St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 6, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 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 5, Houston Astros 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Oberkfell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Herr 2b 3 1 3 0
Scott cf 2 0 0 0
  Landrum cf 3 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 1 0 0 0
  DeSa 1b 2 0 0 0
Simmons c 2 0 1 0
  Swisher c 2 1 1 1
Hendrick rf 2 0 0 0
  Durham rf 2 2 2 0
Iorg lf 3 0 1 2
Reitz 3b 2 0 0 0
  Waller 3b 2 0 1 0
Phillips ss 4 0 2 1
Sykes p 0 0 0 0
  Otten p 0 0 0 0
  Little p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 1
  Loucks ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 1 1 0
  Gonzalez ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 1 0 0
  Leonard rf 2 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 2 2 2 0
  Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
Howe 1b 3 2 2 2
  Bergman 1b 1 0 1 0
Woods rf,lf 4 0 1 2
Pujols c 4 1 0 1
Landestoy ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 1 2 1
  Niemann p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 7
St. Louis 000 004 0105122
Houston 027 000 00x9120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sykes  L (6-10) 2.0 5 6 6 2 0
  Otten   0.2 2 3 0 0 0
  Little   2.1 3 0 0 1 3
  Frazier   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
9
6
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (15-11) 6.0 9 4 4 1 1
  Niemann  SV (1) 3.0 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
1
4

  E–Hernandez (8), Phillips (9).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–St. Louis Herr (5,off Niekro), Houston Niekro (5,off Otten).  3B–St. Louis Landrum (1,off Niekro); Durham (2,off Niemann), Houston Leonard (5,off Frazier).  SF–Iorg (4,off Niekro).  HBP–Sykes (1,by Niekro).  SB–Bergman (1,2nd base off Frazier/Swisher).  WP–Sykes (3).  BK–Niemann (1).  HBP–Niekro (3,Sykes).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:40.
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