St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 89
Played on Wednesday, July 19, 1972 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 0 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 Crosby 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 6 Carbo rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 Torre 3b 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 Simmons c 4 1 1 3 0 1 5 0 Alou 1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 Clendenon 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Cruz cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 Wise p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 34 6 8 5 3 9 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 3. Torre-Crosby-Alou, Crosby-Clendenon, Maxvill-Crosby-Clendenon. BATTING - 2B: Cruz (7,off Culver). HR: Simmons (8,5th inning off Dierker 2 on 1 out). HBP: Alou (1,by Dierker). Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING - CS: Maxvill (1,2nd base by Dierker/Edwards).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 Fenwick ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 May 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 Watson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Edwards c 4 0 2 0 0 0 9 2 Rader 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Dierker p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 32 0 8 0 2 5 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Edwards-Metzger. E: Wynn (5). PB: Edwards (4). BATTING - 2B: May (17,off Wise); Edwards (12,off Wise). GDP: Wynn 2 (4,off Wise 2); Helms (4,off Wise). Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wise W(10-9) 9 8 0 0 2 5 0 34
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dierker L(8-6) 4.1 7 6 5 3 2 1 23 Culver 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 York 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 Ray 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Totals 9 8 6 5 3 9 1 38 HBP: Dierker (2,Alou). Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Paul Pryor Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 23460 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Brock lf Metzger ss 2. Crosby 2b Cedeno cf 3. Carbo rf Wynn rf 4. Torre 3b May 1b 5. Simmons c Watson lf 6. Alou 1b Edwards c 7. Cruz cf Rader 3b 8. Maxvill ss Helms 2b 9. Wise p Dierker p CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Crosby singled to left [Brock to third]; Carbo singled to right [Brock scored, Crosby to third]; Torre singled to left [Crosby scored, Carbo out at third (left to third), Torre to second (on throw)]; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted) [Torre to third]; Alou was hit by a pitch; Cruz popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger struck out; Cedeno singled to third; Wynn grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cedeno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Maxvill walked; Wise struck out; Brock struck out while Maxvill was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: May singled to right; Watson struck out; Edwards flied out to center; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby grounded out (second to first); Carbo flied out to left; Torre walked; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (third to first); Dierker grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger walked; Cedeno flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Alou singled to right; Cruz flied out to right; Maxvill flied out to right; Wise reached on an error by Wynn [Alou scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wise to first]; Edwards allowed a passed ball [Wise to second]; Brock grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Wynn grounded out (second to first); May singled to left; Watson flied out to left; Edwards singled to center [May to third]; Rader walked [Edwards to second]; Helms flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Crosby popped to third; Carbo singled to right; Torre singled to left [Carbo to second]; Simmons homered [Carbo scored, Torre scored]; CULVER REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Alou popped to second; Cruz doubled to left; Maxvill was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: STINSON BATTED FOR CULVER; Stinson was called out on strikes; Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. CARDINALS 6TH: YORK REPLACED STINSON (PITCHING); Wise grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock was called out on strikes; Crosby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn flied out to center; May doubled to right; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Carbo struck out; Torre was called out on strikes; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: CLENDENON REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 1B); Rader singled to left; Helms grounded into a double play (second to first) [Rader out at second]; STEWART BATTED FOR YORK; Stewart grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. CARDINALS 8TH: RAY REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Clendenon struck out (catcher to first); Cruz flied out to left; Maxvill was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: Metzger singled to right; Cedeno forced Metzger (third to second); Wynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cedeno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. CARDINALS 9TH: FENWICK REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING SS); Wise grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Crosby popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson grounded out (second to first); Edwards doubled to right; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 6 8 0 5 Astros 0 8 1 7
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