St. Louis Cardinals 1, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 129
Played on Friday, August 23, 1996 (N) at Astrodome

STL N    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Smith ss                      4   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Lankford cf                   4   1   1   1       0   2       5   0
Gant lf                       4   0   0   0       0   3       4   0
Jordan rf                     3   0   2   0       1   1       4   0
Mabry 1b                      4   0   2   0       0   1       7   0
Gaetti 3b                     4   0   0   0       0   2       0   5
Pagnozzi c                    4   0   0   0       0   1       7   0
Alicea 2b                     3   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Osborne p                     2   0   1   0       0   0       0   1
  Mathews p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Eckersley p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       32   1   7   1       1  10      27   7

BATTING - 
HR: Lankford (20,3rd inning off Kile 0 on 2 out).
SH: Osborne (9,off Kile).
Team LOB: 6.

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hunter cf                     5   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
Biggio 2b                     5   0   1   0       0   1       1   3
Bagwell 1b                    3   0   1   0       2   1       5   0
Bell rf                       4   0   0   0       0   2       3   0
Berry 3b                      3   0   2   0       1   1       2   0
  Hudek p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Mouton lf                     4   0   0   0       0   0       3   0
Gutierrez ss                  3   0   1   0       1   1       1   1
Manwaring c                   2   0   0   0       1   0       9   1
  Spiers ph,3b                1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Kile p                        2   0   1   0       1   1       0   2
  May ph                      1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Knorr c                     0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Totals                       33   0   7   0       6   7      27   8

BATTING - 
2B: Berry (35,off Osborne).
Team LOB: 12.

PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Osborne W(11-8)               7     5   0   0   6   6   0  31
Mathews                       1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5
Eckersley SV(22)              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3
Totals                        9     7   0   0   6   7   0  39

WP: Osborne (5).

Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Kile L(10-8)                  8     7   1   1   1   9   1  31
Hudek                         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Totals                        9     7   1   1   1  10   1  34


Umpires: HP - Larry Poncino, 1B - Rich Rieker, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Greg Bonin
Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 35554


Starting Lineups:

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

CARDINALS 1ST: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Lankford
struck out; Gant struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Hunter flied to left; Biggio struck out; Bagwell
singled to right; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Jordan singled to center; Mabry singled to right
[Jordan to second]; Gaetti struck out; Pagnozzi struck out;
Alicea flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros
0.

ASTROS 2ND: Berry singled to center; Mouton grounded out (third
to first) [Berry to second]; Gutierrez flied to right [Berry to
third]; Manwaring walked; Kile was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Osborne lined to right; Smith grounded out
(second to first); Lankford homered; Gant was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Hunter flied to right; Biggio singled to second;
Bagwell walked [Biggio to second]; Osborne threw a wild pitch
[Biggio to third, Bagwell to second]; Bell was called out on
strikes; Berry walked; Mouton grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Jordan singled to right; Mabry singled to center
[Jordan out at third (center to third)]; Gaetti lined to third;
Pagnozzi flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Gutierrez walked; Gutierrez was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Manwaring flied to center; Kile walked;
Hunter lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Astros 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Alicea flied to right; Osborne singled to center;
Smith flied to left; Lankford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

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

CARDINALS 6TH: Gant struck out; Jordan walked; Mabry popped to
shortstop; Gaetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Gutierrez struck out; Manwaring flied to right; Kile
singled to left; Hunter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Pagnozzi lined to right; Alicea singled to
center; Osborne out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Alicea to second]; Smith grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Biggio flied to left; Bagwell struck out; Bell lined
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Lankford lined to center; Gant flied to left;
Jordan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: MATHEWS REPLACED OSBORNE (PITCHING); Berry struck
out; Mouton lined to left; Gutierrez singled to center; SPIERS
BATTED FOR MANWARING; Spiers singled to center [Gutierrez to
second]; MAY BATTED FOR KILE; May flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: KNORR REPLACED MAY (PLAYING C ); SPIERS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); HUDEK REPLACED BERRY (PITCHING); Mabry struck
out; Gaetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Pagnozzi grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: ECKERSLEY REPLACED MATHEWS (PITCHING); Hunter
grounded out (pitcher to first); Biggio flied to left; Bagwell
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Astros 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cardinals        1   7   0    6
 Astros           0   7   0   12


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