Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1978 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 11, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 5 0 2 0
Cabell 3b 5 2 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 3 3 0
Cruz rf 4 2 4 5
Watson 1b 2 2 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Howe 2b 5 1 2 2
Baldwin c 5 0 1 1
Sexton ss 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 2
  Metzger ss 1 0 0 0
Richard p 3 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 1 0 0
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 14 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
  Coluccio ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 1
Simmons c 4 2 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 2 1 1
Morales rf 3 1 2 1
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 1 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 1 2
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 0 0 0 1
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Houston 100 340 03011140
St. Louis 020 201 020792
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (5-6) 5.1 5 5 5 6 12
  Sambito   2.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Forsch  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
7
14
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   4.0 5 4 3 1 1
  Frazier  L (0-1) 2.0 5 4 2 1 0
  Urrea   1.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Schultz   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
8
5
3

  E–Morales (3), Reitz (7).  PB–Simmons (3).  2B–St. Louis Simmons (21,off Richard).  3B–Houston Cruz 2 (3,off Martinez,off Schultz), St. Louis Hernandez (1,off Richard).  HR–St. Louis Reitz (5,8th inning off Sambito 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Watson (6,by Frazier).  SF–Hendrick (1,off Forsch).  SB–Cedeno (20,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons); Cruz (9,2nd base off Frazier/Simmons).  CS–Puhl (5,2nd base by Frazier/Simmons); Cruz (2,2nd base by Urrea/Simmons).  IBB–Frazier (1,Watson).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–3:10.  A–40,764.
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