Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 1, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 2000 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 9, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 2
Meluskey c 5 1 3 1
Bagwell 1b 5 2 3 2
Berkman rf 5 1 1 0
Alou lf 4 1 2 2
Hidalgo cf 5 1 2 2
Bogar ss 3 1 1 0
  Spiers ph,ss 1 0 0 0
  Lugo pr 0 0 0 0
Truby 3b 5 1 1 0
Dotel p 1 0 0 0
  Slusarski p 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 0
  Barker pr 0 0 0 0
  Valdes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 15 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 4 2 1 0
Drew rf 5 1 3 1
Edmonds cf 3 2 2 2
McGwire 1b 2 2 1 3
Lankford lf 5 0 1 0
Tatis 3b 3 1 1 3
Paquette 2b 4 1 1 1
Marrero c 2 1 1 0
  Matheny c 3 0 0 0
Stephenson p 1 0 0 0
  Ankiel ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 1 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 11 10
Houston 232 000 1019150
St. Louis 300 304 00x10113
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dotel   3.1 7 6 6 3 5
  Slusarski  L (1-5) 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
  Henry   1.2 1 2 2 2 1
  Valdes   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
9
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stephenson   4.0 11 7 6 0 3
  Thompson  W (1-1) 2.1 1 1 0 0 1
  James   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Veres  SV (16) 1.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
2
6

  E–Drew (5), Paquette (6), Matheny (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Berkman (10,off Stephenson); Hidalgo (19,off James), St. Louis Edmonds 2 (16,off Slusarski 2).  3B–Houston Alou (1,off Stephenson).  HR–Houston Bagwell 2 (20,1st inning off Stephenson 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Veres 0 on, 0 out); Alou (11,3rd inning off Stephenson 0 on, 1 out); Hidalgo (21,3rd inning off Stephenson 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis McGwire (30,1st inning off Dotel 2 on, 1 out); Paquette (8,4th inning off Dotel 0 on, 0 out); Tatis (7,6th inning off Henry 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Dotel (7,off Stephenson).  IBB–McGwire (11,by Henry).  SB–Barker (2,2nd base off Slocumb/Matheny); Marrero (4,2nd base off Dotel/Meluskey).  WP–Dotel (4), Veres (2).  IBB–Henry (2,McGwire).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Ian Lamplugh.  T–3:34.  A–47,675.
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