Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 11, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1971 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf,rf 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 2
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
  Menke 3b 1 0 0 0
Wynn rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 2 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Chiles ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 3 3 0
Alou rf 4 2 2 1
  Cardenal pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 1 3 4
Torre 3b 3 0 0 0
Hague 1b 2 0 0 1
Cruz cf 3 0 1 1
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 1 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 7
Houston 000 000 030360
St. Louis 002 030 02x790
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ray  L (5-2) 4.1 6 5 5 4 0
  Wilson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Culver   1.0 1 2 2 3 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
8
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (6-8) 9.0 6 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Simmons (12).  2B–Houston Morgan (15,off Gibson); Edwards (8,off Gibson), St. Louis Simmons (14,off Ray).  3B–St. Louis Alou (4,off Ray).  HR–Houston Cedeno (6,8th inning off Gibson 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Morgan (6,off Gibson); Simmons (6,off Ray); Hague (2,off Wilson).  IBB–Torre (8,by Ray).  SB–Brock (23,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards); Gibson (1,2nd base off Culver/Edwards).  IBB–Ray (3,Torre).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:12.  A–15,252.
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