A single by pinch-hitter Tim Foli in the 14th inning, following a mental error by Ted Simmons, enabled the Giants to defeat the Cardinals, 6-5. Bill Madlock and Darrell Evans homered for the Giants on successive pitches by Bob Forsch in the fourth inning. The Cards powered their way to a 5-4 lead with a grand slam by Keith Hernandez in the eighth, but Madlock tied the score with his second homer of the game in the ninth.

With Pete Falcone pitching for the Cards in the 14th, Evans walked. Jack Clark struck out and so did Gary Thomasson, but Simmons thought there were three out when Thomasson fanned and made no attempt to head off a stolen base by Evans. Foli then batted for Johnnie LeMaster and hit his single to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]
San Francisco Giants 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Game Played on Saturday, September 3, 1977 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   5 11  2
Giants       0  0  0    2  0  1    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  -   6 15  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .257      Thomas cf             7   0   2   1     0   1   .261
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Andrews 2b            6   0   2   0     1   0   .267
  Tyson 2b            2   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Madlock 3b            7   2   3   2     0   0   .303
Templeton ss          6   2   2   0     0   1   .319      Evans 1b              5   2   1   1     2   2   .261
Hernandez 1b          6   1   2   4     0   1   .292      Clark rf              7   1   2   0     0   4   .259
Simmons c             6   0   2   0     0   0   .330      Thomasson lf          6   0   1   1     0   1   .252
Iorg rf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .204      Hill c                6   0   1   0     1   3   .245
  Cruz ph,rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .242      LeMaster ss           4   1   1   0     2   0   .191
Mumphrey cf           6   0   0   0     0   1   .305        Foli ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .227
Reitz 3b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Halicki p             3   0   1   0     0   1   .171
Phillips 2b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .178        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Whitfield ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
  Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .358        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Falcone p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Elliott ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Forsch p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .143        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Alexander ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .313
  Tamargo ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sutton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rader ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  Bosetti lf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .267

Totals               50   5  11   5     1   6             Totals               54   6  15   6     7  12

Time of Game: 3:56   Attendance:  5,606
Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Giants 15
DP: Cardinals 1, Giants 0
Errors: Brock 2
Doubles: Reitz (30), Hernandez (31), Simmons (22), Thomas (10), Clark (14), Hill (9)
Home Runs: Hernandez (13), Madlock 2 (12), Evans (15)
Stolen Bases: LeMaster (2), Clark (11), Evans (8)
Caught Stealing: Reitz (5), Brock (22), Templeton (21), LeMaster (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomasson (7)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch                  3.1   3   2   2   1   4   2  14   3.31
Eastwick                1.2   2   0   0   0   2   0   9   3.38
Sutton                  0.2   4   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.82
Hrabosky                1.1   2   1   1   1   1   0   7   4.23
Metzger                 1     2   1   1   0   0   1   4   3.36
Schultz                 3     1   0   0   2   2   0  11   1.46
Falcone L(4-7)          2.2   1   1   1   3   3   0  12   5.34
Totals                 13.2  15   6   6   7  12   3  62

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki                 7.2   6   3   3   1   3   0  28   3.36
Lavelle                 0.1   3   2   2   0   1   1   4   2.04
Moffitt                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.60
Williams                3     1   0   0   0   2   0  10   3.91
Heaverlo W(4-1)         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.58
Totals                 14    11   5   5   1   6   1  51

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bob Engel


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first);
Templeton grounded out (second to first); Hernandez grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomas flied out to left; Andrews grounded out
(first unassisted); Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to second in foul territory; Iorg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Clark struck
out; Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz doubled to left; Phillips grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Reitz to third]; Reitz was caught stealing
home (catcher unassisted); Forsch struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hill was called out on strikes; LeMaster walked; On
a bunt Halicki struck out; LeMaster stole second; Thomas struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first);
Templeton struck out; Hernandez doubled to right; Simmons
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first); Madlock
homered; Evans homered; Clark singled to left; Bob Forsch
left with unknown injury; EASTWICK REPLACED FORSCH
(PITCHING); Thomasson reached on an error by Brock [Clark to
second, Thomasson to first]; Hill flied out to center; LeMaster
flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants
2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Iorg flied out to right; Mumphrey flied out to
center; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Halicki flied out to right; Thomas singled to left;
Andrews singled to left [Thomas to third (error by Brock),
Andrews to second]; Madlock reached on a fielder's choice
[Thomas stayed at third]; Evans was called out on strikes; Clark
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Phillips flied out to right; TAMARGO BATTED FOR
EASTWICK; Tamargo grounded out (second to first); Brock singled
to center; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: SUTTON REPLACED TAMARGO (PITCHING); Thomasson
singled to center; Hill lined into a double play (pitcher to
first) [Thomasson out at first]; LeMaster singled to center;
Halicki singled to left [LeMaster to third]; Thomas doubled to
center [LeMaster scored, Halicki to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED
SUTTON (PITCHING); Andrews walked; Madlock grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Templeton singled to center; Hernandez popped to
third in foul territory; Simmons grounded out (second to first)
[Templeton to second]; Iorg singled to left [Templeton scored];
Mumphrey struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants
3.

GIANTS 7TH: Evans was called out on strikes; Clark doubled to
left; Clark stole third; Thomasson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Clark scored]; Hill doubled to left; LeMaster popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz flied out to right; Phillips walked; RADER
BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Rader popped to shortstop; Brock singled to
left [Phillips to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING);
Templeton singled to shortstop [Phillips to third, Brock to
second]; Hernandez homered [Phillips scored, Brock scored,
Templeton scored]; Simmons doubled to left; CRUZ BATTED FOR
IORG; Cruz struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BOSETTI REPLACED
RADER (PLAYING LF); METZGER REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); WHITFIELD
BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Whitfield grounded out (shortstop to first);
Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews singled to
left [Andrews out at second (shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: MOFFITT REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); Mumphrey
grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz popped to shortstop;
Phillips grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Madlock homered; SCHULTZ REPLACED PHILLIPS
(PITCHING); TYSON REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING 2B); Evans popped to
third; Clark struck out; Thomasson popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

CARDINALS 10TH: Bosetti popped to first; Tyson singled to
center; Templeton forced Tyson (second to shortstop); Templeton
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 10TH: Hill struck out; LeMaster walked; ELLIOTT BATTED
FOR MOFFITT; LeMaster was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Elliott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

CARDINALS 11TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ELLIOTT (PITCHING); Hernandez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons singled to left; Cruz
forced Simmons (third to second); Mumphrey forced Cruz (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 11TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews
grounded out (second to first); Madlock singled to left; Evans
walked [Madlock to second]; Clark popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

CARDINALS 12TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); FREED
BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Freed grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 12TH: FALCONE REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Thomasson popped
to second; Hill struck out; LeMaster grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

CARDINALS 13TH: Tyson flied to right in foul territory;
Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Giants 5.

GIANTS 13TH: ALEXANDER BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Alexander walked;
Thomas flied out to center; Andrews popped to second; Madlock
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Giants
5.

CARDINALS 14TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Simmons
flied out to left; Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first);
Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 14TH: Evans walked; Clark was called out on strikes;
Evans stole second; Thomasson struck out; Hill was walked
intentionally; FOLI BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Foli singled to left
[Evans scored, Hill to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
5, Giants 6.
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