The Cardinals unleashed a barrage of seven extra-base hits and downed the Dodgers, 6-3. The attack included four doubles, two triples and Ken Reitz' eighth homer of the season, representing a career high for the Cardinal third baseman. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Thursday, June      9, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   3  9  1
Cardinals    0  1  2    0  2  1    0  0  x  -   6 13  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .291      Mumphrey lf           4   1   2   1     0   2   .333
  Martinez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Templeton ss          3   1   2   1     0   0   .319
Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Scott cf              4   0   2   2     0   0   .331
Smith rf,cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .314      Cruz rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   3   .303      Simmons c             3   1   1   0     1   1   .328
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Hernandez 1b          4   0   2   0     0   1   .320
Monday cf             3   1   2   0     0   1   .275      Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .296
  Lacy ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .345      Tyson 2b              3   0   0   1     1   0   .197
Baker lf              3   1   2   2     1   0   .313      Forsch p              3   2   2   0     0   0   .241
Yeager c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .271        Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Rhoden p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .207
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Goodson ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Mota ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .429
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burke ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .227

Totals               34   3   9   2     3   7             Totals               33   6  13   6     2   6

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 20,410
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Cardinals 6
DP: Dodgers 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Yeager, Simmons
Doubles: Rhoden (2), Smith (12), Forsch (2), Hernandez (15), Templeton (5), Scott (9)
Triples: Scott (2), Mumphrey (5)
Home Runs: Baker (11), Reitz (8)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Templeton (3)
GIDP: Yeager (4), Tyson (3), Cruz (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden L(8-3)           4.1   9   5   5   1   3   0  21   4.68
Sosa                    1.2   1   1   1   0   0   1   6   4.15
Garman                  2     3   0   0   1   3   0   9   2.21
Totals                  8    13   6   6   2   6   1  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(8-2)           6.1   7   3   3   2   4   1  26   3.94
Hrabosky SV(6)          2.2   2   0   0   1   3   0  11   3.90
Totals                  9     9   3   3   3   7   1  37

Wild Pitches: Forsch (5)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Bill Williams


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second [Lopes to third
(error by Simmons)]; Russell struck out; Smith grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Templeton
flied out to center; Scott tripled to right; Cruz grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals
0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Monday
singled to right [Monday out at second (right to shortstop)];
Baker walked; Yeager grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Hernandez singled to left
[Simmons to second]; Reitz flied out to right [Simmons to
third]; Tyson forced Hernandez (shortstop to second) [Simmons
scored]; Tyson was picked off first (catcher to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Rhoden doubled to left; Lopes popped to second;
Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch doubled to right; Mumphrey tripled to left
[Forsch scored]; Templeton hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Mumphrey scored]; Scott grounded out (second to first); Cruz
popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey
grounded out (pitcher to first); Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons was called out on strikes; Hernandez
doubled to center; Reitz singled to center [Hernandez to third];
Tyson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Baker singled to right; Yeager grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Baker out at
second]; Rhoden lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Forsch singled to left; Mumphrey struck out;
Templeton doubled to left [Forsch to third]; Scott doubled to
right [Forsch scored, Templeton scored]; SOSA REPLACED RHODEN
(PITCHING); Cruz flied out to center; Simmons flied out to left;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes singled to left; Lopes stole second; Russell
grounded out (third to first); Smith grounded out (second to
first) [Lopes to third]; Forsch threw a wild pitch [Lopes
scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Reitz
homered; Tyson popped to second; Forsch grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Monday
singled to center; Baker homered [Monday scored]; Yeager singled
to center; GOODSON BATTED FOR SOSA; HRABOSKY REPLACED FORSCH
(PITCHING); MOTA BATTED FOR GOODSON; Mota walked [Yeager to
second]; Lopes struck out; Russell flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: GARMAN REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Mumphrey singled
to center; Templeton singled to right [Mumphrey to second];
Scott forced Mumphrey (pitcher to third) [Templeton to second];
Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Scott out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Smith doubled to right; Cey struck out; Garvey
flied out to left; LACY BATTED FOR MONDAY; Lacy flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SMITH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Simmons singled to right; Simmons was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Yeager [Simmons to
second]; Hernandez struck out; Reitz struck out; Tyson was
walked intentionally; Hrabosky struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 9TH: Baker flied out to left; Yeager singled to left;
BURKE BATTED FOR GARMAN; Burke struck out; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR
LOPES; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.