St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 17, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1992 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 7, Houston Astros 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lankford cf 5 1 1 0
Alicea 2b 4 2 2 1
Jose rf 5 1 2 5
Perry 1b 5 0 1 0
Zeile 3b 5 1 1 0
Thompson lf 3 0 2 0
  Jordan lf 0 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 3 0 1 0
Figueroa ss 4 1 1 1
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Smith L. p 0 0 0 0
DeLeon p 2 1 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Gilkey ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Smith O. ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 2 0
Finley cf 5 2 2 1
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 0
Anthony rf 5 0 2 2
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 1
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Candaele 3b 4 0 0 0
Taubensee c 3 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano lf 1 0 0 0
Harnisch p 2 1 1 0
  Cedeno ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
St. Louis 004 001 0027110
Houston 100 130 0005100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   4.1 9 5 5 0 6
  Perez   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Agosto   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Carpenter  W (2-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch   5.0 7 5 5 2 3
  Boever   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Osuna   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Jones  L (3-3) 1.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
5

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Thompson (3,off Osuna); Lankford (7,off D Jones), Houston Biggio (8,off DeLeon); Taubensee (4,off DeLeon); Harnisch (3,off DeLeon).  3B–St. Louis Alicea (4,off D Jones).  HR–St. Louis Jose (4,3rd inning off Harnisch 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Thompson (2,by Harnisch).  CS–Perry (2,2nd base by Harnisch/Taubensee).  SB–Finley (8,2nd base off DeLeon/Pagnozzi).  WP–Agosto (1).  HBP–Harnisch (1,Thompson).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–(none), 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:14.  A–17,218.
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