On the brink of another defeat, the Cardinals rallied for two runs in the ninth inning and edged the Braves, 4-3. Willie Crawford walked and Hector Cruz sacrificed. Willie Montanez booted a grounder by Mike Tyson, putting runners on first and third. Vic Harris singled, scoring Lou Brock, who ran for Crawford. After a walk to Don Kessinger loaded the bases, Bake McBride singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      16, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       1  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  2  -   4  7  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Office cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .296      Mumphrey lf           3   1   1   0     2   0   .275
Lacy 2b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .247      Kessinger ss          3   1   0   0     2   0   .236
May lf,rf             3   0   2   1     2   0   .183      McBride cf            5   0   2   2     0   0   .358
Montanez 1b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .310      Simmons 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .258
Henderson rf          4   0   0   0     1   2   .275      Ferguson c            3   0   1   1     0   0   .223
  Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .121      Anderson rf           1   0   0   0     1   0   .296
Williams c            3   0   0   0     1   2   .211        Crawford ph,rf      1   0   0   0     1   0   .320
Chaney ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .261        Brock pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .275
Royster 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .228      Cruz 3b               2   0   0   0     1   0   .196
Moret p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .063      Tyson 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .284
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Denny p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Paciorek ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .288        Richard ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .061
  Beard p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wynn lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Harris ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .265

Totals               35   3  10   3     4   8             Totals               28   4   7   4     8   2

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 10,607
Left on Base: Braves 11, Cardinals 9
DP: Braves 3, Cardinals 1
Errors: Montanez, Kessinger, Cruz
Triples: Lacy (2), Mumphrey (1)
Stolen Bases: McBride (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Moret (2), Office (1), Richard (2), Cruz (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (1)
GIDP: Montanez (11), McBride (1), Cruz (2)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moret                   5     4   2   2   5   2   0  22   4.84
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.23
Beard L(0-1)            2.1   2   2   1   2   0   0  11   1.59
Niekro                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.66
Totals                  8.2   7   4   3   8   2   0  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   7     7   3   2   3   4   0  31   3.96
Hrabosky W(4-5)         2     3   0   0   1   4   0  10   3.47
Totals                  9    10   3   2   4   8   0  41

Passed Balls: Ferguson (3)
Wild Pitches: Denny (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Nick Colosi


BRAVES 1ST: Office flied out to right; Lacy tripled to right;
May walked; Montanez reached on a fielder's choice [Lacy scored
(unearned), May to third, Montanez to second (error by Cruz)];
Henderson was walked intentionally; Williams struck out;
Kessinger dropped a foul fly hit by Chaney for an error; Chaney
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey walked; Kessinger flied out to right;
McBride grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [Mumphrey out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Royster singled to right; Moret out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Royster to second]; Denny threw a wild
pitch [Royster to third]; Office grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Royster scored]; Lacy singled to left; May flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ferguson singled to center; Anderson walked [Ferguson to
second]; Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Montanez singled to left; Henderson flied out to
left; Williams popped to first in foul territory; Chaney forced
Montanez (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; Denny
flied out to left; Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Royster grounded out (third to first); Moret struck
out; Office singled to first; Lacy popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); McBride
grounded out (second to first); Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 5TH: May walked; Montanez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [May out at second]; Henderson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Anderson flied out to center; Cruz walked; Tyson singled to
pitcher [Cruz to second]; Denny struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Williams struck out; Chaney was called out on
strikes; Royster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey tripled to right; Kessinger walked;
McBride singled to left [Mumphrey scored, Kessinger to third];
McBride stole second; Simmons was walked intentionally; SOSA
REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Kessinger scored, McBride to third]; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR
ANDERSON; Crawford popped to third in foul territory; Cruz lined
to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 7TH: CRAWFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PACIOREK
BATTED FOR SOSA; Paciorek singled to left; Office out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Paciorek to second]; Lacy
flied out to center [Paciorek to third]; May singled to center
[Paciorek scored]; Ferguson allowed a passed ball [May to
second]; Montanez flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: BEARD REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Tyson singled
to shortstop; RICHARD BATTED FOR DENNY; Richard out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Mumphrey
walked; Kessinger hit into a double play (center to second)
[Tyson out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals
2.

BRAVES 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Henderson
struck out; Williams walked; Chaney singled to right [Williams
to second]; Royster forced Chaney (second to shortstop)
[Williams to third]; Beard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons
grounded out (second to first); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Office was called out on strikes; Lacy popped to
second in foul territory; May singled to left; Montanez singled
to center [May to second]; Henderson was called out on strikes;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Crawford walked; BROCK RAN FOR CRAWFORD; Cruz out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brock to second]; Tyson
reached on an error by Montanez [Brock to third]; HARRIS BATTED
FOR HRABOSKY; Harris singled to center [Brock scored, Tyson to
second]; NIEKRO REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); MAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); WYNN REPLACED BEARD (PLAYING LF);
Mumphrey flied out to left; Kessinger walked [Tyson to third,
Harris to second]; McBride singled to left [Tyson scored
(unearned), Harris to third, Kessinger to second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 4.