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July 18, 1976

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Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 9 2
Giants 5 8 1
Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 9 2
Giants 5 8 1

Hector Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .191
OBP .333 .235
At Bats 3 272
Hits 1 52
• Singles 1 35
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 1 33

Gary Lavelle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 8
Close
Candlestick Park - July 18, 1976
Out
Gary Lavelle
Mike Sadek
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Ken Reitz
Chris Speier
Gary Matthews
Larry Herndon
Bobby Murcer
Hector Cruz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 2 4
San Francisco Giants 5 8 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jim Barr
Losing Pitcher Pete Falcone
Save Gary Lavelle
Game Winning RBI Chris Arnold
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Joe Ferguson pinch hits for Keith Hernandez. Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sadek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Speier hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Crawford strikes out.
Top 8 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 8 Brock strikes out.
Top 8 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 McBride strikes out.
Bottom 7 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Matthews. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Matthews steals second.
Bottom 7 Matthews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bill Greif now pitching. Perez hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mike Anderson pinch hits for Pete Falcone. Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gary Lavelle now pitching. Harris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Chris Arnold pinch hits for Jim Barr. Arnold hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evans tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Sadek bunts towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herndon throws the ball in to Speier who tags Hernandez trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Brock scores. Simmons scores.
Top 6 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. Brock moves to third. Simmons moves to second.
Top 6 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brock moves to second.
Top 6 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barr fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 McBride hits a line drive towards short. Speier catches it and throws to second to double up Cruz.
Top 5 Falcone bunts in front of the plate. Sadek fields it and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second.
Top 5 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harris scores.
Top 5 Harris hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Harris reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Herndon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Barr bunts towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Harris covering, for the out. Evans moves to third. Sadek moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sadek takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 4 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Speier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Crawford. The throw from Sadek and he is safe. Crawford steals second.
Top 4 Crawford takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brock hits a popup towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Reitz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a popup towards third. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Vic Harris now playing second base. Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 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.
Top 3 Falcone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Herndon strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Barr. The throw from Simmons, and Tyson drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 2 Barr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sadek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Tyson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Evans fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 2 Crawford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Speier hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Matthews tags and scores. Murcer tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herndon scores. Matthews moves to third.
Bottom 1 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz juggles the ball. That's an error on Cruz. Herndon moves to third.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Herndon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herndon bunts towards the mound. Falcone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Mike Sadek now catching. Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barr fields it and throws to second for the out. McBride moves to third.
Top 1 Kessingerhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Hill interferes with Kessinger who is awarded first base. McBride moves to second.
Top 1 McBride hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.