Re: KOD35 - 71 St. Louis vs. 73 San Francisco

The Giants and Cards split 2-2 which puts SF in a tie with San Diego in the Western Division at 23-17.  St. Louis finishes in 3rd at 16-24, with the Dodgers in the basement at 15-25.

  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  Sep 28, 1977                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E                                                                                        1971 St. Louis 15-22          0 0 3   2 1 0   0 0 0      6 10  0                                                                                        1973 San Francisco 21-16      3 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0      5 10  1                                                                                          The Cardinals jumped all over Ron Bryant and Reggie Cleveland used an old Rick Wise model bat as he hit and pitched the Cards to a   6-5 win over the Giants.      StL  Reggie Cleveland: 2 for 3, triple, 2 runs.  SF   Chris Speier: 2 for 4, triple.    StL  Reggie Cleveland pitched 8 innings to earn the win: 5 earned runs, 10 hits, 1 BB, 4 K. He's 4-4 on the year.  StL  Moe Drabowsky pitched a 1-2-3 9th to earn his 1st save.  SF   Ron Bryant pitched 7.1 innings and took the loss: 6 earned runs, 10 hits, 1 BB, 3 K. He drops to 3-3 on the year.    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Sep 29, 1977                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E                                                                                        1971 St. Louis 16-22          1 0 1   6 0 0   0 0 0      8 10  0                                                                                        1973 San Francisco 21-17      0 1 0   0 3 3   0 0 0      7 12  0                                                                                          Ted Simmons' 3-run HR capped a 6-run 4th to lead the Cards to an 8-7 win.  Ted Sizemore joined the power parade with a HR and 4 RBI.    StL  Lou Brock: 2 for 4, 2 runs.  StL  Ted Sizemore: 2 for 4, HR, 4 RBI.    StL  Jerry Reuss pitched 5 innings to earn the win: 4 earned runs, 7 hits, 3 BB, 8 K. He's 2-4 on the season.  StL  Frank Linzy pitched a shutout 9th to earn his 2nd save of the year.  SF   Don Carrithers pitched 3.1 innings and took the loss: 5 earned runs, 6 hits, 5 BB, 0 K. He drops to 2-1 on the season.    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Sep 30, 1977                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E                                                                                        1973 San Francisco 22-17      1 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 1      4  9  1                                                                                        1971 St. Louis 16-23          0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 1      3 10  0                                                                                          Gary Matthews drove in 2 runs and Tom Bradley worked 3 strong innings out of the pen to save the Giants 4-3.      SF   Tito Fuentes: 3 for 5.  SF   Gary Matthews: 3 for 5, triple, 2 RBI, 2 runs.  StL  Ted Simmons: 2 for 4, triple, 2 runs.    SF   Jim Barr pitched 6 innings to earn the win: 2 earned runs, 8 hits, 0 BB, 4 K. He's now 4-3 on the season.  SF   Tom Bradley pitched the final 3 innings to record his 1st save of the year.  StL  Steve Carlton pitched 7 solid innings but took the loss: 3 earned runs, 8 hits, 1 BB, 6 K. He's now 3-4 on the season.    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    Oct 1, 1977                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E                                                                                        1973 San Francisco 23-17      0 0 2   0 0 1   0 0 0      3  8  0                                                                                        1971 St. Louis 16-24          0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0      1  8  1                                                                                          Rookie John D'Acquisto gave the Giants 5 strong innings and Juan Marichal finished up the final 3 for a 3-1 SF win.  Bobby Bonds doubled  in a run in the 3rd and scored on Garry Matthews' RBI single.    StL  Lou Brock: 3 for 5.    SF   John D'Acquisto pitched a great 5 innings for the win: 2 hits, 5 BB, 4 K. He's now 1-0 on the year.  SF   Juan Marichal pitched the final 3 innings earning his 1st save.  StL  Bob Gibson pitched 7 solid innings but took the loss: 2 earned runs, 7 hits, 3 BB, 6 K. He drops to 2-6 on the year.    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________