St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 2
Regular Season Game 84
Doubleheader Opener
Played on Friday, July 9, 1971 (N) at Busch Stadium II
HOU N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 STL N 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x - 5 6 0
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Metzger ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Lemaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 Watson lf,1b 3 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 Menke 1b,ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hiatt c 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Alou ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 30 2 5 2 4 9 24 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Rader-Morgan-Watson. E: Watson (1). BATTING - GDP: Menke (11,off Carlton). Team LOB: 5.
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 Alou rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 Melendez pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Simmons c 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 Torre 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 Hague 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 Cruz cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 Maxvill ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 Carlton p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 28 5 6 4 5 6 27 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Maxvill-Sizemore-Hague. BATTING - 2B: Torre (14,off Forsch). 3B: Alou (3,off Forsch). SH: Carlton (5,off Forsch). SF: Simmons (5,off Forsch). GDP: Maxvill (5,off Lemaster). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Forsch L(5-2) 6 6 5 4 2 5 0 27 Lemaster 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 8 Totals 8 6 5 4 5 6 0 35
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Carlton W(12-5) 9 5 2 2 4 9 0 34 Umpires: HP - Al Barlick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Bruce Froemming Time of Game: 2:02 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Metzger ss Brock lf 2. Morgan 2b Alou rf 3. Cedeno cf Simmons c 4. Watson lf Torre 3b 5. Menke 1b Hague 1b 6. Rader 3b Cruz cf 7. Wynn rf Sizemore 2b 8. Hiatt c Maxvill ss 9. Forsch p Carlton p ASTROS 1ST: Metzger walked; Morgan singled to right [Metzger to third]; Cedeno singled to right [Metzger scored, Morgan to third]; Watson singled to left [Morgan scored, Cedeno to second]; Watson was picked off first (pitcher to first); Menke struck out; Rader struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Alou tripled to right [Brock scored]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to left [Alou scored]; Torre flied out to center; Hague was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 2ND: Wynn popped to second; Hiatt struck out; Forsch was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 2ND: Cruz was called out on strikes; Sizemore struck out; Maxvill singled to left; Carlton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Cedeno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to left; Alou grounded out (second to first) [Brock to second]; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; Torre doubled to left [Brock scored]; Hague reached on an error by Watson [Torre scored (unearned) (no RBI), Hague to second]; Cruz popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 4. ASTROS 4TH: Watson struck out; Menke lined to third; Rader flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore popped to second; Maxvill singled to center; Carlton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Maxvill to second]; Brock singled to center [Maxvill scored]; Alou popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 5TH: Wynn flied out to right; Hiatt flied out to right; Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Torre struck out; Hague popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 6TH: Metzger walked; Morgan walked [Metzger to second]; Cedeno forced Morgan (first to shortstop) [Metzger to third]; Watson walked [Cedeno to second]; Menke grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 6TH: Cruz popped to shortstop; Sizemore flied out to center; Maxvill walked; Carlton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 7TH: Rader struck out; Wynn flied to left in foul territory; Hiatt singled to center; ALOU BATTED FOR FORSCH; Alou singled to left [Hiatt to second]; Metzger popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LEMASTER REPLACED METZGER (PITCHING); WATSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); MENKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Brock flied out to left; Alou walked; MELENDEZ RAN FOR ALOU; Simmons walked [Melendez to second]; Torre forced Simmons (third to second) [Melendez to third]; Hague flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 8TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Morgan flied out to right; Cedeno struck out; Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Sizemore walked; Maxvill grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 9TH: Menke flied out to center; Rader popped to first; Wynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 2 5 1 5 Cardinals 5 6 0 6
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