St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1985 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 5, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf,cf 4 0 1 1
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Van Slyke rf 3 0 0 1
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 3 1 1 1
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 2 3 1
Kepshire p 0 0 0 1
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 1 1 0
Puhl rf 5 1 1 0
Walling 1b 4 0 2 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
Mumphrey cf 3 1 1 1
  Bass cf 0 0 0 0
Garner 3b 3 1 2 0
Ashby c 2 1 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 1
Ryan p 4 0 1 2
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 5
St. Louis 002 000 012570
Houston 013 000 02x690
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kepshire  L (2-4) 5.0 4 4 4 3 3
  Campbell   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Allen   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
5
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (3-2) 8.2 6 5 5 1 6
  Ross  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
1
6

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis O Smith (4,off Ryan); Clark (10,off Ryan).  3B–Houston Cruz (2,off Kepshire).  SF–Kepshire (1,off Ryan); Reynolds (1,off Kepshire).  HBP–Van Slyke (2,by Ryan).  SB–Coleman (26,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Van Slyke (7,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); O Smith (5,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Mumphrey (2,2nd base off Kepshire/Porter); Garner (1,2nd base off Campbell/Porter); Walling (1,2nd base off Campbell/Porter).  WP–Kepshire (2), Campbell (1).  HBP–Ryan (3,Van Slyke).  T–2:43.  A–39,828.
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