San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 17, 1976 Box Score

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

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San Diego Padres 4, St. Louis Cardinals 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf,rf 4 1 2 0
Hernandez ss 1 2 0 0
Winfield rf,cf 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 2
Davis cf 2 0 0 0
  Turner lf 2 0 1 1
Kubiak 2b 5 0 0 1
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
  Torres 3b 2 0 0 0
Kendall c 2 0 0 0
Strom p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf,lf 4 2 2 0
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Brock lf 2 3 1 1
  Chant ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 1 0 0
Anderson rf 3 2 1 0
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 4
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 2
Kessinger 2b 3 1 1 1
Denny p 3 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 8 8
San Diego 000 000 301463
St. Louis 302 300 10x980
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Strom  L (10-13) 2.2 4 5 4 4 2
  Johnson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Folkers   2.0 2 3 3 2 2
  Tomlin   2.0 1 1 0 3 1
  Freisleben   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
9
7
9
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (7-6) 6.0 4 2 2 7 3
  Curtis  SV (1) 3.0 2 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
10
6

  E–Hernandez (15), Rader (18), Tomlin (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–San Diego Turner (9,off Curtis), St. Louis Mumphrey (7,off Strom); Brock (17,off Strom); Kessinger (20,off Strom); Cruz (15,off Folkers).  HBP–Grubb (4,by Denny).  SH–Curtis (4,off Tomlin).  IBB–Anderson (3,by Folkers).  SB–Brock 3 (41,2nd base off Strom/Kendall,3rd base off Strom/Kendall,2nd base off Folkers/Kendall); Mumphrey 2 (12,2nd base off Folkers/Kendall,3rd base off Folkers/Kendall).  WP–Strom (8), Curtis (6).  HBP–Denny (6,Grubb).  IBB–Folkers (7,Anderson).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:02.  A–10,868.
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