The Cardinals erupted for six runs in the fifth inning to make victory easy for Pete Falcone, who shut out the Braves, 8-0. Jerry Mumphrey, Garry Templeton, Lou Brock and Ted Simmons singled and Willie Crawford hit a sacrifice fly for the Cards' first three runs.

After Keith Hernandez doubled, Simmons stopping at third, the Braves walked Don Kessinger intentionally to load the bases and Hector Cruz promptly cleared the sacks with a double. Cruz added his fourth RBI with a sacrifice fly in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 8, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Friday, August    13, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  6  0    2  0  0  -   8 14  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mumphrey cf           5   1   1   0     0   2   .253      Royster 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Templeton ss          5   1   2   0     0   0   .222      Gilbreath 2b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .272
Brock lf              4   1   1   1     1   0   .282      Wynn cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .220
Simmons c             5   2   3   1     0   0   .280      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .305
Crawford rf           1   0   1   1     0   0   .327      Paciorek rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .302
  Anderson rf         2   1   2   0     0   0   .302      Gaston lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Hernandez 1b          3   1   2   0     1   0   .260      Correll c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Kessinger 2b          4   1   1   1     1   2   .244      Belloir ss            3   0   2   0     0   1   .244
Cruz 3b               4   0   1   4     0   1   .207      Ruthven p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .172
Falcone p             5   0   0   0     0   2   .130        Moore ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Eden ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  14   8     3   7             Totals               34   0   8   0     0   4

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 12,953
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Braves 7
DP: Cardinals 2, Braves 1
Errors: Templeton
Doubles: Hernandez (11), Cruz (13), Gaston (4), Gilbreath (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (5), Cruz (2)
GIDP: Brock (14), Correll (5), Montanez (23)
Hit by Pitch: Crawford (1,by Ruthven), Hernandez (3,by Torrealba)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(9-11)         9     8   0   0   0   4   0  34   3.34
Totals                  9     8   0   0   0   4   0  34

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(13-10)        5     9   6   6   2   4   0  27   3.33
Dal Canton              2     2   2   2   1   0   0   9   3.32
Torrealba               2     3   0   0   0   3   0   9   5.54
Totals                  9    14   8   8   3   7   0  45

Hit by Pitch: Ruthven (7), Torrealba (2)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli


CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey struck out; Templeton flied out to
right; Brock walked; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to center; Gilbreath flied out to
center; Wynn singled to left; Montanez singled to center [Wynn
to third]; Paciorek forced Montanez (shortstop to second); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Crawford singled to right; Hernandez singled to
center [Crawford to second]; Kessinger struck out; Cruz popped
to third in foul territory; Falcone grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Gaston reached on an error by Templeton; Correll
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Gaston out at second]; Belloir was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey flied out to center; Templeton popped to
second; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Ruthven flied out to center; Royster popped to
shortstop; Gilbreath singled to center; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied out to center; Crawford was hit by
a pitch; Hernandez flied out to right; Kessinger singled to left
[Crawford to second]; Cruz popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Paciorek
struck out; Gaston doubled to center; Correll grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves
0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Falcone was called out on strikes; Mumphrey
singled to second; Templeton singled to right [Mumphrey to
third]; Brock singled to right [Mumphrey scored, Templeton to
third]; Simmons singled to center [Templeton scored, Brock to
third]; Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to right [Brock scored];
Hernandez doubled to right [Simmons to third]; Kessinger was
walked intentionally; Cruz doubled to left [Simmons scored,
Hernandez scored, Kessinger scored]; Falcone was called out on
strikes; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING RF); Belloir
singled to center; MOORE BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Moore flied out to
right; Royster flied out to center; Gilbreath grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Mumphrey
flied out to left; Templeton flied out to left; Brock grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Wynn singled to center; Montanez grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynn out at second];
Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons singled to center; Anderson singled to
right [Simmons to second]; Hernandez walked [Simmons to third,
Anderson to second]; Kessinger forced Hernandez (second to
shortstop) [Simmons scored, Anderson to third]; Cruz hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Anderson scored]; Falcone grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Correll
was called out on strikes; Belloir singled to center; EDEN
BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Eden flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: TORREALBA REPLACED EDEN (PITCHING); Mumphrey was
called out on strikes; Templeton singled to left; Brock grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Templeton out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath
doubled to right; Wynn popped to shortstop; Montanez popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons singled to left; Anderson singled to left
[Simmons to second]; Hernandez was hit by a pitch [Simmons to
third, Anderson to second]; Kessinger struck out; Cruz struck
out; Falcone popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals
8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 9TH: Paciorek flied out to right; Gaston grounded out
(shortstop to first); Correll flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.