Steve Carlton recorded his 21st victory and struck out 14 as the Phillies trampled the Cardinals, 11-4. Carlton allowed only six hits, but they included homers by Garry Templeton, Ted Simmons and Ken Reitz. However, the Phillies had more firepower, putting the game away with six runs in the first inning.

Bake McBride opened with a triple and scored on a double by Mike Schmidt. Greg Luzinski followed with a homer. A single by Garry Maddox, doubles by Tim McCarver and Ted Sizemore and a single by Carlton added three more runs before the inning ended. Luzinski homered again with two men on base in the eighth, giving him five RBIs for the game. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 11, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Friday, September 9, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    1  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  6  1
Phillies     6  1  1    0  0  0    0  3  x  -  11 15  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti lf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .227      McBride rf            5   2   2   0     0   0   .311
Mumphrey cf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .293      Bowa ss               5   1   2   0     0   0   .272
Templeton ss          4   1   1   1     0   1   .318      Schmidt 3b            3   2   2   2     2   0   .278
Simmons c             2   1   1   1     2   0   .330      Luzinski lf           4   2   2   5     1   0   .312
Hernandez 1b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .291      Johnstone 1b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .293
Reitz 3b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .271        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Ayala rf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Maddox cf             5   2   1   0     0   1   .278
Tyson 2b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .244      McCarver c            4   1   2   1     0   0   .333
  Phillips 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Sizemore 2b           3   1   2   2     0   0   .298
  Potter ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Carlton p             4   0   2   1     0   0   .279
  Oberkfell 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Urrea p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Metzger p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .224
  Sutton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .236
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   6   4     2  14             Totals               37  11  15  11     4   1

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 32,168
Left on Base: Cardinals 2, Phillies 7
DP: Cardinals 2, Phillies 1
Errors: Templeton
Doubles: Tyson (13), Hernandez (34), Schmidt 2 (24), McCarver (11), Sizemore (19)
Triples: McBride (5)
Home Runs: Templeton (7), Simmons (20), Reitz (15), Luzinski 2 (35)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (21), McBride 2 (32)
Caught Stealing: Simmons (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Sizemore (4)
GIDP: Reitz (15), Luzinski (11)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Urrea L(7-4)            0.2   5   5   5   0   0   1   7   3.03
Metzger                 2.1   5   3   2   0   0   0  12   3.47
Sutton                  3     3   0   0   3   0   0  14   3.65
Eastwick                1     1   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.54
Hrabosky                1     1   2   2   1   1   1   5   4.58
Totals                  8    15  11  10   4   1   2  42

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(21-8)         9     6   4   4   2  14   3  33   2.78
Totals                  9     6   4   4   2  14   3  33

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Doug Harvey


CARDINALS 1ST: Bosetti was called out on strikes; Mumphrey was
called out on strikes; Templeton homered; Simmons walked;
Simmons was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop to pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride tripled to right; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted); Schmidt doubled to left [McBride scored]; Luzinski
homered [Schmidt scored]; Johnstone grounded out (first to
pitcher); Maddox singled to center; Maddox stole second;
McCarver doubled to right [Maddox scored]; METZGER REPLACED
URREA (PITCHING); Sizemore doubled to right [McCarver scored];
Carlton singled to right [Sizemore scored]; McBride popped to
shortstop; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 6.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez was called out on strikes; Reitz flied
out to center; Ayala grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 2ND: Bowa singled to left; Schmidt doubled to right
[Bowa scored]; Luzinski reached on a fielder's choice [Schmidt
out at third (first to third)]; Johnstone hit into a double play
(right to first) [Luzinski out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Phillies 7.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson doubled to left; Metzger struck out;
Bosetti struck out; Mumphrey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 3RD: Maddox reached on an error by Templeton [Maddox to
first]; McCarver singled to right [Maddox to third]; Sizemore
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Maddox scored (unearned)]; Carlton
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [McCarver to
second]; McBride flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 8.

CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton flied out to center; Simmons homered;
Hernandez doubled to right; Reitz homered [Hernandez scored];
Ayala singled to center; Tyson struck out; ANDERSON BATTED FOR
METZGER; Anderson struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 4TH: SUTTON REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Bowa singled
to right; Schmidt walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski grounded
into a double play (third to first) [Schmidt to second, Bowa out
at third]; Johnstone popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 8.

CARDINALS 5TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Templeton grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 5TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED TYSON (PLAYING 2B); Maddox
grounded out (pitcher to first); McCarver grounded out (first to
pitcher); Sizemore singled to left; Carlton singled to left
[Sizemore to third]; McBride forced Carlton (first to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 8.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons walked; Hernandez flied out to center;
Reitz grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt flied out to
right; Luzinski walked; Johnstone walked [Luzinski to second];
Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Phillies 8.

CARDINALS 7TH: Ayala struck out; POTTER BATTED FOR PHILLIPS;
Potter was called out on strikes; CRUZ BATTED FOR SUTTON; Cruz
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 7TH: OBERKFELL REPLACED POTTER (PLAYING 2B); EASTWICK
REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); McCarver flied out to right; Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); Carlton grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: Bosetti struck out; Mumphrey struck out;
Templeton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 8TH: McBride singled to pitcher; Bake McBrides's
single hit Rawly Eastwick; HRABOSKY REPLACED EASTWICK
(PITCHING); McBride stole second; McBride stole third; Bowa
flied out to right; Schmidt walked; Luzinski homered [McBride
scored, Schmidt scored]; Al Hrabosky warned by HP umpire
Dutch Rennert; Johnstone popped to first in foul territory;
Maddox struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies
11.

CARDINALS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING 1B); Simmons
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out
(second to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 11.