St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
April 4, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1997 at Astrodome. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 0 1 0
Gant lf 6 0 1 0
Clayton ss 6 0 1 0
Jordan cf 5 1 2 0
Young 1b 4 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 5 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Ludwick p 0 0 0 0
Mabry rf 3 0 2 2
  Batchelor p 0 0 0 0
  Mejia ph 1 0 0 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Lampkin c 4 0 0 0
Morris p 2 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  McGee rf 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 2 9 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 3 0
Listach ss 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 3 2
Bell cf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 5 0 1 0
Spiers 3b 2 0 1 0
  Berry ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Abreu rf 5 0 1 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Holt p 2 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 1
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 42 3 14 3
St. Louis 010 100 000 00290
Houston 100 000 100 013143
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   5.0 7 1 1 1 1
  Painter   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Batchelor   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Frascatore   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Fossas   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Ludwick  L (0-1) 0.1 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.1
14
3
3
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt   6.1 6 2 2 2 4
  Lima   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Garcia   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Hudek   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Springer  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
9
2
2
4
8

  E–Listach (2), Spiers (1), Berry (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Clayton (2,off Holt); Young (1,off Holt); Mabry (1,off Holt), Houston Howard (2,off Batchelor).  IBB–Lampkin (1,by Holt); Bagwell (2,by Frascatore).  HBP–Biggio (1,by Batchelor); Bagwell (1,by Frascatore).  SB–Jordan (1,2nd base off Holt/Ausmus); DeShields (2,2nd base off Springer/Ausmus); Biggio (1,2nd base off Morris/Lampkin).  CS–Gant (1,2nd base by Holt/Ausmus); Bagwell (1,2nd base by Morris/Lampkin).  HBP–Batchelor (1,Biggio); Frascatore (1,Bagwell).  IBB–Frascatore (1,Bagwell); Holt (1,Lampkin).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–3:56.  A–25,985.
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