Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 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 12, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 5 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 2 2 3
Cedeno cf 3 2 2 0
Cruz rf 4 1 1 1
Watson 1b 3 2 2 4
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Howe 2b 3 1 1 0
  Gonzalez 2b 1 0 1 0
Baldwin c 5 2 2 2
Sexton ss 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 1
  Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Lemongello p 4 1 1 1
Totals 39 12 14 12
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 3 1 1 0
Dwyer lf 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 3 1 1 1
Simmons c 3 2 2 0
  Swisher c 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 2 1 1 2
Morales rf 2 0 1 2
  Coluccio rf 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Houston 000 417 00012140
St. Louis 301 001 000581
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  W (6-6) 9.0 8 5 5 3 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (7-5) 5.1 9 7 7 4 2
  Schultz   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Frazier   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Falcone   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
12
12
6
4

  E–Templeton (18).  DP–Houston 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–Houston Cedeno (8,off Forsch); Baldwin 2 (4,off Forsch 2); Cabell (6,off Schultz), St. Louis Reitz (8,off Lemongello); Simmons (22,off Lemongello).  3B–St. Louis Hernandez (2,off Lemongello); Templeton (2,off Lemongello).  HR–Houston Cabell (4,5th inning off Forsch 0 on, 1 out); Watson (7,6th inning off Frazier 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Watson (7,by Forsch); Cedeno (1,by Schultz).  SF–Templeton (1,off Lemongello); Hernandez (1,off Lemongello); Morales (4,off Lemongello).  SB–Cedeno (21,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Mumphrey (2,2nd base off Lemongello/Baldwin).  WP–Forsch (5).  IBB–Forsch (4,Watson); Schultz (2,Cedeno).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:31.  A–18,485.
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