Phillies @ Cardinals
August 5, 1976

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Bottom 8 R H E
Phillies 5 7 0
Cardinals 2 7 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Phillies 5 7 0
Cardinals 2 7 1

Hector Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .211
OBP .667 .258
At Bats 3 327
Hits 2 69
• Singles 1 48
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 9
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 2 43

Wayne Twitchell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Busch Stadium - August 5, 1976
Wayne Twitchell
Tim McCarver
Tom Hutton
Dave Cash
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Bobby Tolan
Garry Maddox
Ollie Brown
Hector Cruz
Ted Simmons
Willie Crawford

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 5 7 0 6
St. Louis Cardinals 2 7 1 8
Winning Pitcher Wayne Twitchell
Losing Pitcher Lynn McGlothen
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Garry Maddox
Attendance 15,569
Time of Game 2 hours 27 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cruz is called out on strikes.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ferguson strikes out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Crawford moves to third. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crawford moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tom Hutton now playing first base. Crawford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bowa hits a fly ball towards left. Anderson catches it and throws to home to double up Hutton.
Top 8 McCarver bunts in front of the plate. Ferguson fields it and throws to first for the out. Hutton moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 8 Tom Hutton pinch runs for Jay Johnstone. Brown takes first base on ball four. Hutton moves to second.
Top 8 Eddie Solomon now pitching. Johnstone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mumphrey strikes out.
Bottom 7 Keith Hernandez pinch hits for Bill Greif. Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Twitchell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Twitchell is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maddox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Richard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnstone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Richard for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ferguson strikes out.
Top 6 Cash hits a line drive into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tolan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bowa hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brown tags and scores.
Top 6 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to third.
Top 6 Willie Crawford now playing right field. Mike Anderson now playing left field. Brown hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford. Brown reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Wayne Twitchell now pitching. Bobby Tolan now playing left field. Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Twitchell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Johnstone hits a line drive towards first. Simmons reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Luzinski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cash scores. Maddox moves to second.
Top 5 Bill Greif now pitching. Schmidt strikes out.
Top 5 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCarver scores. Bowa scores. Cash moves to second.
Top 5 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Ferguson fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ferguson. McCarver moves to third. Bowa moves to second.
Top 5 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Tom Underwood. Tolan strikes out.
Top 5 Bowa takes first base on ball four. McCarver moves to second.
Top 5 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McGlothen strikes out.
Bottom 4 Richard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Luzinski. Richard reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simmons scoops it up and throws to first, with McGlothen covering, for the out.
Top 4 Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Schmidt moves to second.
Top 4 Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGlothen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnstone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Mumphrey moves to third. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mumphrey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mumphrey takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Underwood strikes out.
Top 3 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 McGlothen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Brown hits a popup towards third. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnstone hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Luzinski. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Kessinger applying the tag.
Top 2 Luzinski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a line drive towards short. Bowa reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schmidt is called out on strikes.
Top 1 There goes Maddox. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Richard applying the tag.
Top 1 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.