Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 27, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 2 1
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Walling 1b 4 1 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 1
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Pladson p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Oberkfell 2b 4 2 4 1
Scott cf 3 2 0 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 2
Hendrick rf 3 1 1 2
Iorg lf 5 1 4 1
Kennedy c 4 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 3
Phillips ss 4 2 2 0
Fulgham p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 2 0 1 0
  Durham ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 16 10
Houston 110 000 000270
St. Louis 105 001 03x10160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (10-11) 3.0 9 6 6 2 0
  Roberge   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Pladson   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
  LaCorte   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
5
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Fulgham   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Martin  W (1-0) 7.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Littlefield   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Ashby (14,off Martin); Cabell (16,off Martin), St. Louis Oberkfell 2 (18,off Forsch,off LaCorte); Reitz (29,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Morgan (3,off Fulgham); Walling (4,off Martin).  SH–Oberkfell (5,off Pladson).  SF–Scott (3,off Pladson); Hendrick (4,off LaCorte).  IBB–Kennedy (3,by Forsch).  CS–Cabell (11,2nd base by Fulgham/Kennedy); Oberkfell (4,2nd base by Roberge/Ashby).  SB–Scott (15,2nd base off Forsch/Ashby).  IBB–Forsch (1,Kennedy).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Steve Fields.  T–2:41.  A–10,025.
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