Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 22, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1970 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 13, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 5 2 3 2
Morgan 2b 5 2 2 2
Wynn lf 3 2 3 2
Watson 1b 5 1 1 1
Menke ss 2 1 0 1
Rader 3b 5 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 2
Edwards c 3 2 1 0
Dierker p 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 1 0 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 1 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 13 15 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Lee rf 5 0 1 0
Taylor 1b 4 2 0 0
Allen 3b 5 3 3 3
Torre c 2 2 1 2
Cardenal cf 5 1 2 3
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Javier 2b 5 0 2 1
Maxvill ss 5 0 1 0
Briles p 2 0 0 0
  Campisi p 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 1 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
  Chlupsa p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 11 9
Houston 111 700 02113151
St. Louis 015 300 0009112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   2.1 5 6 6 3 2
  Culver  W (4-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bouton   0.2 4 3 0 0 1
  Ray   3.1 2 0 0 1 3
  Gladding  SV (10) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
6
5
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (2-3) 3.0 6 7 7 5 1
  Campisi   1.1 3 3 0 3 2
  Linzy   2.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Chlupsa   1.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
13
10
8
3

  E–Menke (18), Lee (3), Javier (12).  DP–St. Louis 4.  PB–Edwards (4).  2B–Houston Alou (17,off Briles); Watson (12,off Briles), St. Louis Torre (19,off Bouton).  3B–St. Louis Allen (4,off Dierker).  HR–Houston Wynn (14,1st inning off Briles 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Allen (27,3rd inning off Dierker 2 on, 1 out); Cardenal (5,3rd inning off Dierker 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Morgan (1,off Campisi); Gladding (1,off Chlupsa).  SF–Cedeno (1,off Briles); Menke (7,off Campisi).  IBB–Menke (6,by Briles).  SB–Cedeno (3,2nd base off Campisi/Torre).  IBB–Briles (3,Menke).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:31.  A–16,315.
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