Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Puhl lf 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 1 0
Trevino c 2 0 1 0
Scott p 2 0 0 1
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 1 0
McGee cf 3 1 1 0
Guerrero 1b 3 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 2 2
Pendleton 3b 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 1 0
Pagnozzi c 3 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Houston 000 010 000140
St. Louis 100 001 00x270
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (13-4) 7.0 6 2 2 0 6
  Agosto   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (7-4) 7.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Dayley   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  SV (23) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Trevino (12,off Forsch), St. Louis Oquendo (6,off Scott).  3B–St. Louis Brunansky (4,off Scott).  HR–St. Louis Brunansky (18,6th inning off Scott 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–McGee (1,by Scott).  IBB–Guerrero (3,by Agosto).  CS–Trevino (2,2nd base by Forsch/Pagnozzi).  SB–McGee (37,2nd base off Scott/Trevino); Coleman 2 (63,2nd base off Agosto/Trevino,3rd base off Agosto/Trevino).  HBP–Scott (7,McGee).  IBB–Agosto (11,Guerrero).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:16.  A–27,355.
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