St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 24, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1971 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 2, Houston Astros 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 1 0
Sizemore rf 3 0 1 0
Alou 1b 4 1 2 0
Torre 3b 4 0 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Cruz cf 4 0 0 0
Kubiak 2b 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
Cleveland p 3 0 0 0
  Santorini p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 3 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
Chiles lf 4 0 1 1
Menke 3b 2 0 1 0
  Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Wynn ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
St. Louis 100 010 000260
Houston 000 000 001181
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  W (11-10) 8.1 8 1 1 0 3
  Santorini  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (7-6) 8.0 6 2 1 3 5
  Gladding   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
6

  E–Edwards (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Torre (27,off Forsch), Houston Menke (24,off Cleveland); Cedeno (30,off Cleveland).  SB–Brock 2 (46,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards,3rd base off Forsch/Edwards); Sizemore (2,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards).  CS–Brock (14,2nd base by Forsch/Edwards); Cedeno (8,2nd base by Cleveland/Simmons).  WP–Cleveland (2).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:01.  A–13,860.
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