Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 10, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1972 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 10, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 2 2 1
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 1
Wynn rf 4 1 1 0
May 1b 5 3 4 3
Watson lf 3 0 0 2
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 1 1 1
Edwards c 3 1 0 0
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 1 2
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 11 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 1 0
Cruz cf 3 2 1 1
Melendez rf 4 1 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 3 1 1 4
Clendenon 1b 3 0 2 0
  Hague ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Crosby ss 4 0 0 0
Maxvill 2b 2 1 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 1 1 0
  Santorini p 0 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 7
Houston 200 001 06110110
St. Louis 005 000 200781
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   6.0 7 5 5 3 3
  Blasingame   0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Griffin   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Ray  W (5-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
8
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.0 7 6 6 2 6
  Santorini  L (2-3) 0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Grzenda   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
10
3
6

  E–Simmons (2).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–St. Louis Clendenon (1,off Roberts); Torre (6,off Griffin).  3B–Houston May (1,off Gibson); Stewart (1,off Grzenda).  HR–Houston Metzger (1,8th inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out); May (5,9th inning off Drabowsky 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Simmons (2,3rd inning off Roberts 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Watson 2 (3,off Gibson,off Santorini).  IBB–Edwards (3,by Santorini); Simmons (2,by Griffin).  SB–Metzger (2,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Brock (10,2nd base off Roberts/Edwards); Clendenon (1,2nd base off Roberts/Edwards).  WP–Roberts (2).  IBB–Griffin (1,Simmons); Santorini (1,Edwards).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:14.  A–8,691.
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