St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 1, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1969 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 6, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 5 0 0 0
Davalillo rf 5 1 2 0
Torre c 4 0 1 1
Shannon 3b 3 1 1 0
White 1b 3 1 1 0
  Gagliano ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Javier 2b 2 1 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 1 2 2
Carlton p 3 1 1 3
  Grant p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0
Alou rf 5 0 2 0
Wynn cf 4 0 0 0
Davis lf 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Menke 1b 4 0 0 0
Martinez ss 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 2 1 2 1
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
St. Louis 000 000 510690
Houston 000 000 110260
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (16-7) 6.2 4 1 1 7 7
  Grant  SV (3) 2.1 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
7
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (16-10) 6.2 6 5 5 3 8
  Billingham   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Blasingame   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Willis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
4
10

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Davalillo (2,off Billingham); Shannon (14,off Billingham), Houston Alou (12,off Carlton).  HR–St. Louis Carlton (1,7th inning off Wilson 2 on, 2 out), Houston Edwards (5,8th inning off Grant 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Javier (8,by Blasingame).  SB–Brock (47,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards); Morgan (38,2nd base off Carlton/Torre).  CS–Brock (11,2nd base by Billingham/Edwards).  WP–Wilson (13), Willis (6).  IBB–Blasingame (6,Javier).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Dezelan, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:46.  A–21,440.
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