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Houston Astros Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals
4 – 5
Final Busch Stadium I
Linescore
123456789 R H E
Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 0
St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 — 5 12 2
RISP   HOU 2-for-6  ·  STL 6-for-9
Pitching
Houston Astros
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Wade Blasingame 6.1 9 3 3 2 2 39 31
John Buzhardt 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 9 5
Danny CoombsL 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 9 5
Jim Ray 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 4 4
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Steve CarltonW 8.0 6 4 4 1 7 49 45
Ron Willis 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
Joe HoernerS 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Scoring Summary
▼ 1st Mike Shannon out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jimmy Wynn. Lou Brock scores. 0–1
▼ 5th Orlando Cepeda doubles (15) on a to center fielder Jimmy Wynn. Curt Flood scores. 0–2
▼ 7th Mike Shannon doubles (15) on a to left fielder Bob Aspromonte. Julian Javier scores. Orlando Cepeda scores. 0–4
▲ 8th Julio Gotay hits a home run (1). 1–4
▲ 8th Jimmy Wynn hits a home run (12). Hector Torres scores. Rusty Staub scores. 4–4
▼ 8th Roger Maris singles on a to right fielder Dick Simpson. Dal Maxvill scores. Lou Brock to 3rd. 4–5
Box Score
Houston Astros
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
RFDick Simpson 4 0 0 0 0 2
SSHector Torres 4 1 1 0 0 1
1BRusty Staub 4 1 1 0 0 0
CFJimmy Wynn 4 1 2 3 0 0
2BDenis Menke 4 0 0 0 0 1
3BDoug Rader 4 0 1 0 0 0
LFBob Aspromonte 4 0 0 0 0 0
CJohn Bateman 3 0 0 0 1 2
PRRon Brand 0 0 0 0 0 0
PWade Blasingame 1 0 0 0 1 1
PJohn Buzhardt 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHJulio Gotay 1 1 1 1 0 0
PDanny Coombs 0 0 0 0 0 0
PJim Ray 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHLee Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHNate Colbert 1 0 0 0 0 1
St. Louis Cardinals
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
LFLou Brock 5 1 2 0 0 0
2BJulian Javier 4 1 2 0 0 0
PHRoger Maris 1 0 1 1 0 0
2BDick Schofield 0 0 0 0 0 0
CFCurt Flood 5 1 2 0 0 2
1BOrlando Cepeda 2 1 2 1 2 0
3BMike Shannon 3 0 1 3 0 1
CTim McCarver 4 0 0 0 0 0
RFBobby Tolan 3 0 1 0 1 1
SSDal Maxvill 3 1 1 0 1 0
PSteve Carlton 3 0 0 0 0 1
PHPhil Gagliano 1 0 0 0 0 0
PRon Willis 0 0 0 0 0 0
PJoe Hoerner 0 0 0 0 0 0