Facing his former teammates, Pete Falcone got off to a shaky start, giving up two runs in the first inning, but the lefthander then settled down and pitched the Cardinals to a 9-3 victory over the Giants. The Cards quickly put Falcone ahead in their half of the first, scoring four runs on a single by Lou Brock, pass to Vic Harris, homer by Reggie Smith, double by Willie Crawford and single by Ron Fairly. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       16, 1976 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  5  3
Cardinals    4  1  1    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   9 10  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Herndon cf            2   2   1   0     2   1   .250      Brock lf              4   2   2   2     0   0   .265
Thomas 2b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .233        Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .293
Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Harris cf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .303
Matthews lf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .248      Smith 3b              4   1   1   3     1   0   .171
Montanez 1b           3   0   0   1     0   0   .310      Simmons c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .277
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .267        Hernandez 1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Crawford rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .344
Hill c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Fairly 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .351
Halicki p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Rudolph c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kessinger ss          3   1   0   0     1   1   .263
  Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Tyson 2b              3   2   2   0     1   0   .294
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .067
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .154

Totals               31   3   5   3     4   5             Totals               32   9  10   8     5   3

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 23,880
Left on Base: Giants 6, Cardinals 7
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Herndon, Thomas, D'Acquisto
Doubles: Crawford (4), Simmons (7), Fairly (3)
Home Runs: Smith (3)
Stolen Bases: Brock (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Falcone 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (2)
GIDP: Kessinger (6)
Hit by Pitch: Falcone (1,by D'Acquisto)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(2-6)          1.2   6   5   5   1   0   1  11   6.43
Heaverlo                2.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.44
D'Acquisto              2     1   3   2   2   1   0  11  13.50
Williams                2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   1.50
Totals                  8    10   9   8   5   3   1  40

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(2-2)          9     5   3   3   4   5   0  36   3.51
Totals                  9     5   3   3   4   5   0  36

Hit by Pitch: D'Acquisto (1)
Wild Pitches: Falcone (3)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Paul Pryor


GIANTS 1ST: Herndon singled to center; Falcone threw a wild
pitch [Herndon to second]; Thomas singled to left [Herndon
scored]; Murcer flied out to right; Matthews singled to right
[Thomas to third]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Thomas scored]; Speier flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Harris walked; Smith homered [Brock scored, Harris scored];
Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Crawford doubled to
left; Fairly singled to center [Crawford scored]; Kessinger
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Fairly out at second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (first unassisted); Hill flied
out to center; Halicki struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
2, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Tyson singled to center; Falcone out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock
grounded out (second to first) [Tyson to third]; Harris singled
to right [Tyson scored]; HEAVERLO REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING);
Smith grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Cardinals 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Herndon walked; Thomas struck out; Murcer popped to
second; Matthews forced Herndon (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons doubled to right; Crawford grounded out
(first unassisted) [Simmons to third]; Fairly doubled to right
[Simmons scored]; Kessinger flied out to center [Fairly to
third]; Tyson grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 6.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez popped to third in foul territory; Speier
walked; Reitz flied out to center; Hill lined to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: Falcone struck out; Brock grounded out (second to
first); Harris popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 6.

GIANTS 5TH: JOSHUA BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Joshua grounded out
(second to first); Herndon struck out; Thomas popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Smith
lined to right; Simmons reached on an error by D'Acquisto;
Crawford popped to shortstop; Fairly popped to first; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Murcer struck out; Matthews walked; Montanez forced
Matthews (second unassisted); Speier forced Montanez (second
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: Kessinger walked; Tyson walked [Kessinger to
second]; Falcone was hit by a pitch [Kessinger to third, Tyson
to second]; Brock singled to left [Kessinger scored, Tyson
scored, Falcone to second]; Falcone was picked off second
(catcher to shortstop); Harris was called out on strikes; Smith
reached on an error by Thomas [Brock scored (error by Herndon)
(unearned)]; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER),
1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 9.

GIANTS 7TH: Reitz grounded out (first to pitcher); Hill popped
to shortstop; ARNOLD BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Arnold struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Crawford
grounded out (catcher to first); Fairly flied out to right;
Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals
9.

GIANTS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); HERNANDEZ
REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING 1B); RUDOLPH REPLACED FAIRLY (PLAYING
C ); Herndon walked; Thomas singled to right [Herndon to
second]; Murcer forced Thomas (first to shortstop) [Herndon to
third]; Matthews grounded out (third to first) [Herndon scored,
Murcer to second]; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson singled to right; Falcone out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Tyson to second]; Anderson
walked; Harris flied out to right; Smith walked [Tyson to third,
Anderson to second]; Hernandez popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 9.

GIANTS 9TH: On a bunt Speier singled to third; Reitz flied out
to center; Hill flied out to center; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 9.