The Cardinals, after failing to hold a 6-0 lead, escaped defeat in the 10th inning and then edged the Dodgers, 8-7, when pinch-hitter Roger Freed delivered the game-winning single in the 12th. Homers by Steve Yeager and Rick Monday, each with a man on base, helped the Dodgers wipe out the Cards' early lead and tie the score at 6-6.

In the 10th, the Dodgers went ahead with a run on an error by Garry Templeton, single by Ron Cey and sacrifice fly by Steve Garvey, but Ted Simmons saved the Cards by knotting the count with a homer. Tony Scott started the 12th with a single and stole second. After an intentional pass to Simmons and another walk to Keith Hernandez, Joel Youngblood bounced into a double play. Bill Russell threw home to force Scott. Simmons, dawdling into third, was doubled on Yeager's peg to Cey. But Freed batted for Clay Carroll and won the game with his single, scoring Hernandez. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Game Played on Friday, June      10, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  2    2  2  0    1  0  0  -   7  9  1
Cardinals    2  1  0    3  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   8 16  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .290      Brock lf              5   2   2   1     1   0   .308
  Hough p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Templeton ss          6   1   3   1     0   0   .324
  Powell ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Scott cf              6   0   2   1     0   2   .331
  Martinez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Simmons c             4   1   1   2     1   2   .326
  Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hernandez 1b          5   1   0   0     1   2   .312
Russell ss            6   2   2   1     0   1   .246      Reitz 3b              5   1   3   0     0   1   .303
Smith rf,cf           6   0   1   0     0   1   .309        Youngblood pr,3b    1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Cey 3b                6   0   1   1     0   0   .299      Mumphrey rf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .331
Garvey 1b             3   1   0   1     2   1   .297        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Monday cf             4   1   1   2     0   2   .275        Rader ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Mota ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .429        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hale pr,rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .279        Freed ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .412
Baker lf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .310      Tyson 2b              3   1   2   2     0   0   .207
Yeager c              4   1   1   2     0   0   .270        Kessinger ph,2b     2   0   0   0     0   2   .236
  Oates ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Falcone p             3   0   1   0     0   0   .160
Rau p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .148        Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burke ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .261        Anderson rf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .189
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacy ph,2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .328

Totals               45   7   9   7     4  10             Totals               47   8  16   8     3  10

Time of Game: 3:24   Attendance: 28,684
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Cardinals 9
DP: Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Russell, Templeton, Kessinger
Doubles: Russell 2 (10), Scott (10), Reitz (19), Templeton (6)
Triples: Tyson (1)
Home Runs: Yeager (6), Monday (7), Simmons (7)
Stolen Bases: Brock (10), Scott (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Rader (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (3), Simmons (3)
GIDP: Templeton (5), Youngblood (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     5    11   6   6   0   3   0  25   4.48
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.93
Hough                   4     3   1   1   1   7   1  16   2.18
Wall L(1-2)             1.2   2   1   1   2   0   0   8   5.31
Totals                 11.2  16   8   8   3  10   1  52

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 6.2   7   4   4   1   8   1  28   4.58
Metzger                 1.1   1   2   2   1   1   1   6   4.73
Hrabosky                2     1   1   0   1   0   0   9   3.67
Carroll W(4-1)          2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.27
Totals                 12     9   7   6   4  10   2  50

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (first to pitcher); Russell
doubled to left; Smith flied out to right; Cey flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to shortstop; Brock stole second;
Templeton singled to shortstop [Brock to third (error by
Russell)]; Scott doubled to left [Brock scored, Templeton to
third]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to left [Templeton scored];
Hernandez struck out; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 2 R,
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey walked; Monday struck out; Baker struck out;
Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
singled to center; Falcone singled to center [Tyson to third];
Brock singled to center [Tyson scored, Falcone to second];
Templeton grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Brock out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Rau struck out; Lopes struck out; Russell struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Scott struck out; Simmons struck out; Hernandez
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

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

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz doubled to left; Mumphrey singled to center
[Reitz to third]; Tyson tripled to left [Reitz scored, Mumphrey
scored]; Falcone grounded out (second to first); Brock reached
on a fielder's choice [Tyson out at home (second to catcher to
third), Brock to second]; Templeton doubled to left [Brock
scored]; Scott flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 5TH: Monday was called out on strikes; Baker grounded
out (shortstop to first); Yeager grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons flied out to right; Hernandez grounded
out (second to first); Reitz singled to right; Mumphrey lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 6TH: BURKE BATTED FOR RAU; Burke singled to center;
Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell doubled to left [Burke
scored]; Smith singled to left [Russell to third]; Cey grounded
out (third to first) [Russell scored, Smith to second]; Garvey
flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: SOSA REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING); Tyson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Falcone grounded out (pitcher to first);
Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 7TH: Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); Baker
singled to left; Yeager homered [Baker scored]; LACY BATTED FOR
SOSA; Lacy grounded out (first unassisted); Lopes singled to
right; METZGER REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Russell flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HOUGH REPLACED
LOPES (PITCHING); Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scott grounded out (second to first); Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Smith struck out; Cey flied out to center; Garvey
walked; Monday homered [Garvey scored]; Baker flied out to
center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: Hernandez flied out to center; Reitz struck out
(catcher to first); Mumphrey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING RF); HRABOSKY
REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); Yeager flied out to center; Lacy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hough grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 9TH: KESSINGER BATTED FOR TYSON; Kessinger struck out;
Anderson flied out to right; Brock walked; Templeton singled to
left [Brock to third, Templeton to second (on throw to 3b)];
Scott struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 10TH: KESSINGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Russell
reached on an error by Templeton [Russell to first]; Smith flied
out to right; Cey singled to center [Russell to third]; Garvey
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Russell scored (unearned), Cey to
second (error by Kessinger)]; MOTA BATTED FOR MONDAY; Mota was
walked intentionally; HALE RAN FOR MOTA; Baker flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 10TH: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SMITH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Simmons homered; Hernandez struck out;
Reitz singled to center; YOUNGBLOOD RAN FOR REITZ; RADER BATTED
FOR HRABOSKY; Rader out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Youngblood to second]; Kessinger struck out (catcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cardinals 7.

DODGERS 11TH: YOUNGBLOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CARROLL
REPLACED RADER (PITCHING); OATES BATTED FOR YEAGER; Oates was
called out on strikes; Lacy flied out to center; POWELL BATTED
FOR HOUGH; Powell walked; MARTINEZ RAN FOR POWELL; Russell
forced Martinez (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 11TH: WALL REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); OATES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Anderson flied out to center; Brock flied
out to right; Templeton popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Cardinals 7.

DODGERS 12TH: Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Cey
grounded out (third to first); Garvey grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 12TH: Scott singled to left; Scott stole second;
Simmons was walked intentionally; Hernandez walked [Scott to
third, Simmons to second]; Youngblood grounded into a double
play (shortstop to catcher to third) [Hernandez to second,
Youngblood to first, Scott out at home, Simmons out at third];
FREED BATTED FOR CARROLL; Freed singled to center [Hernandez
scored, Youngblood to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Cardinals 8.