Rasmussen Masterful as Cards Edge Phils

St, Louis, MO - Just like Candelaria for the Expos, the Cardinals Eric Rasmussen built off a strong 1975 finish with a ten strikeout performance on opening day. Rasmussen and Littell walked none and struck out eleven total, the only blemish a two-run Sixto Lezcano home run in the 7th. Lou Brock - coming off a dreadful 1975 campaign - drove Ted Simmons in twice to lead the way offensively for the Cardinals. Philadelphia infielder Terry Harmon did extend his hitting streak to 26-games dating back to the end of last season in the losing effort.





St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2

4/5/1976, PHI76-STL76, Busch Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Philadelphia      0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0     2  9  0     6  1
1976 St. Louis         0  1  0  2  0  0  0  0  x     3  8  0     5  1
 
Philadelphia         AB  R  H BI   AVG    St. Louis            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Harmon            2b  4  0  1  0  .250    McBride           cf  4  0  1  0  .250
Hutton            1b  4  0  1  0  .250    Guerrero          ss  4  0  1  0  .250
Maddox            cf  4  0  0  0  .000     Kelleher         pr  0  0  0  0  .000
Schmidt           3b  4  0  0  0  .000    Hernandez         1b  4  0  0  0  .000
Luzinski          lf  4  1  1  0  .250    Ferguson          rf  4  1  1  0  .250
Lezcano           rf  4  1  1  2  .250    Simmons           c   4  2  2  0  .500
Bowa              ss  3  0  2  0  .667    Brock             lf  3  0  2  2  .667
 Unser            ph  1  0  1  0 1.000    Tyson             2b  3  0  1  1  .333
Oates             c   4  0  2  0  .500     Lintz            pr  0  0  0  0  .000
Carlton           p   3  0  0  0  .000    Sutherland        3b  2  0  0  0  .000
 McGraw           p   0  0  0  0  .000    Rasmussen         p   3  0  0  0  .000
                     35  2  9  2           Littell          p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                                               31  3  8  3
 
Philadelphia                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Carlton          L 0-1           7.0  8  3  3  1  8 110  69  3.86
McGraw                           1.0  0  0  0  0  1  11   9  0.00
                                 8.0  8  3  3  1  9 121  78 
 
St. Louis                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Rasmussen        W 1-0           8.0  8  2  2  0 10 114  83  2.25
Littell          S 1             1.0  1  0  0  0  1  15  10  0.00
                                 9.0  9  2  2  0 11 129  93 
 
PHI: Unser batted for Bowa in the 9th
STL: Lintz ran for Tyson in the 7th
     Lintz moved to 2b in the 8th
     Kelleher ran for Guerrero in the 8th
     Kelleher moved to ss in the 9th
 
2B-Hutton, Luzinski, Simmons 2. HR-Lezcano(1). SB-Harmon(1), Brock(1). 
K-Hutton, Maddox 2, Schmidt 2, Luzinski 3, Lezcano, Carlton 2, McBride 2, 
Hernandez 2, Simmons, Brock, Sutherland, Rasmussen 2. BB-Sutherland. 
GWRBI: Brock