Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1977 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez ss 5 0 1 1
Cruz rf 3 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 5 1 2 0
Watson 1b 5 0 1 0
Ferguson c 5 1 2 2
Boswell 2b 5 0 2 0
Howe 3b 5 0 1 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard pr 0 1 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 1 1
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
  Anderson rf 1 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
  Youngblood pr 0 0 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 3 1
Houston 000 000 010 023101
St. Louis 000 000 100 00130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard   7.0 2 1 1 1 9
  Forsch   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sambito  W (3-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
3
1
1
2
11
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen   7.1 7 1 1 3 3
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Urrea  L (1-2) 3.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
3
3
3
4

  E–Gonzalez (7).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Simmons (4,off Sambito).  HR–Houston Ferguson (7,11th inning off Urrea 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Cruz (1,off Rasmussen); Templeton (2,off Richard).  IBB–Cedeno (3,by Rasmussen); Simmons (5,by Richard); Reitz (2,by Sambito).  SB–Cruz (6,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons); Howard (2,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons).  CS–Hernandez (1,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson).  IBB–Richard (1,Simmons); Sambito (2,Reitz); Rasmussen (4,Cedeno).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:44.  A–21,147.
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