Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 24, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1974 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 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 1 2 0
  Gallagher rf 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 5 2 1 0
  Campbell 1b 0 0 0 0
May M. c 4 2 2 1
Rader 3b 1 1 1 1
  Menke 3b 2 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 2 4 4
  Milbourne pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Roberts p 3 1 1 2
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 0 0
Sizemore 2b 5 1 2 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 3
Torre 1b 5 0 0 0
Melendez cf 4 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 3 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Tyson ss 3 0 1 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 0 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Papi ph,ss 2 0 1 1
Totals 37 4 11 4
Houston 040 320 0009112
St. Louis 001 010 0204112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (3-2) 7.2 10 4 3 3 0
  Scherman   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
3
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (2-1) 3.2 6 7 6 3 2
  Thompson   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Garman   3.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Hrabosky   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Folkers   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
5
4

  E–Cedeno (1), Rader (3), Sizemore (5), Tyson (5).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Helms (5,off McGlothen).  HR–Houston Roberts (1,2nd inning off McGlothen 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Smith (3,8th inning off Roberts 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Roberts (1,off Hrabosky).  WP–Folkers (1).  BK–Roberts (1).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:23.  A–7,364.
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