Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1980 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 5 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
Walling 1b 3 0 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 1 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 2 1
Oberkfell 2b 2 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 2 2 1 2
Simmons c 2 2 1 4
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 1 2 1
Reitz 3b 4 1 2 1
Scott cf 4 1 1 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Hood p 2 0 0 0
  Kaat p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 9 9 9
Houston 001 000 000170
St. Louis 000 101 70x990
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (1-1) 6.1 6 5 5 4 6
  Sambito   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  LaCorte   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
9
9
5
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hood  W (1-1) 5.2 6 1 1 3 1
  Kaat  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (4,off Hood), St. Louis Hendrick (6,off Ryan); Scott (2,off Ryan).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (2,7th inning off Sambito 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Reynolds (6,off Hood).  SF–Simmons (2,off Ryan).  SB–Cedeno (11,2nd base off Hood/Simmons); Hernandez (4,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Templeton (4,2nd base off Sambito/Ashby).  CS–Templeton (4,2nd base by Ryan/Ashby).  WP–Ryan 2 (2), Hood (2).  BK–Hood (1).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:39.  A–23,009.
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