St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1970 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 0, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Lee rf 4 0 1 0
Allen 1b 3 0 0 0
Torre c 4 0 1 0
Hague lf 3 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 1 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Campisi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 2 1 1 2
Alou rf 4 0 3 2
Wynn cf 4 0 1 1
Davis lf 4 0 0 0
  Beauchamp lf 0 0 0 0
Menke ss 4 1 1 0
Pepitone 1b 3 1 2 0
Martinez 3b 4 1 3 1
Edwards c 3 1 0 0
Dierker p 4 1 2 0
Totals 32 6 13 6
St. Louis 000 000 000041
Houston 100 203 00x6130
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (2-3) 5.2 12 6 6 4 6
  Johnson   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Campisi   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (8-2) 9.0 4 0 0 2 9
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
9

  E–Lee (2).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Lee (7,off Dierker), Houston Wynn (11,off Gibson); Morgan (7,off Gibson).  IBB–Pepitone (4,by Gibson).  IBB–Gibson (3,Pepitone).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:04.  A–17,916.
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