Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Regular Season Game 27
Played on Saturday, May 4, 1974 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 HOU N 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 0
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Smith rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Melendez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Torre 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 McBride cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Alvarado ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Siebert p 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Hickman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 6 2 1 2 24 10 FIELDING - DP: 3. Torre-Alvarado-Torre, Reitz, Smith-Torre. BATTING - HR: Smith (5,1st inning off Roberts 1 on 1 out). Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING - SB: Brock (17,2nd base off Roberts/M. May).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Kelleher ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 Gross rf,lf 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 Cedeno cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 Watson lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L. May 1b 3 0 2 2 1 0 14 0 Gallagher pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 M. May c 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 Rader 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 Helms 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Roberts p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Menke 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 3 6 2 7 3 27 14 BATTING - 2B: Cedeno (8,off Siebert); L. May (6,off Siebert). SH: Helms (1,off Siebert); Cedeno (1,off Hrabosky). HBP: Watson (1,by Siebert). GDP: M. May (2,off Siebert). IBB: M. May (3,by Siebert); L. May (1,by Hrabosky). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Cedeno (14,2nd base off Siebert/Simmons). CS: Watson (2,2nd base by Siebert/Simmons).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Siebert L(2-2) 7 5 3 3 5 3 0 28 Hrabosky 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 Pena 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 8 6 3 3 7 3 0 34 WP: Siebert (2). HBP: Siebert (2,Watson). IBB: Siebert (3,M. May); Hrabosky (2,L. May). Inherited Runners - Scored: Pena 3-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roberts W(5-2) 8 4 2 2 1 2 1 29 Forsch SV(3) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 2 1 34 Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Paul Runge Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 20600 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Brock lf Kelleher ss 2. Sizemore 2b Gross rf 3. Smith rf Cedeno cf 4. Simmons c Watson lf 5. Torre 1b L. May 1b 6. Reitz 3b M. May c 7. McBride cf Rader 3b 8. Alvarado ss Helms 2b 9. Siebert p Roberts p CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second; Sizemore flied out to right; Smith homered [Brock scored]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Kelleher struck out; Gross flied out to center; Cedeno singled to right; Cedeno stole second; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (third to first); McBride struck out; Alvarado flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: L. May singled to left; M. May grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [L. May out at second]; Rader grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Siebert walked; Brock flied out to center; Sizemore forced Siebert (third to second); Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (third to first); Roberts grounded out (first unassisted); Kelleher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Gross walked; Cedeno doubled to left [Gross to third]; Watson was hit by a pitch; L. May doubled to right [Gross scored, Cedeno scored, Watson to third]; M. May was walked intentionally; Siebert threw a wild pitch [Watson scored, L. May to third, M. May to second]; Rader walked; Helms lined into a double play (third unassisted) [L. May out at third]; Roberts popped to shortstop; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 5TH: McBride grounded out (second to first); Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first); Siebert grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Kelleher flied out to center; Gross walked; Cedeno hit into a double play (right to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied out to center; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: Watson singled to shortstop; Watson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); L. May flied out to left; M. May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons popped to first; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: Rader walked; Helms out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Rader to second]; Roberts popped to third in foul territory; Kelleher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 8TH: McBride singled to right; Alvarado flied out to right; HICKMAN BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Hickman popped to first; Brock singled to right [McBride to third]; Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED HICKMAN (PITCHING); Gross singled to center; Cedeno out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Gross to second]; Watson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Gross to third]; L. May was walked intentionally; GALLAGHER RAN FOR L. MAY; M. May walked [Gallagher to second]; PENA REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Rader popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. CARDINALS 9TH: GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FORSCH REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); MENKE REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING 1B); GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Smith singled to right; Simmons forced Smith (second to shortstop); MELENDEZ RAN FOR SIMMONS; Torre singled to center [Melendez to second]; Reitz flied out to right; McBride popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 2 6 0 5 Astros 3 6 0 7
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