Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 26, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 2 0
Oliver cf 4 0 1 1
Zisk lf 3 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 3 1 1 1
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 0
Dyer c 2 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
Kison p 2 0 0 0
  Dilone ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Armas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 4 2 1 0
Templeton ss 4 1 3 1
Brock lf 4 0 1 2
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Crawford rf 4 0 1 0
  Chant pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 1 0 0
Cruz 3b 3 1 2 2
Denny p 2 0 0 0
  Mejias lf,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 100 000 001270
St. Louis 100 022 00x5100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  L (14-9) 6.0 9 5 5 1 2
  Giusti   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (11-8) 7.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Walker   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Hrabosky  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (20,off Denny); Hebner (21,off Walker), St. Louis Mumphrey (15,off Kison).  3B–St. Louis Brock (5,off Kison).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (12,9th inning off Walker 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Cruz (12,6th inning off Kison 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Denny (7,off Kison).  SB–Taveras (58,2nd base off Denny/Simmons); Templeton (11,2nd base off Kison/Dyer).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:06.  A–10,456.
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