Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 15, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Office cf 5 1 1 0
Lacy 2b 4 1 1 0
May lf 3 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 1
Henderson rf 4 0 1 2
Williams c 4 1 1 1
Chaney ss 4 1 2 0
Royster 3b 4 0 1 0
Ruthven p 3 0 1 1
  Devine p 1 0 0 0
  Leon p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey lf 5 1 1 1
Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
McBride cf 3 1 3 0
Simmons c 5 0 0 1
Crawford rf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 3 2
Cruz 3b 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 1 0 0
Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 1 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Atlanta 110 021 0005101
St. Louis 000 000 031491
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  W (7-6) 7.2 8 3 3 2 3
  Devine   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Leon   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Beard  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (3-6) 5.0 8 4 4 1 2
  Solomon   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Wallace   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
4

  E–May (1), Mumphrey (1).  2B–Atlanta Henderson (8,off Rasmussen); Chaney (5,off Solomon), St. Louis Mumphrey (4,off Ruthven).  HR–Atlanta Williams (7,2nd inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Chaney (1,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons); McBride 2 (5,2nd base off Ruthven/Williams 2).  WP–Rasmussen (1).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:30.  A–18,422.
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