St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 16, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1973 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 5, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
  Dwyer lf 1 0 0 0
Campbell 2b 4 0 0 0
Torre 3b,1b 3 2 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
McCarver 1b 3 0 0 0
  Reitz 3b 0 0 0 0
Cruz rf 4 1 2 1
Melendez cf 4 0 1 1
Tyson ss 4 1 1 0
Gibson p 4 1 2 1
Totals 34 5 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Agee lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Wynn rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 0 0
  Alou rf 2 0 0 0
Watson c 4 2 2 1
May 1b 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
  Busse 3b 2 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 2 1
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Richard p 1 0 1 0
  Stewart ph 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
St. Louis 111 110 000580
Houston 200 000 001371
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (6-6) 9.0 7 3 2 2 10
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
2
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (6-7) 3.1 5 4 2 3 5
  Richard   4.2 3 1 1 0 5
  Upshaw   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
3
10

  E–Watson (8).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Simmons (9); Watson 2 (2).  2B–St. Louis Tyson (5,off Forsch); Torre (7,off Forsch), Houston Wynn (9,off Gibson); Watson 2 (11,off Gibson 2).  SB–Simmons (2,2nd base off Forsch/Watson); J Cruz 2 (2,2nd base off Forsch/Watson,2nd base off Richard/Watson).  CS–Melendez (4,2nd base by Richard/Watson).  WP–Forsch (4).  BK–Forsch (1), Richard (1).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:10.  A–26,780.
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