St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 1
Regular Season Game 59
Played on Sunday, June 8, 1975 (D) at Astrodome
STL N 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 - 5 9 0 HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Davis rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 Smith 1b 4 2 1 2 0 1 11 1 Simmons c 4 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 McBride cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 Reed p 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 Hrabosky p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 35 5 9 4 2 4 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Guerrero-Smith. BATTING - 2B: Reitz (8,off Forsch); Simmons (6,off Forsch); Guerrero 2 (2,off Forsch,off Crawford). HR: Smith (9,6th inning off Forsch 1 on 0 out). Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING - SB: McBride 2 (7,2nd base off Forsch/May,2nd base off Crawford/May).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gross lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 Watson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 17 1 May c 4 0 2 0 0 1 6 1 Boswell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Cabell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 8 1 1 5 27 17 FIELDING - E: Cruz (3). BATTING - 2B: May (5,off Reed); Boswell (3,off Reed). 3B: Gross (6,off Reed). GDP: Watson (4,off Reed). Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Reed W(6-5) 7.2 8 1 1 1 4 0 31 Hrabosky SV(9) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 5 0 35 Inherited Runners - Scored: Hrabosky 2-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Forsch L(2-4) 7 8 4 4 1 3 1 28 Crawford 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 4 1 37 Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming Time of Game: 1:57 Attendance: 12288 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Brock lf Gross lf 2. Sizemore 2b Metzger ss 3. Davis rf Cedeno cf 4. Smith 1b Watson 1b 5. Simmons c May c 6. McBride cf Boswell 3b 7. Reitz 3b Cruz rf 8. Guerrero ss Helms 2b 9. Reed p Forsch p CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore flied out to left; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Gross tripled; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gross scored]; Watson singled to shortstop; May doubled to left [Watson to third]; Boswell grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Smith flied out to right; Simmons struck out; McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz singled to center; Helms grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cruz to second]; Forsch grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to third]; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz doubled to left; Guerrero lined to first; Reed struck out; Brock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno struck out; Watson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore singled to left; Davis singled to center [Sizemore to third]; Smith reached on a fielder's choice [Sizemore out at home (first to catcher), Davis to second]; Simmons doubled to left [Davis scored, Smith scored]; McBride singled [Simmons out at home (center to shortstop to first)]; McBride stole second; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: May singled to right; Boswell flied out to right; Cruz flied out to right; Helms flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Guerrero doubled to left; Reed grounded out (catcher to first); Brock singled to left [Guerrero out at home (left to catcher), Brock to second (on throw to home)]; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Forsch struck out; Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Davis walked; Smith homered [Davis scored]; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); McBride grounded out (second to first); Reitz grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled to shortstop; Watson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Cedeno out at second]; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Reed struck out; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Boswell doubled; Cruz struck out; Helms lined to center; JOHNSON BATTED FOR FORSCH; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis flied out to center; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Gross flied out to left; Metzger walked; Cedeno flied out to center; Watson singled to third [Metzger to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED REED (PITCHING); May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (third to first); McBride walked; McBride stole second; Reitz reached on an error by Cruz [McBride scored (no RBI)]; Guerrero doubled to right [Reitz to third]; Hrabosky grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR BOSWELL; Howard grounded out (pitcher to second to first); CABELL BATTED FOR CRUZ; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 5 9 0 5 Astros 1 8 1 7
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