St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Astros 4
Regular Season Game 141
Played on Wednesday, September 4, 1996 (N) at Busch Stadium II
HOU N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 4 8 0 STL N 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 x - 6 9 1
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Hunter cf 4 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Bell rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 Berry 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eusebio c 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 Mouton lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Miller ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Wall p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Abreu ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tabaka p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spiers 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 4 8 4 2 6 24 8 BATTING - 2B: Miller (23,off Andy Benes); Berry (37,off Mathews); Spiers (9,off Eckersley). HR: Hunter (5,8th inning off Andy Benes 0 on 0 out). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Bell (26,2nd base off Mathews/Pagnozzi).
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Clayton ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 Lankford cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 Gant lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Jordan rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 Mabry 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 7 1 Pagnozzi c 4 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 Gallego 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Andy Benes p 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 Mathews p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eckersley p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 6 9 5 2 5 27 9 FIELDING - E: Clayton (11). BATTING - HR: Mabry (12,2nd inning off Wall 1 on 1 out); Pagnozzi 2 (13,2nd inning off Wall 0 on 1 out,6th inning off Wall 0 on 1 out). HBP: Jordan (5,by Wall). Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING - SB: Clayton (27,2nd base off Olson/Eusebio).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wall L(9-5) 6 7 5 5 1 5 3 27 Olson 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 Tabaka 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 8 9 6 6 2 5 3 36 WP: Olson (1). HBP: Wall (6,Jordan). Inherited Runners - Scored: Tabaka 2-0. .
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Andy Benes W(16-9) 7 4 2 1 2 5 1 28 Mathews 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 Eckersley SV(26) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 Totals 9 8 4 3 2 6 1 38 Andy Benes faced 1 batter in the 8th inning Inherited Runners - Scored: Eckersley 1-0. . Umpires: HP - Gary Darling, 1B - Rich Rieker, 2B - Charlie Reliford, 3B - Jim Quick Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 34891 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Hunter cf Clayton ss 2. Biggio 2b Lankford cf 3. Bagwell 1b Gant lf 4. Bell rf Jordan rf 5. Berry 3b Gaetti 3b 6. Eusebio c Mabry 1b 7. Mouton lf Pagnozzi c 8. Miller ss Gallego 2b 9. Wall p Andy Benes p ASTROS 1ST: Hunter flied to center; Biggio grounded out (first to pitcher); Bagwell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Clayton flied to right; Lankford popped to first; Gant flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 2ND: Bell lined to center; Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); Eusebio grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Jordan lined to third; Gaetti singled to left; Mabry homered [Gaetti scored]; Pagnozzi homered; Gallego lined to center; Andy Benes was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 3. ASTROS 3RD: Mouton lined to right; Miller doubled; Wall struck out; Hunter walked; Biggio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 3RD: Clayton grounded out (shortstop to first); Lankford walked; Gant struck out; Jordan popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 3. ASTROS 4TH: Bagwell lined to right; Bell struck out; Berry reached on an error by Clayton [Berry to first]; Eusebio singled to center [Berry to second]; Mouton singled to right [Berry scored (unearned), Eusebio to second]; Miller forced Eusebio (third unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 4TH: Gaetti grounded out (third to first); Mabry grounded out (second to first); Pagnozzi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 3. ASTROS 5TH: Wall grounded out (second to first); Hunter grounded out (shortstop to first); Biggio struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Gallego struck out; Andy Benes singled to center; Clayton singled to left [Andy Benes to second]; Lankford singled to right [Andy Benes to third, Clayton to second]; Gant popped to second; Jordan was hit by a pitch [Andy Benes scored, Clayton to third, Lankford to second]; Gaetti was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 4. ASTROS 6TH: Bagwell flied to right; Bell walked; Berry flied to center; Eusebio forced Bell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Mabry grounded out (second to first); Pagnozzi homered; Gallego grounded out (second to first); Andy Benes struck out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 7TH: Mouton grounded out (third to first); Miller struck out; ABREU BATTED FOR WALL; Abreu grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: OLSON REPLACED ABREU (PITCHING); Clayton singled to pitcher; Clayton stole second; Lankford flied to left [Clayton to third]; Olson threw a wild pitch [Clayton scored]; Gant walked; Jordan singled to center [Gant to second]; Gaetti flied to left; TABAKA REPLACED OLSON (PITCHING); Mabry grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 6. ASTROS 8TH: Hunter homered; MATHEWS REPLACED ANDY BENES (PITCHING); Biggio flied to center; Bagwell lined to center; Bell singled to third; Bell stole second; Berry doubled to left [Bell scored]; ECKERSLEY REPLACED MATHEWS (PITCHING); Eusebio lined to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 8TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED BERRY (PITCHING); SPIERS REPLACED TABAKA (PLAYING 3B); Pagnozzi flied to right; Gallego flied to right; Eckersley flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 6. ASTROS 9TH: CANGELOSI BATTED FOR MOUTON; Cangelosi struck out; Miller lined to center; Spiers doubled to left; Hunter singled to center [Spiers scored]; Hunter advanced to second because of defensive indifference [Hunter to second]; Biggio popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 4 8 0 7 Cardinals 6 9 1 6
Data courtesy of Retrosheet