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St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 9, 1979 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1979 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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"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981) |
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| Game played on Wednesday, May 9, 1979 at Astrodome |
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| St. Louis |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | – | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Houston |
2 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | – | 5 | 14 | 0 |
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| St. Louis Cardinals |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Denny |
5.2 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
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Schultz |
2.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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McEnaney |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Littell |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Knowles |
1.0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Bruno L (1-2) |
2.2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Totals |
15.2 |
14 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
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| Houston Astros |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Niekro |
6.0 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
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Sambito |
3.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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Andujar |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Williams |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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McLaughlin W (1-0) |
3.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Totals |
16.0 |
12 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
E–Reitz (2). DP–St. Louis 2, Houston 2. PB–Ashby (4). 2B–St. Louis Scott (5,off Niekro). 3B–St. Louis Scott (6,off Niekro). HR–St. Louis Reitz (2,4th inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out). SH–Iorg (1,off Andujar); Mumphrey (1,off Williams); Puhl (1,off McEnaney). HBP–Templeton (1,by Niekro). IBB–Cabell (5,by Bruno); Cruz (3,by Bruno). SB–Templeton (3,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby); Scott 3 (10,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby,2nd base off Sambito/Ashby,3rd base off McLaughlin/Ashby); Cedeno (7,2nd base off Denny/Simmons); Leonard (2,2nd base off Bruno/Swisher). CS–Leonard (1,Home by Bruno/Swisher). WP–Andujar (1). HBP–Niekro (2,Templeton). IBB–Bruno 2 (3,Cabell,Cruz). U-HP–Murray Strey, 1B–Ray Hamil, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Jim Rains. T–4:52. A–11,566. |
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| Game played on Wednesday, May 9, 1979 at Astrodome |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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