Keith Hernandez drove in five runs with a homer, triple and single to lead the Cardinals in a 10-1 bombardment of the Phillies. Ted Simmons also had three hits and boosted his batting average to .412. John Denny went eight innings and gained his fourth straight victory. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 10, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Friday, April     22, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    1  0  1    4  1  0    3  0  0  -  10 13  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Maddox cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .136
  Mumphrey lf         2   1   1   0     0   0   .375      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
Kessinger ss          4   1   0   0     2   0   .185      Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   1     1   0   .167
McBride cf            3   1   2   1     1   1   .270      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .270
  Scott cf            1   0   0   0     1   0   .368      Johnstone rf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .303
Simmons c             5   3   3   2     0   0   .412      Iorg 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Hernandez 1b          5   2   3   5     0   1   .311        Martin ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Cruz rf               3   0   1   2     2   1   .222      Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Reitz 3b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .234        Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tyson 2b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .238        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Denny p               4   0   0   0     0   1   .091      Boone c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .286
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Twitchell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andrews ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .333

Totals               40  10  13  10     7   6             Totals               33   1   7   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 26,430
Left on Base: Cardinals 11, Phillies 6
DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 0
Errors: Tyson, Maddox, Underwood
Doubles: Reitz (5), Mumphrey (1), Maddox (2), Luzinski (4)
Triples: Hernandez (1)
Home Runs: Hernandez (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny (1)
GIDP: Sizemore (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(4-0)            8     6   1   1   1   5   0  30   2.81
Hrabosky                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.86
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   5   0  34

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(0-2)        3     4   2   2   4   3   0  17   3.38
Underwood               3     7   5   4   2   2   0  19  10.50
Reed                    2     2   3   3   1   1   1   9   5.63
Kaat                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.70
Totals                  9    13  10   9   7   6   1  48

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Kessinger flied out to
left; McBride walked [Brock to second]; Simmons singled to right
[Brock scored, McBride to third]; Hernandez struck out; Cruz
walked [Simmons to second]; Reitz struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox flied out to left; Bowa grounded out
(pitcher to first); Schmidt walked; Luzinski forced Schmidt
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Tyson walked; Denny out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock flied out to left;
Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone singled to right; Iorg flied out to
center; Sizemore grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Johnstone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride struck out; Simmons singled to center;
Hernandez tripled to left [Simmons scored]; Cruz walked; Reitz
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cruz to second]; Tyson grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); TOLAN
BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first);
Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); Denny
grounded out (third to first); Brock popped to second; Kessinger
walked; McBride singled to center [Kessinger to second]; Simmons
singled to left [Kessinger scored, McBride to second]; Hernandez
singled to right [McBride scored, Simmons to third, Hernandez to
second (on throw)]; Cruz singled to left [Simmons scored,
Hernandez scored]; Reitz flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa struck out; Schmidt flied out to left;
Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson singled to pitcher; Denny reached on an
error by Underwood [Tyson to third (error by Maddox), Denny to
second]; Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger
walked; McBride singled to center [Tyson scored (unearned),
Denny to third, Kessinger to second]; Simmons popped to second;
Hernandez flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: MUMPHREY REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); SCOTT
REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); Johnstone grounded out (second to
first); Iorg grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Sizemore flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
doubled to left; Tyson struck out; Denny struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone singled to center; JOHNSON BATTED FOR
UNDERWOOD; Johnson was called out on strikes; Maddox singled to
left [Boone to second]; Bowa singled to left [Boone to third,
Maddox to second]; Schmidt forced Maddox (third unassisted)
[Boone scored, Bowa to second]; Luzinski was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: REED REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Mumphrey
doubled to right; Kessinger flied out to left; Scott walked;
Simmons forced Scott (first to shortstop) [Mumphrey to third];
Hernandez homered [Mumphrey scored, Simmons scored]; Cruz struck
out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnstone singled to right; Iorg popped to
shortstop; Sizemore forced Johnstone (third to second) [Sizemore
to second (error by Tyson)]; Boone grounded out (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz flied out to right; Tyson flied out to
center; Denny grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 10, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: ANDREWS BATTED FOR REED; Andrews struck out;
Maddox doubled to left; Bowa grounded out (catcher to first)
[Maddox to third]; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); KAAT
REPLACED SIZEMORE (PITCHING); Mumphrey flied to right in foul
territory; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Scott flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Luzinski
doubled to right; Johnstone flied out to left; MARTIN BATTED FOR
IORG; Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); BROWN BATTED FOR
KAAT; Brown popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
10, Phillies 1.