St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 2
Regular Season Game 128
Played on Monday, August 23, 1971 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 6 0 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 Sizemore rf,2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Alou 1b,rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 Torre 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Cruz cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Kubiak 2b,ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Burda ph,1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Gibson p 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 Totals 34 3 6 3 3 4 27 13 BATTING - 2B: Torre (26,off Wilson). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Brock 2 (44,2nd base off Wilson/Hiatt 2).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Morgan 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Watson 1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 7 0 Chiles lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Menke 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 Hiatt c 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Edwards ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 Wilson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Wynn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 7 2 2 7 27 6 FIELDING - E: Metzger (11). BATTING - 2B: Menke (23,off Gibson). 3B: Morgan (9,off Gibson). SH: Wilson (5,off Gibson). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Morgan (26,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gibson W(12-11) 9 7 2 2 2 7 0 36
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wilson L(11-8) 9 6 3 2 3 4 0 37 WP: Wilson (5). Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Ken Burkhart Time of Game: 1:52 Attendance: 19167 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Brock lf Alou rf 2. Sizemore rf Morgan 2b 3. Alou 1b Cedeno cf 4. Torre 3b Watson 1b 5. Simmons c Chiles lf 6. Cruz cf Menke 3b 7. Kubiak 2b Hiatt c 8. Maxvill ss Metzger ss 9. Gibson p Wilson p CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Sizemore grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; Alou popped to catcher in foul territory; Torre singled to center [Brock scored]; Simmons popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Cruz flied out to left; Kubiak popped to catcher in foul territory; Maxvill flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled to left; Chiles flied out to center; Menke doubled to right [Watson to third]; Hiatt was called out on strikes; Metzger walked; Wilson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson was called out on strikes; Brock singled to center; Sizemore flied out to left; Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Alou grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (second to first); Cedeno flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Cruz lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Chiles flied out to right; Menke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Kubiak flied out to right; Maxvill made an out to second; Gibson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Hiatt struck out; Metzger singled to center; Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Metzger to second]; Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou flied out to center; Torre doubled to center [Brock scored]; Simmons flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Morgan tripled to left; Cedeno grounded out (second to first) [Morgan scored]; Watson walked; Chiles grounded out (shortstop to first) [Watson to second]; Menke grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Kubiak singled to center; Wilson threw a wild pitch [Kubiak to second]; Maxvill flied out to right; Gibson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Hiatt grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger flied out to center; Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore flied out to right; Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Alou flied out to right; Morgan singled to center; Morgan stole second; Cedeno struck out; Watson singled to left [Morgan scored, Watson to second (on throw)]; Chiles grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Torre flied out to right; Simmons flied out to center; Cruz walked; Kubiak reached on an error by Metzger [Cruz to third, Kubiak to first]; BURDA BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Burda walked [Kubiak to second]; Gibson singled to left [Cruz scored (unearned), Kubiak to third, Burda to second]; Brock was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 9TH: BURDA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ALOU CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SIZEMORE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); KUBIAK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Menke was called out on strikes; EDWARDS BATTED FOR HIATT; Edwards singled to center; GERONIMO RAN FOR EDWARDS; Metzger forced Geronimo (second to shortstop); WYNN BATTED FOR WILSON; Wynn flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 3 6 0 7 Astros 2 7 1 7
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