St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 8, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1976 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 0, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Smith 1b 4 0 1 0
Crawford rf 4 0 1 0
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 0 0 0 0
  Richard pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  McBride ph 0 0 0 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 2 0 2 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0
Jutze c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Dierker p 3 2 1 0
Totals 28 2 5 1
St. Louis 000 000 000053
Houston 000 001 01x250
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (1-2) 6.0 4 1 0 1 4
  Greif   1.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
0
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (6-5) 9.0 5 0 0 3 9
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
9

  E–Kessinger (9), Cruz 2 (8).  DP–St. Louis 2, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Cruz (8,off Dierker).  SH–Gross 2 (4,off Forsch,off Greif).  IBB–Cedeno 2 (2,by Forsch,by Greif).  SB–Brock (14,2nd base off Dierker/Jutze).  BK–Dierker (1).  IBB–Forsch (4,Cedeno); Greif (1,Cedeno).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:04.  A–9,827.
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