Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 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 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 2 2
Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 1 1 0
Berry 3b 4 1 1 1
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 4 0 1 0
Mouton lf 3 0 1 1
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 0 1 0
Wall p 2 0 0 0
  Abreu ph 1 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers 3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 1 2 0
Lankford cf 3 0 1 0
Gant lf 3 0 0 0
Jordan rf 3 0 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 0
Mabry 1b 4 1 1 2
Pagnozzi c 4 2 2 2
Gallego 2b 4 0 0 0
Benes p 3 1 1 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 5
Houston 000 100 021480
St. Louis 030 011 10x691
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall  L (9-5) 6.0 7 5 5 1 5
  Olson   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Tabaka   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (16-9) 7.0 4 2 1 2 5
  Mathews   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (26) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
2
6

  E–Clayton (11).  2B–Houston Miller (23,off Andy Benes); Berry (37,off Mathews); Spiers (9,off Eckersley).  HR–Houston Hunter (5,8th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Mabry (12,2nd inning off Wall 1 on, 1 out); Pagnozzi 2 (13,2nd inning off Wall 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Wall 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Jordan (5,by Wall).  SB–Bell (26,2nd base off Mathews/Pagnozzi); Clayton (27,2nd base off Olson/Eusebio).  WP–Olson (1).  HBP–Wall (6,Jordan).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:45.  A–34,891.
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