Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 5 0 2 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 1
Watson lf 3 0 1 1
  Agee lf 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 3 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 1
Reuss p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Carbo rf 3 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
Melendez cf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
Wise p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
Houston 000 002 0013100
St. Louis 000 000 000050
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (13-8) 9.0 5 0 0 4 5
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (13-8) 9.0 10 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 3, St. Louis 2.  2B–Houston Rader 2 (18,off Wise 2); Cedeno (24,off Wise); Watson (19,off Wise), St. Louis Carbo (14,off Reuss).  SH–Reuss (5,off Wise).  IBB–Edwards (6,by Wise).  IBB–Wise (10,Edwards).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:20.  A–19,862.
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