St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 2, Houston Astros 17

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf,cf 4 1 2 0
McGee cf 2 0 1 0
  Braun lf 1 0 0 1
Herr 2b 3 0 1 1
  Nieto c 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Lawless ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 3 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 1 0 0 0
  Harper 3b 2 0 0 0
Smith ss 2 0 0 0
  DeJesus ss 1 0 0 0
Kepshire p 1 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 1 1 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 2 3 1 0
  Rivera 3b 1 0 0 0
Puhl rf 5 1 3 2
  Garner 2b 1 0 0 0
Walling 3b,rf 5 1 2 1
Cruz lf 5 1 1 2
  Tolman lf 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 2 0
  Bass cf 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 4 3 0
Bailey c 4 4 3 4
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
Thon ss 5 1 2 4
Scott p 4 1 1 1
  Mizerock c 1 0 1 0
Totals 42 17 19 14
St. Louis 000 002 000251
Houston 126 215 00x17191
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kepshire  L (9-7) 2.1 5 5 4 2 0
  Horton   0.2 5 4 4 1 0
  Boever   2.0 4 3 3 1 2
  Forsch   2.0 4 5 5 1 1
  Campbell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
19
17
16
5
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (13-6) 7.0 3 2 2 3 3
  Heathcock   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
3

  E–O Smith (9), Thon (9).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 2.  PB–Nieto (10).  2B–St. Louis Coleman (14,off Scott); Herr (29,off Scott), Houston Walling (16,off Kepshire); Mumphrey (19,off Horton); Puhl (13,off Horton); Davis (6,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Thon (1,off Boever); Puhl (3,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Bailey (10,3rd inning off Horton 3 on, 1 out); Thon (4,6th inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Braun (1,off Scott).  IBB–Davis (3,by Horton).  WP–Boever (1).  IBB–Horton (9,Davis).  T–2:27.  A–10,348.
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