Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 26, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1977 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 5 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 0
Johnstone rf 3 0 2 1
  Brown ph,rf 2 0 2 0
Hebner 1b 4 1 1 0
  Hutton 1b 0 0 0 0
Boone c 4 1 1 0
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 0 1
Lerch p 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 1
  Reed p 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 5 2 2 0
Mumphrey lf 3 0 1 0
Cruz rf 4 0 2 0
Simmons c 5 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
  Templeton pr,ss 1 0 1 1
Kessinger ss,2b 3 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Brock ph 1 0 1 0
  Youngblood 3b 0 0 0 0
Denny p 2 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Rader ph 1 0 1 1
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 13 3
Philadelphia 100 000 200 0380
St. Louis 100 100 001 14131
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   6.0 7 2 2 2 0
  Reed  L (2-2) 3.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Garber   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.2
13
4
4
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   7.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Hrabosky   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Metzger  W (1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
4
1

  E–Tyson (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 2.  PB–Boone (1).  2B–Philadelphia Brown (1,off Metzger), St. Louis Scott 2 (6,off Lerch,off Reed).  3B–Philadelphia Johnstone (1,off Denny).  SF–McCarver (1,off Denny); Kessinger (1,off Lerch).  IBB–Hutton (1,by Metzger); Mumphrey (2,by Reed); Hernandez (2,by Garber).  SB–Mumphrey (3,2nd base off Lerch/Boone); Hernandez (3,2nd base off Lerch/Boone).  CS–Cruz (2,2nd base by Lerch/Boone).  IBB–Reed (3,Mumphrey); Garber (2,Hernandez); Metzger (5,Hutton).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:31.  A–16,450.
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