Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 6, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1966 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Houston Astros 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 5 1 3 1
Miller 3b 3 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph,3b 2 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 1
Staub rf 4 0 1 1
Maye lf 4 1 1 0
Bateman c 4 1 4 1
Harrison 1b 3 0 0 0
Lillis ss 3 0 0 0
Zachary p 2 0 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
  Gaines ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 0
Flood cf 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Shannon rf 3 1 2 1
Smith 3b 4 1 1 1
Javier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Buchek ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 1
  Gibson pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Houston 020 000 2004100
St. Louis 000 001 002372
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Zachary  W (2-2) 5.1 3 1 1 5 3
  Sembera   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Raymond  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (4-13) 3.0 5 2 0 1 1
  Jackson   4.0 4 2 0 0 3
  Woodeshick   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
0
1
4

  E–Smith (11), Briles (1).  DP–Houston 2, St. Louis 2.  PB–Bateman (16).  2B–Houston Bateman (23,off Briles), St. Louis Smith (12,off Taylor).  SH–Lillis (5,off Briles).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Brock (62,2nd base off Zachary/Bateman).  WP–Zachary (6).  U–Doug Harvey, Shag Crawford, Ed Vargo.  T–2:30.  A–9,283.
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