St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1977 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 lf 4 1 1 0
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Scott cf 5 0 1 1
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 2 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 1
  McBride ph 1 0 1 0
Rasmussen p 3 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 1
Cedeno cf 2 0 0 0
  Crawford ph,lf 2 1 1 0
  Gardner lf 0 0 0 0
Johnson lf,rf,1b 4 2 3 3
Cruz rf,cf,rf 2 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Howard pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Ferguson c 4 0 1 1
Howe 2b 4 0 1 0
Bannister p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
St. Louis 000 011 000271
Houston 000 000 23x573
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (2-5) 7.0 6 4 3 2 2
  Urrea   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   7.0 5 2 2 4 4
  Forsch  W (4-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
5

  E–Tyson (2), Gonzalez (9), Ferguson (3), Howe (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (9,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Johnson 2 (8,7th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Urrea 1 on, 0 out); Cabell (2,8th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bannister (2,off Rasmussen); Howard (2,off Urrea).  IBB–Boswell (1,by Rasmussen).  SB–Mumphrey (2,2nd base off Bannister/Ferguson); Cruz (1,2nd base off Bannister/Ferguson); Reitz (2,2nd base off Bannister/Ferguson); Cruz 2 (8,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons,3rd base off Urrea/Simmons); Howard (4,2nd base off Rasmussen/Simmons).  IBB–Rasmussen (5,Boswell).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:24.  A–7,443.
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