Houston Astros 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Regular Season Game 108
Played on Wednesday, July 30, 1997 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 11 0 HOU N 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 x - 7 11 0
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A DeShields 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 McGee rf 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 Lankford cf 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 Gant lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 Mabry 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 Difelice c 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fossas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beltran p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clayton ss 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 Alan Benes p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mathews p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lampkin c 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Sheaffer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 4 11 4 2 8 24 7 BATTING - 2B: Clayton 2 (29,off Kile,off Martin). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Lankford (16,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 7 Spiers 3b 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 Bagwell 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 12 1 Phillips rf 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Bell pr,rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 Gutierrez ss 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 Bogar ss 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Eusebio c 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 Ausmus pr,c 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carr cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 Kile p 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Howard ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 7 11 7 6 6 27 16 BATTING - 3B: Gutierrez (1,off Alan Benes); Biggio (5,off Petkovsek). SF: Phillips (1,off Alan Benes); Gonzalez (3,off Alan Benes). Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING - SB: Spiers (7,2nd base off Alan Benes/Difelice). CS: Gutierrez (1,2nd base by Alan Benes/Difelice).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alan Benes 6 9 4 4 3 4 0 29 Mathews 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Fossas L(1-2) 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 Petkovsek 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 Beltran 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 Totals 8 11 7 7 6 6 0 40 Fossas faced 2 batters in the 8th inning Inherited Runners - Scored: Petkovsek 2-2; Beltran 1-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Kile W(15-3) 8 10 4 4 1 7 0 34 Martin SV(1) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 Totals 9 11 4 4 2 8 0 39 Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Mark Hirschbeck, 2B - Rich Rieker, 3B - Steve Rippley Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 28204 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. DeShields 2b Biggio 2b 2. McGee rf Spiers 3b 3. Lankford cf Bagwell 1b 4. Gant lf Phillips rf 5. Gaetti 3b Gonzalez lf 6. Mabry 1b Gutierrez ss 7. Difelice c Eusebio c 8. Clayton ss Carr cf 9. Alan Benes p Kile p CARDINALS 1ST: DeShields grounded out (second to first); McGee was called out on strikes; Lankford struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Biggio walked; Spiers singled to second [Biggio to second]; Bagwell flied to right [Biggio to third]; Phillips out on a sacrifice fly to left [Biggio scored]; Gonzalez popped to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Gant grounded out (shortstop to first); Gaetti flied to right; Mabry grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Gutierrez walked; Eusebio popped to right; Gutierrez was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Carr singled to right; Kile lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Difelice grounded out (third to first); Clayton doubled to right; Alan Benes grounded out (shortstop to first) [Clayton to third]; DeShields singled to second [Clayton scored]; McGee grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Biggio singled to center; Spiers singled to left [Biggio to third]; Spiers stole second; Bagwell walked; Phillips struck out; Gonzalez out on a sacrifice fly to left [Biggio scored]; Gutierrez tripled to right [Spiers scored, Bagwell scored]; Eusebio lined to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 4TH: Lankford struck out; Gant grounded out (third to first); Gaetti lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 4TH: Carr singled to right; Kile struck out; Biggio forced Carr (third to second); Spiers lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 5TH: Mabry singled to center; Difelice forced Mabry (second to shortstop); Clayton singled to center [Difelice to second]; On a bunt Alan Benes made an out to first; DeShields grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 5TH: Bagwell grounded out (third to first); Phillips singled to right; BELL RAN FOR PHILLIPS; Gonzalez forced Bell (first to shortstop); Gutierrez singled to left [Gonzalez to second]; Eusebio grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 6TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McGee grounded out (second to first); Lankford singled to center; Lankford stole second; Gant flied to center [Lankford to third]; Gaetti struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 6TH: Carr struck out; Kile struck out; Biggio singled to left; Spiers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 7TH: Mabry flied to left; Difelice was called out on strikes; Clayton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: MATHEWS REPLACED ALAN BENES (PITCHING); Bagwell flied to center; Bell struck out; Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 8TH: BOGAR REPLACED GUTIERREZ (PLAYING SS); LIVINGSTONE BATTED FOR MATHEWS; Livingstone was called out on strikes; DeShields singled to third; McGee singled to center [DeShields to second]; Lankford walked [DeShields to third, McGee to second]; Gant singled to center [DeShields scored, McGee scored, Lankford to second]; Gaetti singled to left [Lankford scored, Gant out at third (left to third to shortstop to second)]; Mabry singled to right [Gaetti to second]; YOUNG BATTED FOR DIFELICE; Young grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: FOSSAS REPLACED YOUNG (PITCHING); LAMPKIN REPLACED LIVINGSTONE (PLAYING C ); Bogar walked; Eusebio singled to center [Bogar to second]; AUSMUS RAN FOR EUSEBIO; PETKOVSEK REPLACED FOSSAS (PITCHING); On a bunt Carr made an out to catcher; HOWARD BATTED FOR KILE; Howard walked [Bogar to third, Ausmus to second]; Biggio tripled to right [Bogar scored, Ausmus scored, Howard scored]; BELTRAN REPLACED PETKOVSEK (PITCHING); Spiers walked; Bagwell struck out; Bell grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 7. CARDINALS 9TH: MARTIN REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); AUSMUS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Clayton doubled to right; SHEAFFER BATTED FOR LAMPKIN; Sheaffer grounded out (second to first) [Clayton to third]; DeShields walked; McGee struck out; DeShields advanced to second because of defensive indifference [DeShields to second]; Lankford lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 4 11 0 8 Astros 7 11 0 9
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