St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 6, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1986 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 6, Houston Astros 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 0 1 0
Herr 2b 5 0 4 0
McGee cf 5 0 1 0
Lindeman 1b 3 1 1 0
  Van Slyke ph,1b,rf 2 1 0 0
Landrum rf 3 1 1 0
  Morris ph,rf 2 0 1 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 2 2
Pendleton 3b 5 1 1 1
Lake c 3 1 2 3
  Laga ph 0 0 0 0
  LaValliere c 0 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Hurdle 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 14 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 0 1 0
Doran 2b 5 1 2 0
Walling 3b 5 1 2 0
Davis 1b 4 2 3 3
  Walker pr 0 1 0 0
Bass rf 5 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 2 2 3
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
  Thon ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Mizerock c 2 0 1 1
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
  Wine c 1 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 1 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Garner ph 0 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
St. Louis 000 005 1006140
Houston 023 000 0027121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   2.2 6 5 5 1 0
  Perry   3.1 2 0 0 2 1
  Horton   2.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Worrell  L (8-10) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.2
12
7
7
5
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   6.0 12 5 5 0 5
  Andersen   2.0 2 1 0 1 1
  Kerfeld  W (9-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
5
2
6

  E–Davis (9).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Herr (24,off Knepper), Houston Cruz (18,off Forsch); Walling (19,off Perry).  HR–St. Louis Lake (1,6th inning off Knepper 2 on, 0 out), Houston Davis (28,3rd inning off Forsch 2 on, 1 out); Cruz (7,9th inning off Worrell 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Laga (1,by Andersen); Davis (3,by Perry).  SB–Coleman (90,2nd base off Knepper/Mizerock); Smith (27,2nd base off Knepper/Mizerock); Van Slyke (17,2nd base off Andersen/Wine).  IBB–Perry (7,Davis); Andersen (9,Laga).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:58.  A–21,802.
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