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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 21, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, played on May 21, 1977 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 21, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 21, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Montefusco |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Denny |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 15,546 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Weyer 1B: Art Williams 2B: Paul Runge 3B: Ed Montague |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Derrel Thomas | Second Baseman |
| Bill Madlock | Third Baseman |
| Darrell Evans | Left Fielder |
| Terry Whitfield | Right Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Gary Thomasson | Center Fielder |
| Johnnie LeMaster | Shortstop |
| Mike Sadek | Catcher |
| John Montefusco | Pitcher |
| Joe Altobelli | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Garry Templeton | Shortstop |
| Bake McBride | Center Fielder |
| Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
| Jerry Mumphrey | Right Fielder |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
| Don Kessinger | Second Baseman |
| John Denny | Pitcher |
| Vern Rapp | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 21, 1977
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Denny
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Madlock vs. Denny
Madlock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Denny
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitfield vs. Denny
Whitfield strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Montefusco
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Montefusco
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Montefusco
McBride hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Montefusco
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mumphrey vs. Montefusco
Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Denny
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomasson vs. Denny
Thomasson hits a line drive off the glove of Templeton, and into shallow left field. Thomasson reaches second base with a double. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
LeMaster vs. Denny
LeMaster strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sadek vs. Denny
Sadek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Sadek reaches second base with a double. McCovey scores. Thomasson scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Montefusco vs. Denny
Montefusco hits a fly ball into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Denny
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Montefusco
Rader hits a line drive into left field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Montefusco
Reitz strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Montefusco
Kessinger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Denny vs. Montefusco
Denny hits a fly ball into right field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Denny
Madlock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Denny
Evans is hit by the pitch. Madlock moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitfield vs. Denny
Whitfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Madlock moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCovey vs. Denny
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomasson vs. Denny
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first, with Denny covering, for the out. Madlock scores. Evans moves to third. Whitfield moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
LeMaster vs. Denny
LeMaster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Montefusco
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas misplays the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Brock moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Templeton vs. Montefusco
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McBride vs. Montefusco
McBride is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hernandez vs. Montefusco
Hernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Brock scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mumphrey vs. Montefusco
Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadek vs. Denny
Sadek hits a fly ball into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montefusco vs. Denny
Montefusco hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Denny
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Madlock vs. Denny
Madlock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Denny
Denny fires to third and has Thomas trapped. There's the throw to Templeton who tags Thomas for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Denny
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Montefusco
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Montefusco
Reitz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evans. Reitz reaches second base with a double. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kessinger vs. Montefusco
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on LeMaster. Rader scores. Reitz moves to third. Kessinger moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Denny vs. Montefusco
Denny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reitz scores. Kessinger scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Montefusco
Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Brock reaches second base with a double. Denny moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Templeton vs. Curtis
John Curtis now pitching.
Templeton hits a fly ball into right field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McBride vs. Curtis
McBride hits a line drive towards short. LeMaster reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hernandez vs. Curtis
Hernandez is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Denny
Whitfield hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Denny
McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Denny
Thomasson hits a fly ball into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Denny
LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mumphrey vs. Curtis
Mumphrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Curtis
Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Evans. Rader reaches second base with a double. Mumphrey goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reitz vs. Heaverlo
Rob Andrews now playing second base. Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Derrel Thomas now playing shortstop.
Reitz hits a fly ball into right field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kessinger vs. Heaverlo
Kessinger is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scott vs. Heaverlo
Tony Scott pinch hits for John Denny.
Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rader tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Heaverlo
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Templeton vs. Heaverlo
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadek vs. Carroll
Tony Scott now playing left field. Clay Carroll now pitching.
Sadek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Carroll
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Carroll
Thomas hits a line drive towards third. Reitz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Heaverlo
McBride hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Heaverlo
Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mumphrey vs. Heaverlo
Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards second. Andrews scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Carroll
Mike Anderson now playing right field. Jerry Mumphrey now playing left field. Tony Scott now playing center field.
Madlock hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Carroll
Evans hits a line drive into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Carroll
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Heaverlo
Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Heaverlo
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas misplays the ball. That's an error on Thomas. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Heaverlo
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heaverlo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Carroll
McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Carroll
Thomasson hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Carroll
Jack Clark pinch hits for Dave Heaverlo.
Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Cornutt
Terry Cornutt now pitching.
Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carroll vs. Cornutt
Carroll hits a fly ball into right field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Cornutt
Templeton strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadek vs. Carroll
Sadek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mumphrey. Sadek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Andrews vs. Carroll
Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Carroll
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Madlock vs. Carroll
Madlock hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/21/1977 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Thomas D, 2b-ss 5 0 2 0 Brock L, lf 4 1 2 0
Madlock B, 3b 5 1 3 0 Carroll C, p 1 0 0 0
Evans D, lf 3 0 0 0 Templeton G, ss 5 1 1 0
Whitfield T, rf 4 1 2 1 McBride B, cf 4 1 2 2
McCovey W, 1b 3 1 0 0 Anderson M, rf 0 0 0 0
Thomasson G, cf 4 1 1 1 Hernandez K, 1b 4 0 1 1
LeMaster J, ss 3 0 0 0 Mumphrey J, rf-lf 4 1 1 0
Heaverlo D, p 0 0 0 0 Rader D, c 3 2 1 1
Clark J, ph 1 0 0 0 Reitz K, 3b 4 1 1 0
Cornutt T, p 0 0 0 0 Kessinger D, 2b 2 1 0 1
Sadek M, c 4 0 2 2 Denny J, p 2 0 1 2
Montefusco J, p 2 1 1 1 Scott T, ph-lf-cf 1 0 0 1
Curtis J, p 0 0 0 0
Andrews R, 2b 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 11 5 34 8 10 8
San Francisco 021 110 000 -- 5
St.Louis 201 320 00x -- 8
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco J (L)* 3.0 6 6 5 2 4
Curtis J+ 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Heaverlo D 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Cornutt T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Denny J (W) 5.0 10 5 5 1 5
Carroll C (S) 4.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 5 batters in 4th
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
E -- Thomas D 3, LeMaster J
DP -- San Francisco 2, St.Louis 1
LOB -- San Francisco 6, St.Louis 6
2B -- Thomasson G, Sadek M 2, Hernandez K, Reitz K, Brock L, Rader D
HR -- McBride B, Montefusco J, Whitfield T
SF -- Scott T
HBP -- by Denny J (Evans D)
T -- 2:31
A -- 15546
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