St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
August 12, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1975 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 5, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 2
Melendez cf 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bradford rf 2 1 1 0
  McBride ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 1 2 2
Smith 1b 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Tyson ss 4 1 1 0
Denny p 3 1 2 1
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 5 0 1 0
Gross rf 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0
Johnson 1b,c 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
  Watson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 3
Boswell 2b 3 0 1 0
  Helms ph,2b 1 0 0 0
DaVanon ss 2 1 1 0
Roberts p 2 0 1 1
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
St. Louis 000 022 1005111
Houston 001 000 030480
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (7-3) 7.1 7 3 1 4 5
  Hrabosky  SV (17) 1.2 1 1 0 0 4
Totals 9.0 8 4 1 4 9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (7-13) 6.1 11 5 5 2 1
  Sosa   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cosgrove   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 3 2

  E–Smith (12).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Reitz (20,off Roberts), Houston DaVanon (1,off Denny); Gross (9,off Denny).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (14,6th inning off Roberts 1 on, 1 out), Houston Rader (9,8th inning off Hrabosky 2 on, 2 out).  CS–Brock (12,2nd base by Roberts/May); Smith (4,2nd base by Roberts/May); Boswell (3,2nd base by Denny/Simmons).  SB–Cedeno (40,2nd base off Denny/Simmons).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:28.  A–10,676.

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