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Monday June 6, 1977
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The Cardinals scored two runs in the 10th to overcome the Padres, 4-3, and end their four-game tailspin. Run-scoring singles by Garry Templeton and Keith Hernandez decided the issue. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Monday, June 6, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    1  -   3 10  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0    2  -   4 12  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   1   2   0     1   0   .239      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .308
Almon ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Templeton ss          5   2   3   1     0   1   .313
Ivie 1b               5   2   3   2     0   0   .305      Scott cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .328
Winfield rf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Simmons c             4   0   1   1     1   1   .324
Hendrick cf           3   0   1   0     2   0   .311      Hernandez 1b          4   0   3   1     1   0   .312
Tenace c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Reitz 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .280
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Anderson rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .233
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Tyson 2b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .211
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Denny p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Valentine 3b          3   0   1   1     2   0   .224        Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Champion 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .230        Freed ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .375
  Sutherland ph,2b    1   0   0   0     0   0   .405        Youngblood pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Shirley p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .080        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davis c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .179        Mumphrey ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .330
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Roberts c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .211

Totals               38   3  10   3     5   2             Totals               34   4  12   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 10,429
Left on Base: Padres 10, Cardinals 9
DP: Padres 1, Cardinals 2
Errors: Simmons, Reitz
Doubles: Richards (7), Tenace (11), Ivie (13), Valentine (2), Hernandez (14), Freed (2), Simmons (12)
Triples: Templeton (5), Anderson (1)
Home Runs: Ivie (6)
Stolen Bases: Hendrick (3), Brock (9)
Caught Stealing: Brock (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny (3), Scott 2 (2)
GIDP: Winfield (5), Reitz (7)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley                 7     7   1   1   2   2   0  28   3.48
Fingers                 2     2   1   1   1   2   0   8   2.24
Tomlin L(1-3)           0.1   3   2   2   1   0   0   5   3.13
Totals                  9.1  12   4   4   4   4   0  41

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   6.1   6   2   2   3   1   1  28   3.22
Metzger                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.66
Hrabosky                2     2   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.25
Carroll W(3-1)          1     2   1   1   1   0   0   5   2.55
Totals                 10    10   3   3   5   2   1  43

Wild Pitches: Shirley (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Ed Vargo


PADRES 1ST: Richards singled to center; Almon grounded out
(second to first) [Richards to second]; Ivie flied out to center
[Richards to third]; Winfield grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Templeton lined
to first; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick singled to left; Tenace popped to second;
Valentine walked [Hendrick to second]; Champion popped to first;
Shirley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons struck out; Hernandez singled to center;
Reitz walked [Hernandez to second]; Anderson forced Hernandez
(third to second to shortstop) [Reitz to second]; Tyson singled
to center [Reitz out at home (center to catcher), Anderson to
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
reached on an error by Reitz [Almon to first]; Ivie singled to
left [Almon to second]; Winfield grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Ivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Denny flied out to right; Brock grounded out
(shortstop to first); Templeton tripled to left; Scott flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 4TH: Hendrick walked; Hendrick stole second [Hendrick to
third (error by Simmons)]; Tenace popped to second; Valentine
flied out to right; Champion grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied out to right; Hernandez grounded
out (first unassisted); Reitz grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 5TH: Shirley grounded out (first unassisted); Richards
doubled to left; Almon flied out to right; Ivie homered
[Richards scored]; Winfield popped to first in foul territory; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Anderson tripled to right; Tyson singled to left
[Anderson scored]; Denny out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Tyson to second]; Brock flied out to left; Templeton
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (first unassisted); Tenace
grounded out (third to first); Valentine flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Scott flied out to right; Simmons grounded out
(catcher to first); Hernandez doubled to left; Shirley threw a
wild pitch [Hernandez to third]; Reitz grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 7TH: Champion singled to pitcher; On a bunt Shirley
forced Champion (pitcher to shortstop); Richards walked [Shirley
to second]; John Denny ejected by HP umpire Jim Quick;
METZGER REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Almon forced Richards
(shortstop to second); Ivie forced Almon (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
grounded out (third to first); FREED BATTED FOR METZGER; Freed
doubled to right; YOUNGBLOOD RAN FOR FREED; Brock grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Winfield
flied out to right; Hendrick popped to third in foul territory;
Tenace doubled to left; Valentine was walked intentionally;
SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR CHAMPION; Sutherland flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FINGERS
REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING); DAVIS REPLACED SHIRLEY (PLAYING C );
Templeton singled to center; Scott out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Templeton to second]; Simmons doubled to left
[Templeton scored]; Hernandez was walked intentionally; Reitz
grounded into a double play (third to first) [Simmons out at
third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 2.

PADRES 9TH: RETTENMUND BATTED FOR DAVIS; Rettenmund singled to
left; Richards hit into a double play (left to first)
[Rettenmund out at second]; Almon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: ROBERTS REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING C );
Anderson flied out to left; Tyson struck out; MUMPHREY BATTED
FOR HRABOSKY; Mumphrey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 2.

PADRES 10TH: CARROLL REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); Ivie doubled
to left; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick
was walked intentionally; TURNER BATTED FOR FINGERS; Turner
forced Hendrick (shortstop to second) [Ivie to third]; Valentine
doubled to right [Ivie scored, Turner out at home (right to
second to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cardinals
2.

CARDINALS 10TH: TOMLIN REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Brock singled
to center; Brock stole second; Templeton singled to center
[Brock scored]; Scott out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Templeton to second]; Simmons was walked intentionally;
Hernandez singled to right [Templeton scored, Simmons to
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Cardinals 4.



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