Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 5, 1995 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1995 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Houston Astros 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Mouton lf 5 1 1 0
Biggio 2b 5 2 3 1
Bagwell 1b 4 1 0 0
Bell cf 4 1 2 1
Shipley 3b 3 1 0 2
  Magadan 3b 0 1 0 0
Plantier rf 3 2 2 2
Eusebio c 4 0 2 3
Miller ss 4 0 1 0
Hampton p 3 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Dougherty p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Gilkey lf 4 0 2 1
  Battle lf 1 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
Lankford cf 3 0 0 0
  Bradshaw cf 1 1 1 0
Jordan rf 3 0 1 0
  Mabry rf 1 1 1 0
Cooper 3b 4 1 2 1
Coles 1b 4 0 0 0
Sheaffer c 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hemond 2b 2 1 0 0
Urbani p 0 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 2 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
  Cromer ss 1 0 1 2
Totals 36 4 8 4
Houston 304 000 0209112
St. Louis 000 000 013481
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (1-1) 7.0 3 0 0 0 7
  Brocail   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Martinez   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Dougherty   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Urbani  L (1-1) 2.1 5 5 4 1 2
  Frascatore   3.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Parrett   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Fossas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
3
5

  E–Magadan (2), Eusebio (1), Lankford (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Houston Eusebio (3,off Frascatore); Miller (3,off Parrett), St. Louis Gilkey (3,off Brocail); Cromer (2,off Dougherty).  HR–Houston Biggio (2,1st inning off Urbani 0 on, 1 out); Plantier (2,8th inning off Parrett 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bell (2,by Frascatore).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  SB–Bagwell (3,2nd base off Urbani/Sheaffer); Bell (3,3rd base off Urbani/Sheaffer); Mouton (5,2nd base off Urbani/Sheaffer); Jordan (4,2nd base off Hampton/Eusebio).  WP–Parrett (1).  BK–Martinez (1).  HBP–Frascatore (1,Bell).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:36.  A–28,923.
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