St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 23, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1984 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Astros 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 5 2 1 0
Herr 2b 5 1 4 3
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 4 0 2 1
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Nieto c 0 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
Van Slyke lf 2 0 0 0
  Smith L. ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 2 0 0 0
  Green ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Porter c 2 0 0 0
  Howe ph 0 0 0 1
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 4 1 1 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Rucker p 1 0 0 0
  Landrum rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 2 3 0
Puhl rf,lf 3 1 3 3
Walling 1b 5 2 4 1
Cruz lf 4 1 1 0
  Bass rf 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 5 1 0 0
Garner 3b 5 0 2 2
Bailey c 4 1 2 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 2 1
LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Solano p 1 1 1 0
  Knight ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 1 1
  DiPino p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 20 8
St. Louis 130 000 0116112
Houston 002 021 13x9200
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   4.0 9 4 4 1 2
  Rucker  L (1-3) 2.1 5 2 2 1 2
  Lahti   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Von Ohlen   1.0 5 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
20
9
9
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   1.2 4 4 4 2 1
  Solano   2.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith  W (2-2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  DiPino  SV (12) 3.0 5 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
4

  E–McGee (4), Herr (6).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Houston Doran (14,off Cox).  3B–St. Louis Hendrick (1,off Smith).  HR–Houston Puhl (7,5th inning off Cox 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Howe (2,off DiPino).  SH–Reynolds (13,off Rucker); Puhl (4,off Von Ohlen).  IBB–Cruz (7,by Von Ohlen).  SB–O Smith (24,2nd base off LaCoss/Bailey); McGee (31,2nd base off LaCoss/Bailey); Herr (11,2nd base off Solano/Bailey); L Smith (33,3rd base off DiPino/Bailey); Walling (6,2nd base off Rucker/Porter); Cruz (17,2nd base off Lahti/Porter); Mumphrey (13,2nd base off Von Ohlen/Nieto).  CS–Garner (2,2nd base by Rucker/Porter).  WP–LaCoss (4), DiPino (2).  IBB–Von Ohlen (3,Cruz).  T–2:59.  A–11,581.
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