St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1969 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 6, Houston Astros 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 1 1 0
Flood cf 5 2 2 0
Davalillo rf 6 1 3 1
Torre c 4 1 2 1
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 1
White 1b 4 1 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 2
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
  Huntz ss 0 0 0 0
Taylor p 3 0 1 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
  Grant p 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 6 1 3 4
Alou rf 6 0 2 2
Miller cf 3 0 1 0
  Wynn cf 0 0 0 0
Davis lf 5 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 5 0 0 0
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 5 2 3 1
Edwards c 5 2 1 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 1 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Guinn p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 0 1 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 1 0
  Geronimo pr 0 1 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Torres ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 12 7
St. Louis 203 010 000 006112
Houston 001 031 100 017121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Taylor   5.2 7 5 5 2 1
  Hilgendorf   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Grant  L (7-11) 4.0 3 1 0 2 2
Totals
10.1
12
7
6
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   2.2 6 5 3 2 3
  Ray   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bouton   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Guinn   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Blasingame   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Billingham   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gladding  W (3-6) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
11
6
4
5
12

  E–Flood (4), Javier (19), Alou (11).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 2.  PB–Edwards (6).  2B–St. Louis Taylor (2,off Griffin); Flood (29,off Griffin); Javier (23,off Griffin); Davalillo (3,off Bouton), Houston Miller (16,off Taylor); Alou (13,off Hilgendorf).  HR–Houston Morgan (14,5th inning off Taylor 2 on, 1 out); Rader (10,6th inning off Taylor 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Maxvill (1,by Billingham).  IBB–Wynn (14,by Grant).  SB–Brock (48,2nd base off Griffin/Edwards).  WP–Taylor (1).  HBP–Billingham (3,Maxvill).  IBB–Grant (8,Wynn).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–3:04.  A–10,069.
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