St. Louis Cardinals (6) New York Mets (5)

| 1976

Date of Game: Sunday, September 12, 1976
Stadium: Busch Stadium II

New York Mets (NL)	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
Record: 74-67	Record: 62-77
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Attendance: 28,515 Time of Game: 2:43

Game Notes:

Doug Capilla - 1st career game

Lee Mazzilli - 1st career stolen base

Doug Capilla - 1st career win, 1st career game

Best at-bats

Keith Hernandez HR in 7th inning (33.95)

Ted Simmons 2B in 8th inning (28.91)

Mike Vail ? in 8th inning (25.78)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Mets	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	5	9	0
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	x	6	9	1

New York Mets Batting Stats

New York Mets	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Lee Mazzilli	cf	21.171	2	1	0	0	3	0	.111	5	5	1	3	1
Felix Millan	2b	33.022	3	1	2	1	2	0	.280	119	1342	1	24	2
John Milner	lf-1b	26.258	5	1	2	2	0	0	.276	113	596	13	71	0
Ed Kranepool	1b	31.308	2	0	1	0	1	0	.285	109	1583	7	41	1
Dave Kingman	ph	27.265	1	0	0	0	0	1	.231	105	648	34	77	6
Pepe Mangual	lf	24.112	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	101	305	3	24	22
John Stearns	c	25.022	5	0	1	1	0	0	.304	17	77	1	7	1
Billy Baldwin	rf	25.095	5	0	0	0	0	0	.077	5	35	0	2	0
Leo Foster	3b	25.222	3	0	0	0	0	0	.224	18	102	1	14	3
Mike Phillips	ph	26.024	1	0	1	0	0	0	.260	78	367	4	28	2
Leon Brown	pr	26.300	0	1	0	0	0	0	.214	57	57	0	2	0
Roy Staiger	3b	26.249	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	76	89	2	21	3
Bud Harrelson	ss	32.098	2	1	1	0	2	0	.233	102	1198	1	24	9
Jon Matlack	p	26.236	2	0	1	0	0	0	.187	30	171	0	8	0
Bruce Boisclair	ph	23.277	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	97	104	1	10	9
Mike Vail	ph	24.307	1	0	0	0	0	0	.224	45	83	0	9	0
Bob Apodaca	p	26.224	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	38	120	0	0	0
Totals:			33	5	9	4	8	1	.273	1115	6882

St. Louis Cardinals Batting Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Jerry Mumphrey	rf-cf	24.003	4	1	2	0	0	0	.254	90	106	0	19	16
Garry Templeton	ss	20.172	3	1	0	0	1	1	.303	32	32	1	10	6
Lou Brock	lf	37.086	3	0	1	1	1	2	.299	120	2247	3	58	52
Joe Ferguson	c	29.358	4	0	0	0	0	0	.214	113	475	9	34	5
Keith Hernandez	1b	22.327	3	2	1	1	1	0	.290	106	184	6	38	4
Hector Cruz	3b	23.163	3	1	1	1	0	0	.221	129	163	10	59	0
Ted Simmons	ph	27.034	1	0	1	2	0	0	.292	134	978	5	69	0
Sam Mejias	pr-rf	24.126	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	4	0	0	0
Vic Harris	cf-3b	26.169	4	0	2	0	0	1	.224	87	413	1	16	1
Luis Alvarado	2b	27.240	3	1	0	0	0	1	.400	7	451	0	3	0
Eric Rasmussen	p	24.174	2	0	0	0	0	1	.121	40	54	0	2	0
Mike Wallace	p	25.221	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	44	105	0	0	0
Mike Anderson	ph	25.082	1	0	1	1	0	0	.315	74	483	0	10	1
Lee Richard	pr	27.359	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	59	232	0	5	1
Eddie Solomon	p	25.215	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	21	35	0	2	0
Doug Capilla	p	24.249	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Walker	p	27.309	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	161	0	0	0
Totals:			31	6	9	6	3	6	.290	1065	6124

Game Stats

2B: John Milner (23), Ted Simmons (32)
HR: Hector Cruz (10), Keith Hernandez (6)
RBIs: Mike Anderson (10), Lou Brock (58), Hector Cruz (59), Keith Hernandez (38), Felix Millan (24), John Milner 2 (71), Ted Simmons 2 (69), John Stearns (7)
SB: Lou Brock 2 (52), Lee Mazzilli (1)
CS: John Milner (5)
SH: Jon Matlack (7)

New York Mets Pitching Stats

New York Mets	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Jon Matlack	26.236	7	8	4	4	1	5	2	2.82	1.09	0	0	0	31	173
Bob Apodaca (L 2-7)	26.224	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	3.16	1.09	0	0	0	38	120
Pitching Totals:		8	9	6	6	3	6	2			0	0	0	69	293

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Eric Rasmussen	24.174	6	6	3	3	7	0	0	3.47	1.28	0	0	0	40	54
Mike Wallace	25.221	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.90	1.53	0	0	0	44	107
Eddie Solomon	25.215	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.03	1.66	0	0	0	21	35
Doug Capilla (W 1-0)	24.249	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	9.00	1.00	0	0	0	1	1
Tom Walker (Sv 1)	27.309	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	1.14	0	0	0	4	171
Pitching Totals:		9	9	5	5	8	1	0			0	0	0	110	368

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Eric Rasmussen; Doug Capilla;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jon Matlack 0-0-0; Bob Apodaca 0-0-0; Eric Rasmussen 0-0-0; Mike Wallace 0-0-0; Eddie Solomon 0-0-0; Doug Capilla 0-0-0; Tom Walker 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Jon Matlack 28; Bob Apodaca 6; Eric Rasmussen 29; Mike Wallace 3; Eddie Solomon 3; Doug Capilla 4; Tom Walker 3;
Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 28,515
Umpires: Home: Jim Quick 1B Bill Williams 2B Harry Wendelstedt 3B Dick Stello

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