Phillies @ Cardinals
August 6, 1976

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Phillies 2 9 3
Cardinals 5 8 3
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Phillies 2 9 3
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Ted Simmons Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .272
OBP .333 .356
At Bats 2 378
Hits 0 103
• Singles 0 75
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 51
RBI’s 0 49

Tug McGraw Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 7
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Busch Stadium - August 6, 1976
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Home Run
Tug McGraw
Tim McCarver
Tom Hutton
Tony Taylor
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Ollie Brown
Bobby Tolan
Jay Johnstone
Ted Simmons
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Simmons hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Tony Taylor now playing second base. Tim McCarver now catching. Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tom Underwood pinch runs for Greg Luzinski. Bob Boone pinch hits for Terry Harmon. Boone hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Greg Luzinski pinch hits for Johnny Oates. Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger misplays the ball. That's an error on Kessinger. Schmidt scores. Johnstone moves to third. Hutton moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Hutton takes first base on ball four. Johnstone moves to second.
Top 8 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schmidt moves to third.
Top 8 Johnstone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to second.
Top 8 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Tolan strikes out. Simmons drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tolan out.
Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richard tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Denny strikes out.
Bottom 7 Richard hits a line drive to left field. Brown throws towards the infield. McGraw fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McGraw. Hernandez scores. Cruz goes all the way around to score. Richard moves to third.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tug McGraw now pitching. Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harmon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Bowa 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 7 Dave Cash pinch hits for Jim Lonborg. Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oates moves to third.
Top 7 Harmon bunts towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Richard covering, for the out. Oates moves to second.
Top 7 Oates hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 There goes Brock. The throw from Oates and he is out, Schmidt applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Crawford hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mumphrey tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Simmons is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a line drive into right field. Johnstone picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnstone. Mumphrey moves to third. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bobby Tolan now playing center field. Mumphrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Denny covering. It's a double play.
Top 6 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Denny hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Richard hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hutton scoops it up and throws to first, with Lonborg covering, for the out.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maddox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford. Maddox reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Bowa hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lonborg bunts towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Crawford hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harmon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harmon hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Oates hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hernandez. Oates moves to second.
Top 4 Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
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 hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Denny hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hutton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Schmidt for the double play.
Top 3 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 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. Bowa scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Denny. Bowa moves to third.
Bottom 2 Richard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lonborg fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Crawford scores.
Bottom 2 Crawford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Crawford reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Lonborg hits a line drive into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out. Brown moves to third.
Top 2 Oates hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown moves to second.
Top 2 Hutton hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Brock. The throw from Oates and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kessinger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey bunts towards the mound. Lonborg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bowa hits a popup towards the mound. Denny settles under it and makes the catch for the out.