Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 13, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1973 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 3 1 1 1
Metzger ss 5 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 1 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
May 1b 4 0 1 1
Edwards c 3 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 1
Roberts p 4 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Melendez rf 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz cf 3 0 0 0
Tyson ss 3 0 1 0
Nagy p 2 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Houston 000 110 110480
St. Louis 000 000 000055
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (12-9) 9.0 5 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Nagy  L (0-1) 8.0 8 4 3 3 0
  Segui   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
4
1

  E–Sizemore (11), Reitz (6), Tyson 2 (25), Segui (1).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–Houston Edwards (10,off Nagy); Watson (18,off Nagy); May (16,off Nagy); Roberts (1,off Nagy), St. Louis Melendez (13,off Roberts).  HR–Houston Wynn (18,7th inning off Nagy 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Edwards (5,by Nagy).  SB–Brock (43,2nd base off Roberts/Edwards).  IBB–Nagy (1,Edwards).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:06.  A–18,882.
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