In a turnabout after a 10-1 defeat in the previous night's game, the Phillies walloped the Cardinals, 11-1. Greg Luzinski drove in four runs with two doubles and a homer. Randy Lerch, who stopped the Cards on seven hits, lost his bid for a shutout when Roger Freed smashed a homer in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 11, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     23, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  1
Phillies     2  0  0    0  5  2    2  0  x  -  11 14  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .239      Maddox cf             5   2   4   2     0   0   .204
  Sutton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Harmon 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Templeton ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Bowa ss               5   1   1   0     0   0   .256
McBride cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Schmidt 3b            3   2   0   0     2   1   .154
  Scott cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .368      Luzinski lf           4   2   3   4     0   0   .317
Cruz rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .250        Martin pr,lf,cf     1   1   0   0     0   0   .222
  Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Johnstone rf          5   1   3   0     0   0   .342
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .407      Boone c               3   1   1   1     0   1   .290
  Rader c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Iorg 1b               1   0   0   0     1   0   .192
Hernandez 1b          1   0   0   0     1   1   .304        Johnson ph          1   0   1   2     0   0   .286
  Freed 1b            1   1   1   1     0   0   .500        Tolan pr,1b         2   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Andrews 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .143
Tyson 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .250        Brown lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  DaVanon 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lerch p               3   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Forsch p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .143
  Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mumphrey ph,lf      1   0   0   0     1   0   .333

Totals               31   1   7   1     3   4             Totals               37  11  14   9     3   3

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 27,642
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Phillies 8
DP: Cardinals 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Templeton
Doubles: Maddox 2 (4), Luzinski 2 (6)
Triples: Cruz (1)
Home Runs: Freed (1), Luzinski (3)
Stolen Bases: Johnstone (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (1), Forsch (3), Lerch (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Boone (1)
Hit by Pitch: Boone (1,by Forsch)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(3-1)           4     9   6   6   2   2   1  24   3.00
Schultz                 0.2   1   1   1   0   1   0   3   3.00
Carroll                 1.1   2   2   2   1   0   0   7   5.19
Sutton                  2     2   2   0   0   0   0   9   4.91
Totals                  8    14  11   9   3   3   1  43

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch W(2-1)            9     7   1   1   3   4   1  36   1.57
Totals                  9     7   1   1   3   4   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Forsch (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Dutch Rennert


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Templeton
lined to second; McBride grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox doubled to right; Bowa popped to second;
Schmidt struck out; Luzinski homered [Maddox scored]; Johnstone
singled to right; Boone singled to left [Johnstone to second];
Iorg walked [Johnstone to third, Boone to second]; Andrews flied
out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cruz popped to first in foul territory; Simmons
lined to left; Hernandez walked; Reitz flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Lerch grounded out (third to first); Maddox
singled to left; Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); Forsch
walked; Brock struck out; Templeton singled to third [Forsch to
second]; McBride flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski flied out to center; Johnstone singled to
right; Johnstone stole second; Boone struck out; Iorg grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cruz singled to shortstop; Simmons singled to
center [Cruz to second]; Hernandez out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Cruz to third, Simmons to second]; Reitz hit
into a double play (right to catcher) [Cruz out at home]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Lerch
singled to right; Maddox flied out to right; Bowa grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies
2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson singled to center; Forsch out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock
struck out; Templeton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt walked; Luzinski doubled to right [Schmidt
scored]; Johnstone singled to right [Luzinski to third]; Boone
was hit by a pitch [Johnstone to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED
FORSCH (PITCHING); JOHNSON BATTED FOR IORG; Johnson singled to
right [Luzinski scored, Johnstone scored, Boone to second];
TOLAN RAN FOR JOHNSON; Andrews struck out; Lerch out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Boone to third, Tolan to
second]; CARROLL REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Maddox doubled to
right [Boone scored, Tolan scored]; Bowa grounded out (first to
pitcher); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); McBride
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz tripled to center; Simmons
struck out; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 6TH: RADER REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); FREED
REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING 1B); Schmidt walked; Luzinski
doubled to center [Schmidt scored]; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI;
Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher) [Martin to third];
Boone hit a sacrifice fly to center [Martin scored]; Tolan
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); Tyson flied out to center;
MUMPHREY BATTED FOR CARROLL; Mumphrey walked; Brock flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 9.

PHILLIES 7TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SUTTON
REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); DAVANON REPLACED TYSON (PLAYING 2B);
Andrews grounded out (second to first); Lerch flied out to left;
Maddox singled to right; Bowa singled to center [Maddox to
second]; Schmidt reached on an error by Templeton [Maddox scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Bowa scored (unearned) (no RBI), Schmidt to
second]; Martin popped to second; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 11.

CARDINALS 8TH: HARMON REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING 2B); BROWN
REPLACED ANDREWS (PLAYING LF); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride flied
out to right; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 11.

PHILLIES 8TH: SCOTT REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); ANDERSON
REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING RF); Johnstone flied out to left; Boone
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 11.

CARDINALS 9TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Freed
homered; Reitz singled to center; DaVanon flied out to left;
Mumphrey forced Reitz (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 11.