St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 5, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1986 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 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 3 4
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Lindeman 1b 3 1 2 1
  Morris ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
LaValliere c 3 2 2 0
Conroy p 0 0 0 0
  Manrique ph 1 1 1 1
  Soff p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 1 1 1
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 2 2 2
Doran 2b 3 1 1 1
Garner 3b 2 0 1 0
  Walling ph,3b 2 0 2 0
Davis 1b 5 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 0 1 0
Deshaies p 1 1 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 5 11 5
St. Louis 011 020 1038110
Houston 101 200 0015113
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Conroy   4.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Soff  W (2-0) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Horton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   4.2 6 4 3 2 5
  Andersen   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lopez  L (3-2) 2.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Kerfeld   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
3
7

  E–Doran (11), Ashby (9), Deshaies (2).  3B–St. Louis Herr (4,off Kerfeld), Houston Hatcher (4,off Conroy).  HR–St. Louis Lindeman (1,2nd inning off Deshaies 0 on, 0 out); Manrique (1,5th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 1 out), Houston Hatcher (5,4th inning off Conroy 1 on, 2 out); Driessen (1,9th inning off Worrell 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Conroy (7,off Deshaies); Soff (1,off Lopez); LaValliere (8,off Lopez).  SF–Doran (5,off Conroy).  SB–Coleman (89,3rd base off Deshaies/Ashby); Ford (12,2nd base off Lopez/Ashby).  CS–Herr (8,2nd base by Deshaies/Ashby); Thon (4,2nd base by Soff/LaValliere).  BK–Deshaies (7).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:50.  A–23,547.
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