St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 9, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 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 2, Houston Astros 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 3 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Brock lf 4 0 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Smith 1b 4 1 1 0
Crawford rf 4 0 1 1
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 1 4 0
Andrews 2b 4 2 3 0
Cedeno cf 1 1 0 0
Watson 1b 5 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 1 1 1
Herrmann c 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 2
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Richard p 4 0 2 0
Totals 32 5 12 3
St. Louis 100 000 001271
Houston 310 000 01x5120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (5-5) 1.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Rasmussen   3.0 2 0 0 3 1
  Solomon   3.0 3 0 0 2 0
  Wallace   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
10
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (7-5) 9.0 7 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
7

  E–Simmons (2).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Brock (7,off Richard); Smith (7,off Richard), Houston Cruz (3,off McGlothen).  3B–Houston Gross (2,off Rasmussen).  IBB–Cruz (1,by Rasmussen).  SB–Mumphrey (2,2nd base off Richard/Herrmann); Andrews 2 (4,2nd base off McGlothen/Simmons,2nd base off Wallace/Simmons); Cedeno (24,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons).  CS–Gross (2,2nd base by McGlothen/Simmons).  WP–Wallace (3).  BK–Richard (1).  IBB–Rasmussen (4,Cruz).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:30.  A–11,267.
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