St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 30, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1984 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 6, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 3 0 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 5 1 0 0
Van Slyke 1b 3 1 0 0
Hendrick rf 5 1 3 2
Porter c 5 0 0 0
McGee cf 3 2 2 1
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 2 0
Smith O. ss 3 1 0 1
Stuper p 1 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Totals 34 6 9 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 5 0 2 1
Reynolds ss 5 0 1 0
Cruz lf 5 0 2 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 0 0
Spilman 1b 3 1 1 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 1 2 0
Garner 3b 4 0 0 1
Doran 2b 4 1 1 0
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 1 2
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
St. Louis 001 100 040690
Houston 010 003 0004101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stuper   5.2 8 4 4 3 3
  Rucker   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Horton  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sutter  SV (11) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   6.0 6 2 1 1 0
  Smith   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  DiPino  L (1-4) 0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Ruhle   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
3
1

  E–Bailey (3).  2B–St. Louis Hendrick (7,off Smith), Houston Bailey (3,off Stuper); Puhl (4,off Stuper).  3B–Houston Walling (1,off Stuper).  SH–Stuper (3,off M Scott).  HBP–L Smith 2 (4,by Smith,by Ruhle).  SB–L Smith (9,2nd base off Smith/Bailey); McGee 2 (16,2nd base off DiPino/Bailey,3rd base off DiPino/Bailey); O Smith (11,2nd base off DiPino/Bailey).  CS–Hendrick (2,2nd base by M Scott/Bailey).  HBP–Smith (1,L Smith); Ruhle (2,L Smith).  T–2:39.  A–13,514.
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