St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 3, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1974 at Astrodome. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 2 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 1 1
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
McBride cf 3 0 2 0
Alvarado ss 2 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Tyson ss 1 0 0 0
Foster p 3 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Kelleher ss 4 0 0 0
Gross rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 2 1 1 0
  Gallagher rf 1 0 0 0
May L. 1b 3 2 2 1
May M. c 2 1 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 2
Helms 2b 3 0 2 1
  Milbourne pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Osteen p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
St. Louis 100 000 000180
Houston 000 100 30x460
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  L (1-2) 6.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Garman   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (4-2) 9.0 8 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
1

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 2.  2B–St. Louis Torre (6,off Osteen).  HR–Houston L May (5,4th inning off Foster 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–McBride (2,by Osteen).  IBB–M May (2,by Foster).  SB–Brock 2 (16,2nd base off Osteen/M May 2).  BK–Osteen (2).  HBP–Osteen (1,McBride).  IBB–Foster (2,M May).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–John McSherry.  T–1:57.  A–18,929.
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