Cardinals @ Mets
September 15, 1976

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Cardinals	4	10	1
Mets	1	6	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Cardinals	4	10	1
Mets	1	6	0

Leo Foster Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.231
OBP	.333	.322
At Bats	3	52
Hits	1	12
• Singles	1	9
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	7
RBI’s	0	14

John Curtis Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	9	1

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Shea Stadium - September 15, 1976

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John Curtis

Ted Simmons

Keith Hernandez

Don Kessinger

Hector Cruz

Garry Templeton

Charlie Chant

Jerry Mumphrey

Vic Harris

Leo Foster

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
St. Louis Cardinals	4	10	1	9
New York Mets	1	6	0	7
Winning Pitcher	John Curtis
Losing Pitcher	Nino Espinosa
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Keith Hernandez
Attendance	9,963
Time of Game	2 hours 10 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Foster hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Foster for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Staiger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 9 Mangual takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Simmons hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 9 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Charlie Chant now playing left field. Vail strikes out.

Top 8 Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 8 Potter takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Bob Myrick now pitching. Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Millan hits a fly ball into left field. Potter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into left field. Potter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Leon Brown pinch hits for Bob Apodaca. Brown takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 7 Simmons is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Templeton moves to second.

Top 7 Templeton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Staiger hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Mangual bunts in front of the plate. Simmons picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Simmons. Mangual moves to second.

Bottom 6 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Mumphrey is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Curtis bunts towards the mound. Apodaca fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Potter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Curtis fields it and throws to first for the out. Mazzilli moves to second.

Bottom 5 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Apodaca hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Kessinger hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Cruz is called out on strikes.

Top 5 Harris bunts in front of the plate. Stearns fields it and throws to first for the out. Simmons moves to third.

Top 5 Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Hernandez goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Foster hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Staiger hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Mangual hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mumphrey for the out.

Top 4 Bob Apodaca now pitching. Curtis strikes out.

Bottom 3 Stearns hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Torre takes first base on ball four. Millan moves to second.

Bottom 3 Vail hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Millan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foster scores. Grote moves to third.

Bottom 3 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Foster moves to third. Grote moves to second.

Bottom 3 Jerry Grote pinch hits for Nino Espinosa. Grote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foster moves to second.

Bottom 3 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Potter hits a fly ball into left field. Mangual settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Cruz moves to second.

Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Simmons moves to third.

Top 3 Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Simmons is walked intentionally.

Top 3 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mangual. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Templeton scores.

Top 3 Templeton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Templeton reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Mumphrey strikes out.

Bottom 2 Staiger hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Mangual strikes out.

Bottom 2 Stearns strikes out.

Top 2 Curtis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Potter is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Kessinger hits a popup towards short. Foster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 1 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Potter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Vail hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Millan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mumphrey moves to third.

Top 1 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Templeton is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Mumphrey takes first base on ball four.

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