St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
October 2, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Brock lf 2 0 0 0
  Mejias lf 1 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 3 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Anderson rf 3 0 0 0
Cruz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Potter ph 1 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 5 1 1 0
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Moreno cf 4 1 1 1
Parker rf 4 3 3 2
Hebner 3b 3 2 1 1
Kirkpatrick 1b 4 1 2 2
Stennett 2b 4 0 2 1
Dyer c 4 0 1 0
Candelaria p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 7
St. Louis 000 000 000051
Pittsburgh 032 300 00x8120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (13-15) 2.0 6 5 4 3 2
  Walker   2.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Wallace   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Capilla   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (16-7) 9.0 5 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
6

  E–Hernandez (9).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Simmons (35,off Candelaria); Tyson (12,off Candelaria), Pittsburgh Kirkpatrick (9,off McGlothen); Stennett (31,off McGlothen); Moreno (3,off Walker).  3B–Pittsburgh Hebner (3,off McGlothen).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (13,4th inning off Walker 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Brock (56,2nd base off Candelaria/Dyer); Dilone 2 (4,2nd base off McGlothen/Simmons,2nd base off Walker/Simmons); Parker (19,2nd base off McGlothen/Simmons).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–1:52.  A–4,250.
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