Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 6, 1995 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1995 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez lf 5 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 1
Bell cf 3 1 1 0
Magadan 3b 3 1 0 0
Plantier rf 4 1 1 3
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz ph 1 0 0 0
Tucker c 4 1 2 1
Swindell p 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Shipley ph 1 0 0 0
  Dougherty p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Gilkey lf 4 2 3 1
Smith ss 2 0 1 0
  Oquendo 2b 1 0 0 0
Lankford cf 3 1 1 1
Jordan rf 4 2 1 0
Cooper 3b 3 1 1 2
Coles 1b 4 1 2 3
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 4 0 1 0
Cromer 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Hill p 2 0 0 0
  Palacios p 0 0 0 0
  Bradshaw ph 1 0 1 0
  Arocha p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 11 7
Houston 000 320 000570
St. Louis 402 000 10x7110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (0-1) 2.0 6 6 6 2 1
  Brocail   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Dougherty   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hartgraves   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Veres   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hill   4.2 4 5 5 3 1
  Palacios  W (1-1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Arocha   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Henke  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Bagwell (1,off Hill), St. Louis Lankford (8,off Swindell); Jordan (2,off Swindell).  HR–Houston Plantier (3,4th inning off Hill 2 on, 2 out); Tucker (1,5th inning off Hill 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Coles (1,1st inning off Swindell 2 on, 2 out); Gilkey (1,7th inning off Hartgraves 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Smith (3,off Swindell).  Team–3.  SB–Bell 2 (5,2nd base off Hill/Pagnozzi 2); Biggio (1,2nd base off Hill/Pagnozzi); Jordan (5,2nd base off Swindell/Tucker).  CS–Bradshaw (1,2nd base by Dougherty/Tucker).  WP–Swindell (1).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:42.  A–25,659.
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