St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1977 at Astrodome. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 3 1
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
McBride cf 4 1 1 0
  Scott cf 1 0 1 1
Simmons c 5 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 2 1 0
Mumphrey rf,lf 4 2 2 0
Reitz 3b 5 2 2 2
Tyson 2b 4 1 3 2
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Kessinger ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 15 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1
Johnson lf 4 1 1 0
Cruz rf 3 1 1 2
Ferguson c 4 1 2 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 0 0
Lemongello p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
St. Louis 030 001 1308150
Houston 000 301 000473
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   5.0 5 3 3 2 1
  Schultz  W (3-0) 4.0 2 1 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  L (1-5) 6.2 10 5 4 2 2
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   1.0 5 3 0 0 3
  McLaughlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
4
2
5

  E–Cabell (3), Howe 2 (3).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 1.  PB–Simmons (1).  2B–St. Louis Reitz (11,off Lemongello); Simmons (9,off Lemongello), Houston Gonzalez (8,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Ferguson (1,off Schultz).  HR–Houston Cedeno (2,4th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Cruz (2,4th inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out).  CS–Mumphrey (2,2nd base by Forsch/Ferguson); Cruz (3,2nd base by Schultz/Simmons).  SB–Cabell (13,2nd base off Schultz/Simmons).  WP–Forsch (2).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:42.  A–7,601.
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