Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1996 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 1 1
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 1
Bell rf 5 1 2 0
May lf 4 0 1 0
  Mouton lf 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 1 2 2
  Gutierrez 3b 1 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 0 0 0
Wilkins c 3 1 1 0
Reynolds p 2 0 1 0
  Hartgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 4 11 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jordan rf 5 1 1 0
Clayton ss 4 0 2 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Lankford cf 3 0 3 2
Gaetti 3b 5 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 0 1 0
Pagnozzi c 5 1 2 1
Sweeney lf 2 0 0 0
  Borders ph 1 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph,ss 1 1 1 0
Alicea 2b 4 1 1 2
Benes p 1 0 0 0
  Sheaffer ph 1 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  McGee lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Houston 100 200 001 04111
St. Louis 000 000 022 15120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   6.1 6 0 0 1 5
  Hartgraves   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Jones   2.0 3 2 2 4 2
  Morman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  L (0-2) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.1
12
5
5
5
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   6.0 7 3 3 0 6
  Honeycutt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Parrett   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Bailey  W (3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
1
11

  E–Mouton (1).  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Bagwell (16,off Andy Benes); May (4,off Andy Benes); Cangelosi (2,off Parrett), St. Louis Lankford 2 (10,off Reynolds,off Jones); Mabry (13,off Reynolds).  HR–Houston Berry (5,4th inning off Andy Benes 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis Alicea (4,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out); Pagnozzi (4,10th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Reynolds (7,off Honeycutt).  HBP–Biggio (12,by Andy Benes).  IBB–Mabry (4,by Jones); Lankford (7,by Jones).  SB–Hunter (13,2nd base off Andy Benes/Pagnozzi); Lankford (11,2nd base off Jones/Wilkins).  CS–Clayton (6,2nd base by Reynolds/Wilkins).  WP–Jones (2).  BK–Honeycutt (1).  HBP–Andy Benes (2,Biggio).  IBB–Jones 2 (5,Mabry,Lankford).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–3:29.  A–34,958.
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