St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 27, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 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 1, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 3 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 1 1 0
Brock lf 4 0 2 1
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
Crawford rf 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Kessinger 2b 4 0 0 0
Cruz 3b 3 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Watson 1b 3 0 1 2
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
DaVanon 2b 2 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
McLaughlin p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 5 2
St. Louis 000 001 000150
Houston 000 200 00x250
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (5-10) 6.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Greif   1.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
McLaughlin  W (2-2) 9.0 5 1 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
3
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Herrmann (8).  2B–St. Louis Mumphrey (11,off McLaughlin), Houston Watson (24,off Rasmussen).  SH–Gross (5,off Greif).  IBB–Watson (6,by Hrabosky).  SB–Brock 2 (46,2nd base off McLaughlin/Herrmann 2); Cruz (22,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons); Cedeno (42,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons); Cabell 2 (27,3rd base off Rasmussen/Simmons,2nd base off Hrabosky/Simmons).  CS–Mumphrey (2,2nd base by McLaughlin/Herrmann); Cabell (5,2nd base by Rasmussen/Simmons).  WP–Greif (6).  IBB–Hrabosky (8,Watson).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:14.  A–10,229.
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