Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 16, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1988 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 0, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 2 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
Puhl rf 2 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Candaele rf 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph 1 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 2 0
Trevino c 3 0 2 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 2 0
Smith ss 3 1 2 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 1
Brunansky rf 3 0 0 1
McGee cf 4 0 1 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Pagnozzi 1b 3 0 1 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 1 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Terry p 2 0 0 0
  Laga 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 2
Houston 000 000 000062
St. Louis 101 010 00x370
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (8-10) 6.0 6 3 2 2 4
  Andersen   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  W (3-3) 6.2 5 0 0 1 3
  Costello   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Dayley  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
4

  E–Doran (7), Deshaies (1).  TP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Pendleton (17,off Deshaies).  SF–Brunansky (5,off Deshaies); Pendleton (3,off Deshaies).  SB–Young (58,2nd base off Terry/Pena); Coleman 3 (61,2nd base off Deshaies/Trevino 2,3rd base off Deshaies/Trevino); Smith 2 (41,2nd base off Deshaies/Trevino,2nd base off Andersen/Trevino).  BK–Deshaies (5), Costello (1).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:46.  A–26,044.
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