St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 2, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1970 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 3, Houston Astros 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Hague rf 4 1 0 0
  Lee rf 0 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 1 1 0
Torre c 4 0 1 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 2 1
Shannon 3b 4 1 2 1
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
Gibson p 3 0 2 1
Totals 35 3 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Wynn lf 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 1 1 1
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 1
St. Louis 000 200 001–3101
Houston 000 000 011–240
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (14-5) 9.0 4 2 2 3 10
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (9-4) 8.0 8 2 2 0 1
  Gladding   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
1
  E–Cardenal (5).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Torre (21,off Billingham).  HR–Houston Edwards (6,8th inning off Gibson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Gibson (3,off Billingham).  WP–Gibson (2).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–1:53.  A–23,965.
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