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Houston Astros Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals
7 – 8
Final Busch Stadium I
Linescore
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Houston Astros 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 — 8 12 0
Pitching
Houston Astros
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Mike Cuellar 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6
Dave Giusti 1.2 6 6 4 2 2 22 14
Danny Coombs 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
John Buzhardt 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 13 13
Tom DukesL 1.2 1 2 2 1 1 12 8
Wade Blasingame 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
Jim Ray 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Mel Nelson 4.1 6 4 4 0 1 21 21
Wayne Granger 2.2 4 3 3 0 2 16 16
Ron WillisW 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 8 8
Joe HoernerS 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4
Scoring Summary
▲ 2nd Bob Aspromonte singles on a to right fielder Bobby Tolan. Denis Menke scores. 1–0
▼ 3rd Lou Brock doubles (27) on a to left fielder Bob Aspromonte. Mel Nelson scores. Fielding error by left fielder Bob Aspromonte. 1–1
▼ 3rd Julian Javier singles on a to left fielder Bob Aspromonte. Lou Brock scores. 1–2
▼ 3rd Curt Flood singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Doug Rader. Julian Javier scores. 1–3
▼ 4th Mel Nelson singles on a to center fielder Jimmy Wynn. Mike Shannon scores. Johnny Edwards out at home on the throw, center fielder Jimmy Wynn to catcher John Bateman. Bobby Tolan to 2nd. 1–4
▼ 4th Lou Brock singles on a to left fielder Bob Aspromonte. Bobby Tolan scores. Mel Nelson to 2nd. 1–5
▼ 4th Julian Javier reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Hector Torres. Mel Nelson scores. Lou Brock to 3rd. Julian Javier to 2nd. 1–6
▲ 5th Norm Miller doubles (8) on a to right fielder Bobby Tolan. Bob Aspromonte scores. John Bateman to 3rd. 2–6
▲ 5th Hector Torres out, pitcher Wayne Granger to first baseman Orlando Cepeda. John Bateman scores. Norm Miller to 3rd. 3–6
▲ 5th Rusty Staub singles on a to center fielder Curt Flood. Norm Miller scores. 4–6
▲ 8th Jimmy Wynn hits a home run (11). Hector Torres scores. Rusty Staub scores. 7–6
▼ 8th Roger Maris singles on a to right fielder Norm Miller. Ron Davis scores. Tim McCarver to 2nd. 7–7
▼ 8th Lou Brock singles on a to left fielder Bob Aspromonte. Tim McCarver scores. Roger Maris to 3rd. 7–8
Box Score
Houston Astros
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
RFNorm Miller 4 1 1 1 0 0
SSHector Torres 5 1 1 1 0 0
1BRusty Staub 5 1 3 1 0 0
CFJimmy Wynn 4 1 1 3 0 0
2BDenis Menke 4 1 1 0 0 1
3BDoug Rader 4 0 0 0 0 1
LFBob Aspromonte 4 1 3 1 0 0
CJohn Bateman 3 1 1 0 0 0
PTom Dukes 1 0 0 0 0 1
PWade Blasingame 0 0 0 0 0 0
PJim Ray 0 0 0 0 0 0
PMike Cuellar 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHNate Colbert 1 0 0 0 0 1
PDave Giusti 0 0 0 0 0 0
PDanny Coombs 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHJulio Gotay 1 0 0 0 0 0
PJohn Buzhardt 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRon Brand 2 0 1 0 0 1
St. Louis Cardinals
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
LFLou Brock 5 1 3 2 0 0
2BJulian Javier 5 1 1 1 0 0
CFCurt Flood 4 0 1 1 0 1
1BOrlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0 0 1
3BMike Shannon 3 1 3 0 1 0
CJohnny Edwards 4 0 1 0 0 0
RFRon Davis 0 1 0 0 0 0
RFBobby Tolan 3 1 0 0 1 0
SSDick Schofield 0 0 0 0 0 0
SSDal Maxvill 3 0 0 0 0 3
CTim McCarver 1 1 1 0 0 0
PMel Nelson 1 2 1 1 1 0
PWayne Granger 1 0 0 0 0 1
PRon Willis 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHRoger Maris 1 0 1 1 0 0
PJoe Hoerner 0 0 0 0 0 0