St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 3
Regular Season Game 46
Played on Monday, May 20, 1996 (N) at Astrodome

STL N    0  2  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   5 14  0
HOU N    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  0
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Sweeney lf                    4   0   2   1       1   0       4   0
Clayton ss                    4   0   1   0       1   1       0   3
McGee rf                      5   0   1   0       0   2       4   0
Lankford cf                   5   0   1   1       0   2       0   0
Gaetti 3b                     5   1   3   0       0   0       0   3
  Mejia pr                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Bell 3b                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Mabry 1b                      4   2   2   2       1   0      10   0
Pagnozzi c                    4   0   0   0       1   1       6   0
Alicea 2b                     4   2   3   1       0   1       2   3
Osborne p                     3   0   1   0       0   2       1   1
Totals                       38   5  14   5       4   9      27  10

BATTING - 
2B: Alicea 2 (13,off Drabek,off Morman); Mabry (8,off Morman).
HR: Mabry (3,2nd inning off Drabek 1 on 1 out).
SH: Osborne (1,off Drabek).
GDP: Mabry (8,off Drabek).
IBB: Sweeney (1,by Drabek).
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Alicea (3,3rd base off Morman/Wilkins).
CS: Mejia (1,2nd base by Tabaka/Wilkins).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hunter cf                     3   0   1   1       0   2       2   0
  Morman p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Tabaka p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Simms lf                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Biggio 2b                     4   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Bagwell 1b                    3   1   1   0       1   1       6   1
Bell rf                       4   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Berry 3b                      4   0   1   0       0   0       0   1
Mouton lf                     4   0   1   1       0   1       3   0
  Young p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Miller ss                     3   1   1   0       1   0       2   1
Knorr c                       3   0   1   0       0   1       8   0
  Cangelosi pr,cf             1   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Drabek p                      2   0   1   0       0   0       2   2
  Dougherty p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Gutierrez ph                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Wilkins c                   1   1   1   1       0   0       1   1
Totals                       33   3   8   3       2   5      27   7

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Biggio-Miller-Bagwell.

BATTING - 
2B: Miller (8,off Osborne); Bagwell (11,off Osborne); Mouton (4,off Osborne);
Hunter (9,off Osborne); Berry (15,off Osborne).
HR: Wilkins (5,9th inning off Osborne 0 on 2 out).
SH: Gutierrez (2,off Osborne).
SF: Hunter (5,off Osborne).
IBB: Miller (2,by Osborne); Bagwell (8,by Osborne).
Team LOB: 7.

PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Osborne W(3-2)                9     8   3   3   2   5   1  37

WP: Osborne (2).
IBB: Osborne 2 (2,Miller,Bagwell).

Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Drabek L(1-4)                 6.2   9   3   3   3   8   1  31
Dougherty                     0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Morman                        1     3   2   2   0   1   0   6
Tabaka                        0.2   2   0   0   1   0   0   4
Young                         0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Totals                        9    14   5   5   4   9   1  43

WP: Tabaka (3).
IBB: Drabek (2,Sweeney).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Dougherty 3-0; Young 2-0.
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Umpires: HP - Mike Winters, 1B - Rich Rieker, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Randy Marsh
Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 14547


Starting Lineups:

   St. Louis Cardinals           Houston Astros           
1. Sweeney             lf        Hunter              cf
2. Clayton             ss        Biggio              2b
3. McGee               rf        Bagwell             1b
4. Lankford            cf        Bell                rf
5. Gaetti              3b        Berry               3b
6. Mabry               1b        Mouton              lf
7. Pagnozzi            c         Miller              ss
8. Alicea              2b        Knorr               c
9. Osborne             p         Drabek              p

CARDINALS 1ST: Sweeney flied to left; Clayton struck out; McGee
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Hunter struck out; Biggio grounded out (pitcher to
first); Bagwell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Lankford was called out on strikes; Gaetti
singled to left; Mabry homered [Gaetti scored]; Pagnozzi flied
to right; Alicea struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Bell grounded out (second to first); Berry grounded
out (third to first); Mouton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cardinals 2, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Osborne singled to left; Sweeney singled to
center [Osborne to third]; Clayton walked [Sweeney to second];
McGee struck out; Lankford struck out; Gaetti flied to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Miller doubled to right; Knorr struck out; Drabek
singled to left [Miller to third]; Hunter out on a sacrifice fly
to left [Miller scored]; Biggio forced Drabek (third to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Mabry lined to pitcher; Pagnozzi walked; Alicea
singled to right [Pagnozzi to second]; Osborne out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Pagnozzi to third, Alicea to
second]; Sweeney flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Bagwell doubled to center; Bell popped to second;
Berry grounded out (second to first) [Bagwell to third]; Mouton
doubled to center [Bagwell scored]; Miller was walked
intentionally; Knorr flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cardinals 2, Astros 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Clayton grounded out (third to first); McGee
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lankford grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Drabek popped to first; Hunter doubled to left;
Biggio flied to right; Bagwell was walked intentionally; Bell
popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Astros 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Gaetti singled to left; Mabry grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gaetti out at
second]; Pagnozzi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Astros 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Berry flied to right; Mouton flied to left; Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cardinals 2, Astros 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Alicea doubled to right; Osborne struck out;
Sweeney was walked intentionally; On a bunt Clayton singled to
pitcher [Alicea to third, Sweeney to second]; McGee struck out;
Lankford singled to center [Alicea scored, Sweeney to third,
Clayton to second]; DOUGHERTY REPLACED DRABEK (PITCHING); Gaetti
flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Knorr singled to center; CANGELOSI RAN FOR KNORR;
GUTIERREZ BATTED FOR DOUGHERTY; Gutierrez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Cangelosi to second]; Hunter struck
out; Osborne threw a wild pitch [Cangelosi to third]; Biggio
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Astros 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: MORMAN REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); WILKINS
REPLACED GUTIERREZ (PLAYING C ); CANGELOSI STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING CF); Mabry doubled to left; Pagnozzi grounded out
(first unassisted) [Mabry to third]; Alicea doubled to left
[Mabry scored]; Alicea stole third; Osborne struck out; Sweeney
singled to right [Alicea scored]; Clayton flied to right; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Bagwell grounded out (third to first); Bell flied to
right; Berry doubled to left; Mouton grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Astros 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: TABAKA REPLACED MORMAN (PITCHING); McGee singled
to right; Lankford flied to left; Tabaka threw a wild pitch
[McGee to second]; Gaetti singled to shortstop [McGee to third];
MEJIA RAN FOR GAETTI; Mejia was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Mabry walked; YOUNG REPLACED MOUTON (PITCHING);
SIMMS REPLACED TABAKA (PLAYING LF); Pagnozzi flied to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Astros 2.

ASTROS 9TH: BELL REPLACED MEJIA (PLAYING 3B); Miller grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cangelosi flied to left; Wilkins
homered; Simms grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Astros 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cardinals        5  14   0   11
 Astros           3   8   0    7


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