Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 22, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1986 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Houston Astros 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 3b 4 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 1 3
Hatcher cf 5 1 2 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 1 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 1
Bass rf 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 2 3 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 1
Thon ss 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 1 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Pankovits 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
Herr 2b 3 2 1 1
Van Slyke cf 3 1 1 1
Ford rf 3 0 1 1
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Hurdle 1b 4 1 1 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
Tudor p 3 1 2 2
  Morris rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 5
Houston 100 100 0035121
St. Louis 000 213 00x671
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (8-8) 5.1 7 6 5 5 6
  Lopez   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Kerfeld   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
5
6
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (13-6) 7.0 9 2 1 2 7
  Worrell  SV (28) 2.0 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
2
9

  E–Thon (9), Pendleton (16).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–Houston Davis (24,off Tudor); Cruz 2 (15,off Tudor,off Worrell); Pankovits (1,off Tudor), St. Louis Smith (17,off Ryan); Herr (22,off Ryan); Ford (13,off Ryan); Hurdle (5,off Ryan).  HR–Houston Walling (11,9th inning off Worrell 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bass (10,by Tudor); LaValliere (3,by Ryan).  CS–Davis (1,2nd base by Tudor/LaValliere).  SB–Van Slyke (16,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Pendleton (19,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Herr (15,2nd base off Lopez/Ashby).  WP–Ryan 3 (12).  IBB–Ryan (4,LaValliere); Tudor (4,Bass).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:44.  A–33,918.
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