St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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 4, Houston Astros 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 2 2
Templeton ss 4 0 1 1
Mumphrey rf 2 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 1 1 0
Denny p 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 0 1 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 3 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 4
Cruz rf 4 0 1 0
Ferguson c 3 1 0 0
Howe 3b 3 0 1 1
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
St. Louis 011 000 200461
Houston 012 020 00x570
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (7-3) 6.0 6 5 3 1 3
  Eastwick   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
3
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (10-9) 6.2 6 4 4 4 8
  Sambito  SV (4) 2.1 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
10

  E–Templeton (16).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Howe (16,off Denny); Watson 2 (26,off Denny 2).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (16,2nd inning off Richard 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Brock (21,2nd base off Richard/Ferguson); Mumphrey (10,2nd base off Richard/Ferguson).  CS–Hernandez (5,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson); Templeton (16,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson); Brock (17,2nd base by Sambito/Ferguson).  WP–Richard (6).  BK–Sambito (1).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:17.  A–23,949.
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