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Cardinals
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
May 5, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 5, 1976 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 5, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 5, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pete Falcone |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Ruthven |
| Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 4,138 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Andy Olsen 2B: Satch Davidson 3B: Dutch Rennert |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Vic Harris | Second Baseman |
| Bake McBride | Center Fielder |
| Ted Simmons | Catcher |
| Willie Crawford | Right Fielder |
| Ron Fairly | First Baseman |
| Hector Cruz | Third Baseman |
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Pete Falcone | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Royster | Third Baseman |
| Marty Perez | Second Baseman |
| Jim Wynn | Left Fielder |
| Earl Williams | First Baseman |
| Ken Henderson | Right Fielder |
| Tom Paciorek | Center Fielder |
| Vic Correll | Catcher |
| Darrel Chaney | Shortstop |
| Dick Ruthven | Pitcher |
| Dave Bristol | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
May 5, 1976
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Ruthven
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruthven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Ruthven
Harris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Ruthven
McBride hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harris moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Simmons vs. Ruthven
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. Harris scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Ruthven
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Royster vs. Falcone
Royster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Falcone
Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Royster moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wynn vs. Falcone
Wynn strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Falcone
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out. Royster moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Falcone
Henderson hits a line drive towards third. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Ruthven
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Ruthven
Cruz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Royster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Ruthven
Kessinger is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Falcone
Paciorek strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Correll vs. Falcone
Correll hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaney vs. Falcone
Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falcone vs. Ruthven
Falcone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Ruthven
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Royster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Ruthven
Harris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruthven vs. Falcone
Ruthven strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Royster vs. Falcone
Royster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Falcone
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Ruthven
McBride strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Ruthven
Simmons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Ruthven
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. Ruthven
Fairly hits a fly ball into center field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Falcone
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Falcone
Williams hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Falcone
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Ruthven
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Ruthven
Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Falcone vs. Ruthven
Falcone strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Ruthven
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Falcone
Paciorek hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Correll vs. Falcone
Correll hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaney vs. Falcone
Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Ruthven
Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Ruthven
McBride hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Ruthven
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out. Harris moves to third. McBride moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Crawford vs. Ruthven
Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Harris scores. McBride moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fairly vs. Ruthven
Fairly hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McBride tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Ruthven
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruthven vs. Falcone
Ruthven hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Royster vs. Falcone
Royster hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Falcone
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynn vs. Falcone
Wynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Ruthven
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falcone vs. Ruthven
Falcone strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Ruthven
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Ruthven
Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brock moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McBride vs. Ruthven
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Falcone
Luis Melendez now playing left field.
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz juggles the ball. That's an error on Cruz. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Falcone
Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Paciorek vs. Falcone
Paciorek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fairly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Correll vs. Falcone
Correll hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gaston vs. Falcone
Cito Gaston pinch hits for Darrel Chaney.
Gaston hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Ruthven
Rod Gilbreath now playing second base. Marty Perez now playing shortstop.
Simmons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Ruthven
Crawford hits a fly ball into center field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. Ruthven
Fairly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Ruthven
There goes Simmons. The throw from Correll and he is out, Royster applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Ruthven
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lacy vs. Falcone
Lee Lacy pinch hits for Dick Ruthven.
Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Royster vs. Falcone
Royster hits a line drive off the glove of Falcone. The ball bounces into foul territory, and onto the outfield grass. Royster reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Proly
Mike Proly now pitching.
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out. Royster moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wynn vs. Proly
Wynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Hrabosky
Darrell Evans pinch hits for Earl Williams. Al Hrabosky now pitching.
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hrabosky fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Sosa
Lee Lacy now playing center field. Elias Sosa now pitching. Tom Paciorek now playing first base.
Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hrabosky vs. Sosa
Hrabosky bunts towards the mound. Sosa fields it and throws to first for the out. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melendez vs. Sosa
Melendez hits a fly ball into center field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harris vs. Sosa
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kessinger moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McBride vs. Sosa
McBride hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kessinger scores. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Sosa
Simmons strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hrabosky
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paciorek vs. Hrabosky
Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Correll vs. Hrabosky
Correll hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hrabosky fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/5/1976 -- St.Louis at Atlanta (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Brock L, lf 4 0 1 0 Royster J, 3b 3 0 1 0
Melendez L, lf 1 0 0 0 Perez M, 2b-ss 4 0 2 0
Harris V, 2b 5 2 4 0 Wynn J, lf 3 0 0 0
McBride B, cf 5 1 3 1 Williams E, 1b 3 0 0 0
Simmons T, c 3 0 0 1 Evans D, ph 1 0 0 0
Crawford W, rf 4 0 0 1 Sosa E, p 0 0 0 0
Fairly R, 1b 3 0 1 1 Henderson K, rf 4 0 1 0
Cruz H, 3b 4 0 0 0 Paciorek T, cf-1b 4 0 0 0
Kessinger D, ss 4 1 2 0 Correll V, c 4 0 0 0
Falcone P, p 3 0 0 0 Chaney D, ss 2 0 0 0
Proly M, p 0 0 0 0 Gaston C, ph 1 0 0 0
Hrabosky A, p 0 0 0 0 Gilbreath R, 2b 0 0 0 0
Ruthven D, p 2 0 0 0
Lacy L, ph-cf 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 11 4 32 0 4 0
St.Louis 100 002 001 -- 4
Atlanta 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone P (W) 7.1 4 0 0 1 3
Proly M 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Hrabosky A (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven D (L) 8.0 8 3 3 2 4
Sosa E 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
E -- Cruz H
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Atlanta 7
2B -- Royster J
CS -- Simmons T
SH -- Hrabosky A
SF -- Fairly R
T -- 2:28
A -- 4138
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