St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 17, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1985 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 8, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 2 1
McGee cf 5 1 3 0
Herr 2b 4 1 2 0
Clark 1b 4 2 2 3
Harper rf 3 1 1 0
  Van Slyke ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Pendleton 3b 5 1 3 1
Nieto c 4 1 1 2
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
Cox p 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Horton p 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  DeJesus ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 16 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Puhl rf 5 1 3 1
Walling 1b 5 1 2 0
Cruz lf 4 1 3 1
Mumphrey cf 3 2 2 2
Garner 3b 3 1 2 2
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
  Ashby c 1 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
  Pankovits ph 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 0 0
  Thon ss 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 1 0 0 0
  Calhoun p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 14 6
St. Louis 100 400 0038160
Houston 402 000 0006141
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   2.0 8 6 6 1 3
  Forsch   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Horton   4.2 4 0 0 1 2
  Campbell  W (1-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Dayley  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   3.0 9 5 5 1 1
  Dawley   3.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Calhoun  L (0-1) 2.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Smith   0.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
3
4

  E–Bailey (1).  DP–St. Louis 2, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis McGee (4,off Knepper); Pendleton (5,off Knepper); Nieto (1,off Knepper), Houston Cruz (8,off Cox); Mumphrey (5,off Cox).  3B–Houston Reynolds (1,off Cox).  HR–St. Louis Clark (8,4th inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out), Houston Puhl (1,1st inning off Cox 0 on, 1 out); Garner (2,1st inning off Cox 1 on, 2 out); Mumphrey (1,3rd inning off Cox 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Clark (1,off Knepper).  SH–Mumphrey (1,off Horton).  IBB–Garner (1,by Horton).  SB–McGee (11,2nd base off Dawley/Bailey).  CS–Pendleton (4,2nd base by Knepper/Bailey); Coleman (6,2nd base by Knepper/Bailey).  IBB–Horton (3,Garner).  T–2:53.  A–14,501.
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