St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
July 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 2 0
Hendrick rf 3 1 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 3 0 1 0
  Tyson ph 1 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 3 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 1 2 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 2 1
Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 1 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 2
Walling rf 3 0 1 0
  Leonard rf 1 0 0 0
Howe 2b 2 0 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
St. Louis 000 002 000260
Houston 000 002 10x371
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  L (8-6) 8.0 7 3 3 4 4
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (11-5) 7.0 6 2 1 5 1
  Sambito  SV (11) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
2

  E–Reynolds (15).  DP–St. Louis 2, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Templeton (12,off Andujar), Houston Puhl (11,off Vuckovich).  SB–Hernandez (2,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby); Cruz (23,2nd base off Vuckovich/Kennedy).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:34.  A–45,834.
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