St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Astros 4
Regular Season Game 55
Played on Friday, May 31, 1996 (N) at Busch Stadium II

HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0  -   4  8  1
STL N    2  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  x  -   6  9  0
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hunter cf                     4   1   1   1       0   0       2   0
Biggio 2b                     4   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
Bagwell 1b                    3   0   0   0       1   2       8   2
Bell rf                       3   1   1   0       1   0       1   0
Berry 3b                      4   1   1   1       0   0       1   1
Miller ss                     4   0   1   0       0   1       3   5
Mouton lf                     3   1   1   1       1   1       2   0
Knorr c                       3   0   1   1       0   1       4   1
  May ph                      1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Drabek p                      1   0   1   0       0   0       1   1
  Gutierrez ph                1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Young p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Simms ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Swindell p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Cangelosi ph                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       33   4   8   4       3   6      24  12

FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Miller-Bagwell, Miller-Biggio-Bagwell.
E: Drabek (1).

BATTING - 
2B: Berry (17,off Osborne); Mouton (5,off Osborne).
HR: Hunter (2,8th inning off Mathews 0 on 0 out).
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Bagwell (3,2nd base by Osborne/Pagnozzi).

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Jordan rf                     3   1   2   1       0   1       1   0
Smith ss                      3   1   0   0       0   0       3   1
McGee lf                      4   0   1   1       0   0       2   0
Lankford cf                   3   0   0   0       1   1       3   0
Gaetti 3b                     4   0   1   0       0   0       0   5
Mabry 1b                      3   1   2   0       0   0       7   0
Pagnozzi c                    3   2   2   0       0   0       6   1
Alicea 2b                     2   1   1   3       1   1       5   1
Osborne p                     1   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Clayton ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Mathews p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Fossas p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       27   6   9   5       2   4      27   9

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Smith.

BATTING - 
2B: Mabry (12,off Swindell).
HR: Alicea (3,7th inning off Swindell 2 on 0 out).
SH: Smith (4,off Drabek); Osborne (2,off Drabek).
SF: Jordan (2,off Drabek).
GDP: Lankford (2,off Drabek); Pagnozzi (3,off Drabek).
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Pagnozzi (1,2nd base off Drabek/Knorr).
CS: Gaetti (1,2nd base by Young/Knorr); Jordan (3,2nd base by Swindell/Knorr).

PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Drabek                        5     4   3   1   2   3   0  20
Young                         1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3
Swindell L(0-3)               2     4   3   3   0   0   1   9
Totals                        8     9   6   4   2   4   1  32


St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Osborne W(4-3)                7     6   3   3   2   6   0  27
Mathews                       1.2   1   1   1   1   0   1   7
Fossas SV(1)                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2
Totals                        9     8   4   4   3   6   1  36


Umpires: HP - Rich Rieker, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Bill Hohn, 3B - Gerry Davis
Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 37625


Starting Lineups:

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

ASTROS 1ST: Hunter popped to first; Biggio lined to shortstop;
Bagwell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Jordan singled to right; Smith reached on an
error by Drabek on a sacrifice bunt [Jordan to third, Smith to
second]; McGee singled to pitcher [Jordan scored (unearned),
Smith to third]; Lankford grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI), McGee out at
second]; Gaetti grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 2.

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

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

ASTROS 3RD: Mouton struck out; Knorr was called out on strikes;
Drabek singled to center; Hunter forced Drabek (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Osborne was called out on strikes; Jordan struck
out; Smith lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Cardinals 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Biggio grounded out (third to first); Bagwell
walked; Bell popped to second; Bagwell was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: McGee grounded out (first unassisted); Lankford
walked; Gaetti flied to left; Mabry grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Berry grounded out (third to first); Miller singled
to left; Mouton walked [Miller to second]; Knorr lined into a
double play to shortstop [Miller out at second (shortstop
unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Pagnozzi singled to center; Pagnozzi stole
second; Alicea walked; Osborne out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Pagnozzi to third, Alicea to second]; Jordan out on
a sacrifice fly to center [Pagnozzi scored]; Smith flied to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 6TH: GUTIERREZ BATTED FOR DRABEK; Gutierrez struck out;
Hunter grounded out (pitcher to first); Biggio lined to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: YOUNG REPLACED GUTIERREZ (PITCHING); McGee
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lankford struck out; Gaetti
singled to left; Gaetti was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Bagwell struck out; Bell singled to center; Berry
doubled to right [Bell scored]; Miller flied to left; Mouton
doubled to right [Berry scored]; Knorr singled to right [Mouton
scored]; SIMMS BATTED FOR YOUNG; Simms forced Knorr (shortstop
to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: SWINDELL REPLACED SIMMS (PITCHING); Mabry doubled
to center; Pagnozzi singled to center [Mabry to third]; Alicea
homered [Mabry scored, Pagnozzi scored]; CLAYTON BATTED FOR
OSBORNE; Clayton grounded out (shortstop to first); Jordan
singled to right; Jordan was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Smith flied to center; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Cardinals 6.

ASTROS 8TH: MATHEWS REPLACED CLAYTON (PITCHING); Hunter homered;
Biggio grounded out (first unassisted); Bagwell flied to right;
Bell walked; Berry forced Bell (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 4, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: McGee lined to third; Lankford grounded out
(third to first); Gaetti grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Cardinals 6.

ASTROS 9TH: Miller grounded out (second to first); Mouton flied
to center; MAY BATTED FOR KNORR; FOSSAS REPLACED MATHEWS
(PITCHING); May singled to center; CANGELOSI BATTED FOR
SWINDELL; Cangelosi flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Astros 4, Cardinals 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Astros           4   8   1    5
 Cardinals        6   9   0    2


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