Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 17, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Biittner rf 4 0 0 1
White cf 3 0 1 0
  Valentine lf 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Dwyer lf 4 1 1 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 1 1 2
Mackanin 2b 4 1 0 0
Kirby p 1 0 0 0
  Renko p 1 0 1 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Frias cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 4 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 2 3 0
Kessinger ss 2 2 1 0
McBride cf 4 0 3 1
Simmons c 3 0 2 3
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Cruz 3b 4 0 0 0
Harris 2b 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Montreal 001 020 000 0340
St. Louis 000 101 010 14101
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby   5.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Renko   2.1 5 2 2 1 1
  Scherman  L (1-1) 1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Murray   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
10
4
4
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.0 3 3 2 0 2
  Hrabosky   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rasmussen  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
4
3
2
0
2

  E–Cruz (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (1,off Kirby).  3B–Montreal Dwyer (1,off Forsch).  HR–Montreal Foli (1,5th inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Kirby (1,off Forsch); Kessinger (2,off Renko).  HBP–White (1,by Forsch); McBride (1,by Scherman).  SF–Simmons 2 (3,off Kirby,off Murray).  SB–White 2 (3,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons 2).  CS–Brock (1,2nd base by Renko/Carter).  HBP–Scherman (1,McBride); Forsch (1,White).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:31.  A–10,568.
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