St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 19, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"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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St. Louis Cardinals 0, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy lf 2 0 0 0
  Ramsey ph 1 0 0 0
Durham rf 2 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
Sykes p 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Seaman p 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss,2b 4 2 2 0
Puhl rf 2 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 2
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0
Howe 1b 3 0 1 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
St. Louis 000 000 000011
Houston 100 001 00x252
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (1-6) 7.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Seaman   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Littlefield   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
3
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (5-5) 7.0 1 0 0 4 7
  Sambito  SV (6) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
4
9

  E–Templeton (14), Cabell (9), Ashby (1).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Simmons (5).  2B–St. Louis Templeton (11,off Ryan), Houston Puhl (10,off Sykes).  3B–Houston Landestoy (5,off Sykes).  SH–Puhl (3,off Sykes).  SF–Cruz (5,off Sykes).  IBB–Cabell (3,by Sykes).  SB–Hernandez (9,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  IBB–Sykes (3,Cabell).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:02.  A–24,663.
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