Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 8, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 2 1 0
Foli ss 5 2 3 0
Jorgensen rf 4 1 2 2
Williams 1b 2 0 0 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 0 0 0 0
  Carrithers pr 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 1 1
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 1 0 0 0
  Lang p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Foote c 5 1 1 0
Rivera lf 4 1 3 1
  White lf 1 0 1 0
Frias 2b 4 1 1 1
Hannahs p 1 0 0 0
  Mackanin 3b 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 5 1 1 0
Templeton ss 5 1 2 0
Anderson lf 0 1 0 0
  Harris pr,lf,3b 3 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 0 1
Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0
Cruz 3b 1 2 0 1
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Kessinger 2b 0 0 0 0
Mejias rf 3 0 0 0
  Brock ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Alvarado 2b 3 1 2 2
  Crawford ph 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Chant rf 0 0 0 0
Solomon p 2 0 1 2
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 1 0 0 0
  Rudolph ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 7 6
Montreal 001 005 0208130
St. Louis 502 000 000776
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Hannahs   2.2 5 7 7 5 4
  Lang   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kerrigan  W (2-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Murray   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Fryman  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
7
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon   5.1 9 6 4 3 4
  Wallace   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Walker  L (0-1) 3.1 4 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
13
8
6
6
8

  E–Templeton 2 (10), Ferguson (12), Cruz (23), Alvarado 2 (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Montreal Rivera (10,off Solomon); Frias (5,off Solomon); Jorgensen (11,off Walker); Morales (10,off Walker), St. Louis Templeton 2 (5,off Hannahs,off Fryman); Solomon (1,off Hannahs).  SH–Frias (1,off Walker).  SF–Williams (5,off Solomon); Jorgensen (3,off Wallace); Ferguson (2,off Hannahs).  IBB–Unser (2,by Walker).  CS–Unser (7,3rd base by Solomon/Ferguson).  WP–Hannahs (1), Wallace (6).  IBB–Walker (1,Unser).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:49.  A–6,945.
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