Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 23, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1982 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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Houston Astros 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 5 1 0 0
Puhl cf 4 0 3 0
Knight 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 3 1
Heep rf 5 0 3 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 1
Howe 3b 3 0 1 0
Pujols c 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Cappuzzello p 0 0 0 0
  Knicely ph,c 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 5 2 2 0
Smith L. lf 5 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1
Porter c 0 1 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 1 1
Iorg rf 3 1 1 0
  Landrum rf 0 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 1
Smith O. ss 2 0 1 1
Andujar p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 5
Houston 000 100 0012100
St. Louis 411 000 00x672
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (9-7) 2.1 6 6 6 4 1
  Cappuzzello   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  LaCorte   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
6
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (8-9) 9.0 10 2 1 4 6
Totals
9.0
10
2
1
4
6

  E–Porter (5), Andujar (5).  PB–Porter (5).  2B–Houston Cruz (18,off Andujar), St. Louis Herr (8,off Niekro); Iorg (10,off Niekro).  3B–St. Louis L Smith (4,off Niekro).  SF–Garner (3,off Andujar).  HBP–Porter (2,by Moffitt).  SB–Thon (15,2nd base off Andujar/Porter); McGee (13,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols); O Smith (18,2nd base off Cappuzzello/Pujols); Hernandez (13,2nd base off Smith/Knicely).  WP–Niekro (13).  HBP–Moffitt (1,Porter).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:51.  A–30,832.
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