Houston Astros 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Regular Season Game 57
Played on Tuesday, June 8, 1976 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x - 2 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 Smith 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 9 0 Crawford rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 Fairly ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Richard pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 McBride ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 3 9 24 11 FIELDING - DP: 2. Tyson-Smith, Kessinger-Richard-Smith. E: Kessinger (9), Cruz 2 (8). BATTING - 2B: Cruz (8,off Dierker). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Brock (14,2nd base off Dierker/Jutze).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gross rf 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 Cedeno cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 Watson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 Jutze c 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Dierker p 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 Totals 28 2 5 1 2 4 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Metzger-Andrews. BATTING - SH: Gross 2 (4,off Forsch,off Greif). GDP: Cedeno (6,off Forsch); Cruz (3,off Hrabosky). IBB: Cedeno 2 (2,by Forsch,by Greif). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Forsch L(1-2) 6 4 1 0 1 4 0 23 Greif 1.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 Hrabosky 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 8 5 2 0 2 4 0 32 IBB: Forsch (4,Cedeno); Greif (1,Cedeno). Inherited Runners - Scored: Hrabosky 3-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dierker W(6-5) 9 5 0 0 3 9 0 34 BK: Dierker (1). Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Bill Williams Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 9827 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Mumphrey cf Gross rf 2. Kessinger ss Andrews 2b 3. Brock lf Cedeno cf 4. Simmons c Watson 1b 5. Smith 1b Cruz lf 6. Crawford rf Cabell 3b 7. Cruz 3b Jutze c 8. Tyson 2b Metzger ss 9. Forsch p Dierker p CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Brock lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled to center; Andrews singled to left [Gross to second]; Cedeno grounded into a double play (second to first) [Gross to third, Andrews out at second]; Watson flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to center; Smith singled to right [Simmons to second]; Crawford struck out; Cruz struck out; Tyson popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz popped to third in foul territory; Cabell was called out on strikes; Jutze grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch struck out; Mumphrey walked; Kessinger grounded out (third to first) [Mumphrey to second]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger was called out on strikes; Dierker struck out; Gross singled to shortstop; Andrews grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith was called out on strikes; Crawford singled to right; Dierker balked [Crawford to second]; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson was called out on strikes; Forsch struck out; Mumphrey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Jutze grounded out (third to first); Metzger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Kessinger flied out to left; Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Simmons flied out to center; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Dierker reached on an error by Kessinger; Gross out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Dierker to second]; Andrews was called out on strikes; Cedeno was walked intentionally; Watson singled to right [Dierker scored (unearned), Cedeno to third]; Cruz flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz doubled to left; FAIRLY BATTED FOR TYSON; Fairly walked; RICHARD RAN FOR FAIRLY; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR FORSCH; McBride walked [Cruz to third, Richard to second]; Mumphrey lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Richard out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: RICHARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GREIF REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Cabell flied out to right; Jutze popped to catcher in foul territory; Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Kessinger was called out on strikes; Brock grounded out (third to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Dierker singled to center; Gross reached on an error by Cruz on a sacrifice bunt [Dierker to third, Gross to second]; Andrews flied out to center; Cedeno was walked intentionally; Watson reached on an error by Cruz [Dierker scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gross to third, Cedeno to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Watson out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Crawford popped to third; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 0 5 3 7 Astros 2 5 0 6
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