St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 30, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1965 at Astrodome. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 19, Houston Astros 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 3 4 1
Flood cf 6 4 4 1
Kernek 1b 6 2 3 2
Shannon rf,c 4 4 2 1
Gagliano 3b 4 2 1 3
McCarver c 3 0 0 1
  Savage ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Buchek ss 5 2 2 5
Maxvill 2b 5 1 1 3
Briles p 4 0 2 2
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Aust p 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 19 19 19
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 2 2 0
Miller lf 5 2 2 1
Staub rf 4 1 1 2
Harrison 1b 5 0 3 3
Wynn cf 3 1 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Kasko ss 4 1 2 0
Adlesh c 2 1 0 1
  Farrell p 1 0 0 0
Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Coombs p 1 0 0 0
  Gentile ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Von Hoff p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman ph,c 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 8 11 8
St. Louis 600 124 31219190
Houston 100 100 4028112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (3-3) 7.0 8 6 6 4 1
  Aust  SV (1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ray  L (0-2) 0.2 3 6 6 3 1
  Coombs   3.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Giusti   2.0 6 6 5 1 1
  Von Hoff   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Farrell   2.0 3 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
19
19
18
7
4

  E–Harrison (2), Aspromonte (18).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Kernek (2,off Coombs); Buchek (8,off Farrell), Houston Harrison (2,off Briles); Staub (18,off Aust).  3B–St. Louis Brock (8,off Farrell), Houston Miller (1,off Briles).  HR–St. Louis Buchek (3,5th inning off Giusti 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Gagliano (6,off Ray); McCarver (3,off Giusti); Staub (5,off Briles).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Brock (61,2nd base off Ray/Adlesh); Wynn (43,2nd base off Briles/McCarver).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:49.  A–7,494.
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