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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 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 5, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 1 0
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Cruz rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Rader c 3 0 0 0
  Simmons ph,c 2 0 1 2
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 4 2
Kessinger 2b 4 0 1 0
  Tyson 2b 0 0 0 0
Urrea p 3 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Watson 1b 4 1 1 0
Cruz rf 4 1 2 0
Ferguson c 4 0 2 2
Howe 2b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Larson p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
St. Louis 020 010 2005120
Houston 000 200 000281
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Urrea  W (4-3) 7.0 6 2 2 0 4
  Metzger  SV (5) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Larson  L (0-6) 6.1 9 5 5 3 3
  Sambito   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
3

  E–Ferguson (8).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Cruz (18,off Larson), Houston Cruz (23,off Urrea); Ferguson (15,off Urrea); Cedeno (19,off Metzger).  HR–St. Louis Reitz (12,2nd inning off Larson 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Templeton (21,2nd base off Larson/Ferguson); Mumphrey (11,2nd base off Larson/Ferguson); Cruz (3,2nd base off Larson/Ferguson); Cedeno (35,2nd base off Urrea/Rader); Ferguson (3,2nd base off Urrea/Rader).  CS–Mumphrey (9,2nd base by Larson/Ferguson); Templeton (17,2nd base by Larson/Ferguson).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:24.  A–19,901.
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