Rasmussen Outduels Jenkins as Cards Nip BoSox

Interleague Play
St. Louis 2 at Boston 1
-Reggie Smith hammered home run number 23 and Eric Rasmussen (9-7, 2.98) outpitched Fergie Jenkins (11-4, 3.66) as each went the distance
Atlanta 9 at Cleveland 3
-Marty Perez and Chris Chambliss each had four hits as Perez scored four times and Chambliss drove in three. John Montefusco (8-10, 4.02) won easily for the Braves.
Philadelphia 1 at Chicago 3
-The White Sox sweep the Phils as Roy Smalley hit just his 2^nd home run of the year and Don Kirkwood (3-3, 4.48) earned the victory
New York 1 at Kansas City 7
-The 1^st place Royals cruise to an easy sweep of the lowly Mets as Steve Bubsy (9-6, 3.83) pitched a complete game and Frank White had three hits

AL East: The Red Sox lead is down to 1 over the idle Orioles
AL West: The Royals extend their lead to 2.5 on the Angels and 6.5 on the A’s
NL East: The idle Pirates are 3 up on the Cardinals and 6 up on the floundering Phillies
NL West:  The Astros lead the Reds by 3 and the Padres by 6.5
ALvsNL: The leagues split the 72 games in AL parks 36-36 with the remaining games to be played in NL parks. The league with the best record in the 144 interleague games earns home-field advantage in the World Series

St. Louis 2, Boston 1

7/22/1976, STL76-BOS76, Fenway Park
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 St. Louis         0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0     2  5  0     4  0
1976 Boston            0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     1  3  0     2  0
 
St. Louis            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Brock             lf  4  1  1  0  .314    Remy              2b  4  0  1  1  .303
Sutherland        2b  4  0  0  0  .287    Miller,R          cf  4  0  0  0  .262
 Richard          2b  0  0  0  0  .000    Rice              lf  4  0  0  0  .319
Hernandez         1b  4  0  1  1  .280    Watson            1b  3  0  0  0  .270
Smith             3b  4  1  2  1  .266    Evans             rf  2  0  0  0  .253
Simmons           c   4  0  1  0  .333    Rader             c   3  0  0  0  .278
Dwyer             rf  3  0  0  0  .271    Brohamer          3b  3  0  0  0  .254
Melendez          cf  3  0  0  0  .272    Duffy             ss  2  0  0  0  .219
 McBride          cf  0  0  0  0  .334     Yastrzemski      ph  1  1  1  0  .255
Guerrero          ss  3  0  0  0  .239    Jenkins           p   2  0  0  0  .217
 Kelleher         ss  0  0  0  0  .225     Burleson         ph  1  0  1  0  .279
Rasmussen         p   3  0  0  0  .182                         29  1  3  1
                     32  2  5  2
 
St. Louis                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Rasmussen        W 9-7           9.0  3  1  1  1  6 110  74  2.98
                                 9.0  3  1  1  1  6 110  74 
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Jenkins          L 11-4          9.0  5  2  2  1  3  98  64  3.66
                                 9.0  5  2  2  1  3  98  64 
 
STL: Richard inserted at 2b in the 8th
     McBride inserted at cf in the 9th
     Kelleher inserted at ss in the 9th
BOS: Yastrzemski batted for Duffy in the 9th
     Burleson batted for Jenkins in the 9th
 
2B-Smith, Yastrzemski. HR-Smith(23). SB-Brock(31), Burleson(11). K-Brock, 
Simmons, Dwyer, Remy, Rice, Watson, Evans, Brohamer 2. BB-Dwyer, Evans. 
GWRBI: Hernandez