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Houston Astros Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals
3 – 2
Final Busch Stadium I
Linescore
123456789 R H E
Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
RISP   HOU 4-for-7  ·  STL 3-for-5
Pitching
Houston Astros
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Don Wilson 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 30 30
Tom DukesW 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8
Steve SheaS 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 6 6
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO P ST
Steve Carlton 5.0 6 0 0 0 1 21 21
Dick Hughes 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 14 6
Mel Nelson 1.1 2 2 2 1 0 9 5
Wayne GrangerL 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 4 4
Scoring Summary
▼ 2nd Mike Shannon singles on a to left fielder Bob Aspromonte. Orlando Cepeda scores. Tim McCarver out at 3rd on the throw, left fielder Bob Aspromonte to third baseman Doug Rader. Mike Shannon to 2nd. 0–1
▼ 3rd Roger Maris singles on a to center fielder Jimmy Wynn. Lou Brock scores. 0–2
▲ 9th Bob Aspromonte singles on a to center fielder Bobby Tolan. Doug Rader scores. Denis Menke scores. 2–2
▲ 9th Julio Gotay out, third baseman Mike Shannon to first baseman Orlando Cepeda. Nate Colbert scores. Dave Adlesh to 2nd. 3–2
Box Score
Houston Astros
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
RFJose Herrera 5 0 1 0 0 0
SSHector Torres 4 0 1 0 0 0
CFJimmy Wynn 4 0 1 0 0 0
3BDoug Rader 3 1 0 0 1 0
2BDenis Menke 4 1 3 0 0 0
1BRusty Staub 2 0 0 0 1 0
LFBob Aspromonte 4 0 1 2 0 0
LFNate Colbert 0 1 0 0 0 0
CDave Adlesh 3 0 3 0 1 0
PDon Wilson 2 0 1 0 0 1
PHHal King 1 0 0 0 0 0
PTom Dukes 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHJulio Gotay 1 0 0 1 0 0
PSteve Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Louis Cardinals
Batter AB R H RBI BB SO
LFLou Brock 4 1 1 0 0 0
CFBobby Tolan 4 0 0 0 0 0
RFRoger Maris 4 0 1 1 0 1
1BOrlando Cepeda 4 1 2 0 0 0
CTim McCarver 2 0 1 0 0 0
CJohnny Edwards 2 0 0 0 0 1
3BMike Shannon 4 0 2 1 0 0
2BJulian Javier 2 0 0 0 0 0
2BPhil Gagliano 2 0 0 0 0 0
SSDal Maxvill 2 0 1 0 0 1
SSDick Schofield 1 0 0 0 0 1
PSteve Carlton 2 0 0 0 0 1
PDick Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHJoe Hague 1 0 0 0 0 0
PMel Nelson 0 0 0 0 0 0
PWayne Granger 0 0 0 0 0 0