The Cardinals went on one of the biggest scoring sprees in their long history and overwhelmed the Cubs, 21-3. Ted Simmons and Hector Cruz drove in four runs apiece to lead the attack in support of John Denny, who gained his fifth straight victory. The Cardinal and modern National League record for runs in one game is 28 against the Phillies July 6, 1929. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 21, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Wednesday, April     27, 1977 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    4  2  0    0  8  2    0  3  2  -  21 19  2
Cubs         0  0  1    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3 10  5


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   2   2   2     0   0   .259      De Jesus ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .314
  Mumphrey lf         3   1   2   1     0   0   .500        Rosello ss          2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Templeton ss          7   5   3   1     0   0   .288      Cardenal lf           3   2   2   1     0   0   .196
McBride cf            2   2   0   0     2   1   .213        Clines lf           1   0   0   0     1   0   .333
  Scott cf            3   0   0   1     0   2   .357      Buckner 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .389
Cruz rf               3   3   3   4     2   0   .283        Renko p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Anderson rf         1   1   1   2     0   0   .273        R. Hernandez p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Simmons c             3   1   2   4     1   0   .419        Swisher ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Rader c             1   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Murcer rf             5   0   2   1     0   1   .327
Hernandez 1b          5   0   3   2     0   0   .316      Morales cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .294
  Freed ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Trillo 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .348
Reitz 3b              6   2   1   0     0   2   .219        Kelleher 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ontiveros 3b          2   1   1   0     2   0   .256
Tyson 2b              4   2   1   0     2   0   .200      Mitterwald c          3   0   1   0     1   1   .216
Denny p               4   2   0   0     0   2   .067      Krukow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Youngblood ph,3b    1   0   1   1     0   0   .214        G. Hernandez p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wallis ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Biittner ph,1b      2   0   1   1     0   0   .295

Totals               48  21  19  18     8   7             Totals               37   3  10   3     4   5

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  9,248
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Cubs 11
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Denny, Youngblood, De Jesus, Morales, Trillo, Ontiveros, Biittner
Doubles: Templeton 2 (2), Cruz (3), Reitz (7), Mumphrey (3), Youngblood (1), Biittner (3)
Home Runs: Anderson (1), Cardenal (1)
GIDP: Morales (3)
Hit by Pitch: Denny (1,by Todd)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(5-0)            8    10   3   3   4   4   1  37   2.94
Carroll                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.23
Totals                  9    10   3   3   4   5   1  41

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow L(0-2)           0     2   4   3   2   0   0   4  15.83
G. Hernandez            2     4   2   2   2   3   0  12   1.86
P. Reuschel             2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   0.00
Todd                    2     8  10   8   3   1   0  18  14.21
Renko                   2     2   3   0   1   1   1  10   3.00
R. Hernandez            1     2   2   1   0   1   0   6   2.45
Totals                  9    19  21  14   8   7   1  57

Passed Balls: Mitterwald (1)
Hit by Pitch: Todd (2)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Templeton singled to
second [Brock to third (error by Trillo), Templeton to second];
McBride walked; Cruz walked [Brock scored, Templeton to third,
McBride to second]; G. HERNANDEZ REPLACED KRUKOW (PITCHING);
Simmons singled to center [Templeton scored, McBride scored,
Cruz scored (error by Morales) (unearned) (no RBI), Simmons to
third]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Reitz struck
out; Tyson was walked intentionally; Denny struck out; 4 R (3
ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus singled to pitcher [De Jesus to second (error
by Denny)]; Cardenal popped to shortstop; Buckner grounded out
(first unassisted) [De Jesus to third]; Murcer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton
doubled to center; McBride struck out; Cruz doubled to left
[Templeton scored]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Hernandez
singled to right [Cruz scored, Simmons to third, Hernandez to
second (on throw)]; Reitz flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Morales grounded out (third to first); Trillo grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros walked; Mitterwald walked
[Ontiveros to second]; GROSS BATTED FOR G. HERNANDEZ; Gross
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Tyson
lined to first; Denny struck out; Brock popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus was called out on strikes; Cardenal homered;
Buckner lined to right; Murcer singled to right; Morales singled
to left [Murcer to second]; Trillo grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton grounded out (second to first); McBride
grounded out (first to pitcher); Cruz singled to center; Simmons
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Mitterwald
was called out on strikes; WALLIS BATTED FOR P. REUSCHEL; Wallis
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: TODD REPLACED WALLIS (PITCHING); Hernandez
singled to right; Reitz doubled to right [Hernandez to third];
Tyson walked; Denny forced Hernandez (second to catcher) [Reitz
to third, Tyson to second, Denny to first]; Brock singled to
center [Reitz scored, Tyson scored, Denny to second]; Templeton
doubled to right [Denny scored, Brock to third]; McBride was
walked intentionally; Cruz walked [Brock scored, Templeton to
third, McBride to second]; Simmons singled to right [Templeton
scored, McBride scored, Cruz scored (error by De Jesus) (no
RBI), Simmons to second]; Hernandez singled to right [Simmons
scored (unearned)]; Reitz struck out; Tyson popped to shortstop;
8 R (7 ER), 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 14, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: RADER REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); SCOTT REPLACED
MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); MUMPHREY REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); De
Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal singled to
center; Buckner singled to right [Cardenal to third]; Murcer
forced Buckner (second to shortstop) [Cardenal scored]; Morales
popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 14, Cubs 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: ROSELLO REPLACED DE JESUS (PLAYING SS); KELLEHER
REPLACED TRILLO (PLAYING 2B); CLINES REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING
LF); Denny was hit by a pitch; Mumphrey singled to left [Denny
to second]; Templeton forced Mumphrey (shortstop to second)
[Denny to third]; Mitterwald allowed a passed ball [Templeton to
second]; Scott grounded out (second to first) [Denny scored,
Templeton to third]; Cruz singled to left [Templeton scored
(unearned)]; Rader grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 16, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING RF); Kelleher grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros singled to center;
Mitterwald singled to center [Ontiveros to second]; BIITTNER
BATTED FOR TODD; Biittner doubled to left [Ontiveros scored,
Mitterwald to third]; Rosello struck out; Clines walked; Buckner
lined to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 16, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: BIITTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); RENKO
REPLACED BUCKNER (PITCHING); Hernandez flied out to center;
Reitz flied out to right; Tyson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 16, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: Murcer singled to first; Morales grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Murcer out at second];
Kelleher grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 16, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Denny grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey
doubled to left; Templeton reached on an error by Biittner
[Mumphrey scored (unearned), Templeton to second]; Scott struck
out; Anderson homered (unearned) [Templeton scored (unearned)];
Rader walked; FREED BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Freed lined to center;
3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 19, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: FREED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Ontiveros walked;
Mitterwald lined to left; Biittner flied out to center; Rosello
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 19, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: R. HERNANDEZ REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Reitz
reached on an error by Ontiveros [Reitz to first]; Tyson singled
to center [Reitz to second]; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR DENNY;
Youngblood doubled to center [Reitz scored (unearned), Tyson to
third]; Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tyson
scored]; Templeton flied out to center; Scott struck out; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 21, Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: CARROLL REPLACED REITZ (PITCHING); YOUNGBLOOD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Clines reached on an error by Youngblood
[Clines to first]; SWISHER BATTED FOR R. HERNANDEZ; Swisher
flied out to left; Murcer struck out; Morales flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 21, Cubs 3.