St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 26, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1983 at Astrodome. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Herr 2b 3 1 0 0
  Green lf 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 3 1
Smith L. lf 4 1 1 0
  Ramsey 2b 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 1 1 3
McGee cf 4 0 2 1
Porter c 4 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 1 0 0 0
  Brummer c 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 2 0
Puhl rf 4 1 1 0
Thon ss 4 1 2 0
Garner 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 0 0 0
Knight 1b 4 1 3 2
  Walling pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Pujols c 2 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 0 0
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 1 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
St. Louis 400 000 001580
Houston 002 001 000391
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   2.1 5 2 2 4 0
  Von Ohlen  W (1-0) 5.1 3 1 0 0 3
  Sutter  SV (4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (3-4) 6.0 5 4 4 2 2
  Smith   3.0 3 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
6

  E–Smith (1).  PB–Porter (4).  2B–St. Louis Hendrick (5,off LaCoss); McGee (3,off LaCoss); Oberkfell (7,off Smith), Houston Thon (9,off Forsch); Knight 2 (10,off Forsch,off Von Ohlen).  SH–Herr (3,off Smith).  IBB–Hernandez (4,by LaCoss).  SB–L Smith (11,2nd base off LaCoss/Pujols); McGee (7,2nd base off Smith/Pujols); Brummer (1,2nd base off Smith/Pujols); Moreno (15,2nd base off Sutter/Brummer).  CS–Moreno (5,2nd base by Forsch/Porter).  IBB–LaCoss (5,Hernandez).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:47.  A–10,884.
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