St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 23, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1996 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 1, Houston Astros 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Lankford cf 4 1 1 1
Gant lf 4 0 0 0
Jordan rf 3 0 2 0
Mabry 1b 4 0 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 4 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 3 0 1 0
Osborne p 2 0 1 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Berry 3b 3 0 2 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Mouton lf 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 0
Manwaring c 2 0 0 0
  Spiers ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Kile p 2 0 1 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Knorr c 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
St. Louis 001 000 000–170
Houston 000 000 000–070
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Osborne  W (11-8) 7.0 5 0 0 6 6
  Mathews   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
6
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  L (10-8) 8.0 7 1 1 1 9
  Hudek   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
10
  E–None.  2B–Houston Berry (35,off Osborne).  HR–St. Louis Lankford (20,3rd inning off Kile 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Osborne (9,off Kile).  WP–Osborne (5).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:56.  A–35,554.
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