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Mets 4 @ Cardinals 7
Busch Stadium
April 21, 1976

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, played on April 21, 1976 at Busch Stadium. The home team Cardinals beat the visiting Mets with a score of 7 to 4.

Game Summary

DateApril 21, 1976 
Visiting Team
New York Mets
R: 4 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 7 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherEric Rasmussen  
Losing PitcherMickey Lolich  
SaveAl Hrabosky  
Game Winning RBIRon Fairly 

Game Info

DateApril 21, 1976 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Mets 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
Home Starting PitcherBob Forsch  
BallparkBusch Stadium 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance7,213 
Time of Game2 hours 35 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jerry Dale
1B: Ed Sudol
2B: Bob Engel
3B: Bruce Froemming

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bruce Boisclair  Center Fielder 
Felix Millan  Second Baseman 
Wayne Garrett  Third Baseman 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Dave Kingman  Right Fielder 
Jerry Grote  Catcher 
Benny Ayala  Left Fielder 
Mike Phillips  Shortstop 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Joe Frazier  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Luis Melendez  Center Fielder 
Vic Harris  Second Baseman 
Lou Brock  Left Fielder 
Ted Simmons  Catcher 
Reggie Smith  Right Fielder 
Mike Anderson  First Baseman 
Hector Cruz  Third Baseman 
Don Kessinger  Shortstop 
Bob Forsch  Pitcher 
Red Schoendienst  Manager 

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Mets 4 @ Cardinals 7
Busch Stadium
April 21, 1976

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/21/1976 -- New York at St.Louis (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Boisclair B, cf       4  2  2  0   Melendez L, cf        5  0  1  0   
Millan F, 2b          5  0  2  1   Harris V, 2b-3b       4  2  2  0   
Garrett W, 3b         4  0  0  1   Brock L, lf           4  0  0  0   
Kranepool E, 1b-lf    5  0  2  1   Simmons T, c          4  2  3  0   
Kingman D, rf         5  0  1  0   Smith R, rf           4  1  3  3   
Grote J, c            4  0  0  0   Anderson M, 1b        3  0  1  0   
Ayala B, lf           4  0  0  0   Richard L, pr-2b      1  1  0  0   
Hall T, p             0  0  0  0   Cruz H, 3b            2  0  0  0   
Phillips M, ss        4  0  2  0   Fairly R, ph-1b       2  1  1  1   
Lolich M, p           3  2  2  0   Kessinger D, ss       3  0  1  1   
Lockwood S, p         0  0  0  0   Forsch B, p           1  0  0  0   
Torre J, ph-1b        1  0  1  0   Wallace M, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Frisella D, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Crawford W, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Rasmussen E, p        1  0  0  0   
                                   Hrabosky A, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  4 12  3                        35  7 12  5

New York         002 020 000 --  4
St.Louis         010 104 10x --  7

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M (L)          5.2  7  5  4  1  6
Lockwood S            1.1  4  2  2  1  1
Hall T                1.0  1  0  0  1  0

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Forsch B*             4.0  8  4  3  1  1
Wallace M             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Frisella D            0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Rasmussen E (W)       2.2  4  0  0  0  1
Hrabosky A (S)        1.1  0  0  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 5th

E -- Simmons T, Ayala B, Harris V
DP -- New York 1, St.Louis 1
LOB -- New York 10, St.Louis 7
2B -- Boisclair B, Simmons T, Harris V 2, Anderson M, Kessinger D
HR -- Smith R
SB -- Kingman D
WP -- Lolich M 2
T -- 2:35
A -- 7213

    

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