The Cardinals struck for three runs in the first, two coming on Keith Hernandez' inside-the-park home run, and held off the Braves, 4-2. Ted Simmons' two-out single in the opening frame scored Lou Brock, who had singled and stolen second. Hernandez followed with a shot off the center field wall which bounced away from Rowland Office. St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 2Game Played on Tuesday, July 26, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 9 0 Cardinals 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 4 5 2 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Brock lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .264 Bonnell ph,cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Templeton ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .319 Gilbreath 2b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .232 Mumphrey cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .306 Montanez 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .311 Simmons c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .330 Burroughs rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .308 Matthews lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Cruz rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .264 Nolan c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .371 Phillips 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .202 Correll ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Moore 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .255 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Chaney ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Ruthven p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Schultz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Asselstine ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .197 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Collins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gaston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Totals 37 2 9 2 1 7 Totals 29 4 5 4 1 4 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 18,730 Left on Base: Braves 9, Cardinals 2 DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 1 Errors: Phillips, Tyson Doubles: Matthews (12), Moore (6), Phillips (3) Home Runs: Montanez (14), Hernandez (9) Stolen Bases: Brock (18), Templeton (18) GIDP: Bonnell (5) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven L(3-7) 6 4 4 4 1 4 1 23 3.74 Campbell 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.92 Collins 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.44 Totals 8 5 4 4 1 4 1 30 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(13-4) 5 2 0 0 1 4 0 19 3.63 Carroll 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 1 8 2.51 Schultz SV(1) 2.2 3 0 0 0 3 0 11 1.21 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 7 1 38 Wild Pitches: Ruthven (1) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt BRAVES 1ST: Office flied out to center; Gilbreath flied out to center; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Templeton struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Simmons singled to center [Brock scored]; Ruthven threw a wild pitch [Simmons to second]; Hernandez hit an inside the park homer to center [Simmons scored]; Cruz popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 3. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Matthews grounded out (third to first); Nolan singled to right; Moore reached on an error by Phillips [Nolan to second, Moore to first]; Chaney forced Moore (first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 2ND: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Tyson popped to second; Forsch grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 3. BRAVES 3RD: Ruthven struck out; Office was called out on strikes; Gilbreath was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 3. BRAVES 4TH: Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Matthews doubled to left; Nolan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons was called out on strikes; Hernandez lined to second; Cruz walked; Phillips doubled to left [Cruz scored]; Tyson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 5TH: Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Chaney flied out to center; Ruthven walked; Office popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 5TH: ANDERSON BATTED FOR FORSCH; Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock flied out to center; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 6TH: CARROLL REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); Montanez homered; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Simmons flied out to left; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 7TH: Nolan flied out to center; Moore doubled to left; Chaney singled to center [Moore to third]; ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Asselstine singled to center [Moore scored, Chaney to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED CARROLL (PITCHING); BONNELL BATTED FOR OFFICE; Bonnell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Asselstine out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 7TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CAMPBELL REPLACED ASSELSTINE (PITCHING); Cruz popped to shortstop; Phillips flied out to center; Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 8TH: Gilbreath was called out on strikes; Montanez singled to center; Burroughs singled to left [Montanez to second]; Matthews reached on an error by Tyson [Montanez to third, Burroughs to second, Matthews to first]; CORRELL BATTED FOR NOLAN; Correll popped to second; Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: CORRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Schultz popped to first in foul territory; COLLINS REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton singled to first; Templeton stole second; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 9TH: PACIOREK BATTED FOR CHANEY; Paciorek was called out on strikes; GASTON BATTED FOR COLLINS; Gaston grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Bonnell singled to left; Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. |
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