Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 8, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 2 2 0
  Foote ph,c 1 1 1 2
Foli ss 4 0 1 2
Jorgensen rf 4 0 1 0
Williams 1b 5 1 1 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Mackanin 2b 4 0 3 0
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 2 1
  White pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Rivera lf 4 1 0 0
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Lang p 1 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 1 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 0 0
  Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 1
Templeton ss 5 0 2 1
Brock lf 5 1 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 2 0
Crawford rf 4 1 2 0
  Ferguson rf 0 0 0 0
Kessinger 2b 4 1 0 1
Cruz 3b 3 1 2 0
Forsch p 1 0 1 0
  Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Montreal 001 120 0037121
St. Louis 040 010 0005101
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Blair   1.1 4 4 3 2 0
  Lang   2.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Taylor   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Kerrigan  W (1-4) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Murray  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   5.0 7 4 3 0 3
  Curtis  L (5-9) 3.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Hrabosky   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
2
3

  E–Mackanin (17), Cruz (22).  DP–Montreal 1, St. Louis 2.  PB–Simmons (8).  2B–Montreal Mackanin (14,off Forsch); Williams (11,off Forsch); Unser (19,off Forsch), St. Louis Crawford (15,off Blair).  3B–Montreal Unser (4,off Forsch).  HR–St. Louis Brock (3,5th inning off Taylor 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Foli (1,by Hrabosky).  SH–Forsch (6,off Lang); Curtis (5,off Taylor).  SF–Mumphrey (3,off Blair).  WP–Blair (1), Hrabosky (4).  IBB–Hrabosky (9,Foli).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:25.
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