The Cardinals started off with four runs in the first inning and went on to defeat the Braves, 5-2. The Cards had only singles by Lou Brock and Hector Cruz and a double by Ted Simmons during the stanza, plus a sacrifice fly by Ken Reitz, but they were aided by a walk and two errors. Al Hrabosky, in relief of winner Bob Forsch, faced eight batters and struck out six. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Friday, April     29, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2 10  2
Cardinals    4  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Office cf             4   0   1   1     1   0   .298      Brock lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .276
Royster 3b,ss         3   0   1   0     1   1   .237        Mumphrey lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Montanez 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .241      Templeton ss          3   1   1   1     1   1   .290
Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .292      McBride cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .216
Paciorek lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .077        Scott cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .357
Pocoroba c            4   0   2   1     0   1   .273      Cruz rf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .300
Gilbreath 2b          4   0   0   0     0   3   .246      Simmons c             3   1   2   1     1   0   .431
Rockett ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Hernandez 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .317
  Moore ph,3b         2   1   2   0     0   0   .600      Reitz 3b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .209
Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Tyson 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .184
  Asselstine ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Forsch p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .100
  Easterly p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gaston ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               35   2  10   2     2  11             Totals               30   5   9   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 17,658
Left on Base: Braves 8, Cardinals 5
DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Paciorek, Rockett
Doubles: Paciorek (1), Simmons (3), Brock (3)
Stolen Bases: Brock (3), Hernandez (2)
Caught Stealing: Office (2), McBride (2), Cruz (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (1)
GIDP: Montanez (2)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(0-4)           6     8   5   4   3   3   0  27   5.91
Easterly                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7  10.80
Totals                  8     9   5   4   3   4   0  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(4-1)           6.2   9   2   2   2   5   0  29   2.94
Hrabosky SV(2)          2.1   1   0   0   0   6   0   8   2.61
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2  11   0  37

Passed Balls: Pocoroba (4)
Wild Pitches: Forsch (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Satch Davidson


BRAVES 1ST: Office walked; Office was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Royster struck out; Montanez singled to
right; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Templeton walked; McBride grounded out (second to first) [Brock
to third, Templeton to second]; Cruz singled to left [Brock
scored, Templeton scored (error by Paciorek) (no RBI), Cruz to
third]; Simmons doubled to left [Cruz scored]; Hernandez reached
on an error by Rockett [Simmons to third, Hernandez to first];
Pocoroba allowed a passed ball [Hernandez to second]; Reitz
lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored
(unearned)]; Tyson grounded out (third to first); 4 R (3 ER), 3
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 2ND: Paciorek doubled to left; Pocoroba singled to center
[Paciorek scored]; Gilbreath struck out; Forsch threw a wild
pitch [Pocoroba to second]; Rockett struck out; Niekro grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Forsch struck out; Brock doubled to left;
Templeton singled to right [Brock scored]; McBride forced
Templeton (second to shortstop); McBride was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 3RD: Office grounded out (third to first); Royster
singled to center; Montanez grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Royster out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 3RD: Cruz singled to right; Cruz was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Simmons walked; Hernandez
grounded out (third to first) [Simmons to second]; Reitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first);
Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Pocoroba singled to
right; Gilbreath forced Pocoroba (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; Forsch
flied out to center; Brock popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 5TH: Rockett grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro
grounded out (pitcher to first); Office grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton struck out (catcher to first); McBride
singled to center; Cruz lined to center; Simmons singled to
right [McBride to third]; Hernandez walked [Simmons to second];
McBride was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster grounded out (second to first); Montanez
singled to second; Burroughs flied out to right; Paciorek popped
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson struck
out; Forsch grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 7TH: Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath
struck out; MOORE BATTED FOR ROCKETT; Moore singled to right;
ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Asselstine singled to right [Moore
to second]; Office singled to center [Moore scored, Asselstine
to second]; Royster walked [Asselstine to third, Office to
second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Montanez struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); ROYSTER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); EASTERLY REPLACED ASSELSTINE
(PITCHING); Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton
flied out to right; McBride struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 2, Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 8TH: SCOTT REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); MUMPHREY
REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Burroughs struck out; Paciorek
struck out; Pocoroba struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
2, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Cruz popped to second; Simmons grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hernandez singled to second; Hernandez
stole second; Reitz popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Cardinals 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Gilbreath struck out; Moore singled to right; GASTON
BATTED FOR EASTERLY; Gaston struck out; Office flied to left in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 5.