St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 3, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1976 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 5 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Brock lf 4 2 1 0
Simmons c 4 2 3 2
Crawford rf 2 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 3
Kessinger 2b 4 0 0 0
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 0 0 0 0
  Tyson pr 0 0 0 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday 1b 4 2 2 3
Cardenal lf 4 0 0 0
Wallis cf 3 1 1 0
Morales rf 4 1 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 1 0
Sperring 3b 2 1 2 1
  Summers ph 0 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph 1 0 1 1
  Rosello pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0
Kelleher ss,3b 4 0 2 1
Burris p 1 1 0 1
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 7
St. Louis 010 103 000593
Chicago 110 120 03x8100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.0 6 5 3 2 1
  Solomon  L (0-1) 1.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Hrabosky   0.2 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
5
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   5.0 7 4 4 0 2
  Schultz   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Coleman   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Sutter  W (4-3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
3

  E–Templeton (7), Ferguson (11), Cruz (21).  2B–St. Louis Brock (21,off Burris); Simmons (31,off Burris), Chicago Trillo (22,off Forsch).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (5,2nd inning off Burris 0 on, 0 out); Hernandez (4,6th inning off Schultz 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Monday 2 (27,1st inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Burris (1,off Forsch).  SB–Mumphrey (15,2nd base off Coleman/Mitterwald).  CS–Sperring (1,2nd base by Forsch/Simmons).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:13.  A–7,283.
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