St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 29, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1965 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
White 1b 3 1 1 0
  Shannon rf 0 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 5 1 4 2
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 0
McCarver c 5 0 2 0
Skinner lf 3 1 2 0
  Warwick ph,lf,1b 1 0 0 0
Gagliano rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 1
Stallard p 3 0 0 0
  Purkey p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 11 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 0
Maye lf 4 0 1 1
Wynn cf 5 0 1 0
Bond 1b 4 0 2 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 1
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
  MacKenzie p 0 0 0 0
  Gaines ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
Lillis ss 4 0 0 0
Brand c 3 1 0 0
Nottebart p 2 0 0 0
  Spangler rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 36 4 7 4
St. Louis 200 100 000 03111
Houston 001 000 020 1470
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stallard   7.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Purkey  L (3-4) 2.1 4 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.1
7
4
4
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Nottebart   7.0 9 3 3 3 5
  MacKenzie   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Raymond   1.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Woodeshick  W (3-2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
3
3
3
9

  E–Javier (7).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Maye (5,off Stallard).  3B–St. Louis McCarver (1,off Nottebart).  HR–St. Louis Flood (7,1st inning off Nottebart 1 on, 1 out), Houston Spangler (1,8th inning off Stallard 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Brand (4,by Stallard).  IBB–Bond (5,by Purkey).  Team–9.  SB–Gagliano (1,3rd base off Nottebart/Brand).  CS–Gagliano (1,Home by Nottebart/Brand).  HBP–Stallard (4,Brand).  IBB–Purkey (2,Bond).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:58.  A–35,553.
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