Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 5 0 0 0
Office cf 2 0 0 0
  Moore lf 2 0 1 0
Wynn lf,cf 3 1 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 2 1
Henderson rf 4 1 1 0
Chaney ss 2 1 0 0
Gilbreath 2b 3 1 1 0
Correll c 3 0 1 1
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 1 2
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Belloir ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 4 1 2 2
Templeton ss 4 0 2 1
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Crawford rf 4 1 2 2
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Kessinger 2b 4 1 1 0
Cruz 3b 4 1 1 1
Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
Atlanta 010 003 000470
St. Louis 041 010 00x6110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (13-9) 4.0 8 5 5 0 1
  Torrealba   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Dal Canton   3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (5-9) 5.2 5 4 4 5 2
  Curtis   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Greif  SV (4) 3.1 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
7
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  PB–Correll (6); Simmons (7).  2B–St. Louis Mumphrey 2 (9,off Niekro 2); Templeton (1,off Niekro).  HR–St. Louis Crawford (8,3rd inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rasmussen (3,off Niekro).  SB–Templeton (3,2nd base off Niekro/Correll); Mumphrey (13,2nd base off Dal Canton/Correll).  CS–Simmons (4,Home by Torrealba/Correll).  WP–Rasmussen (3).  BK–Niekro (4).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:22.  A–14,287.
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