stole second; Templeton struck out;
Hernandez struck out; Simmons reached on an error by Johnstone
[Mumphrey to third, Simmons to first]; MEJIAS RAN FOR SIMMONS;
Mejias stole second; Crawford walked; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
2 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 5.