Houston Astros 11, St. Louis Cardinals 7
Regular Season Game 52
Played on Friday, June 9, 1978 (N) at Busch Stadium II
HOU N 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 - 11 14 0 STL N 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 - 7 9 2
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Puhl lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Cabell 3b 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Cedeno cf 5 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 Cruz rf 4 2 4 5 1 0 3 0 Watson 1b 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Howe 2b 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 Baldwin c 5 0 1 1 0 0 14 0 Sexton ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walling ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Metzger ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Richard p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sambito p 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 40 11 14 10 5 3 27 6 BATTING - 3B: Cruz 2 (3,off Martinez,off Schultz). IBB: Watson (6,by Frazier). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Cedeno (20,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons); Cruz (9,2nd base off Frazier/Simmons). CS: Puhl (5,2nd base by Frazier/Simmons); Cruz (2,2nd base by Urrea/Simmons).
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Coluccio ph,lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Templeton ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 Hendrick cf 4 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 Simmons c 4 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 Hernandez 1b 4 2 1 1 1 1 8 0 Morales rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Scott ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reitz 3b 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 Phillips ph,2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Martinez p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Dwyer ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Freed ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mumphrey rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 7 9 7 7 14 27 10 FIELDING - E: Morales (3), Reitz (7). PB: Simmons (3). BATTING - 2B: Simmons (21,off Richard). 3B: Hernandez (1,off Richard). HR: Reitz (5,8th inning off Sambito 0 on 0 out). SF: Hendrick (1,off Forsch). Team LOB: 9.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Richard W(5-6) 5.1 5 5 5 6 12 0 27 Sambito 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 11 Forsch SV(3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 9 9 7 7 7 14 1 43 Inherited Runners - Scored: Sambito 3-0; Forsch 3-1. .
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Martinez 4 5 4 3 1 1 0 18 Frazier L(0-1) 2 5 4 2 1 0 0 12 Urrea 1.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 9 Schultz 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 Totals 9 14 11 8 5 3 0 45 IBB: Frazier (1,Watson). Inherited Runners - Scored: Schultz 3-3. . Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Andy Olsen Time of Game: 3:10 Attendance: 40764 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Puhl lf Brock lf 2. Cabell 3b Templeton ss 3. Cedeno cf Hendrick cf 4. Cruz rf Simmons c 5. Watson 1b Hernandez 1b 6. Howe 2b Morales rf 7. Baldwin c Reitz 3b 8. Sexton ss Tyson 2b 9. Richard p Martinez p ASTROS 1ST: Puhl flied out to center; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno stole second; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Cedeno to third]; Cruz singled to left [Cedeno scored]; Watson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton flied out to right; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 2ND: Howe struck out; Baldwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Sexton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Hernandez tripled to right [Simmons scored]; Morales singled to right [Hernandez scored]; Reitz struck out; Tyson was called out on strikes; Martinez struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 3RD: Richard popped to shortstop; Puhl popped to third in foul territory; Cabell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock struck out; Templeton grounded out (second to first); Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz tripled to right; Watson walked; Howe singled to right [Cruz scored, Watson to third]; Baldwin singled to right [Watson scored (unearned), Howe scored (error by Morales) (no RBI), Baldwin to third]; Sexton grounded out (third to first); Richard flied out to right; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons doubled to right; Hernandez walked; Morales walked [Simmons to third, Hernandez to second]; Reitz struck out; Tyson struck out; DWYER BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Dwyer singled to right [Simmons scored, Hernandez scored, Morales to third]; Brock struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 4. ASTROS 5TH: FRAZIER REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Puhl singled to right; Cabell forced Puhl (second to shortstop); Cedeno singled to right [Cabell to third]; Cruz singled to right [Cabell scored, Cedeno to third]; Cruz stole second; Watson was walked intentionally; Howe reached on an error by Reitz [Cedeno scored (RBI), Cruz to third, Watson to second, Howe to first]; Baldwin popped to catcher in foul territory; WALLING BATTED FOR SEXTON; Walling singled to center [Cruz scored (unearned), Watson scored (unearned), Howe to second]; Richard flied out to center; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 5TH: METZGER REPLACED WALLING (PLAYING SS); Templeton struck out; Hendrick struck out; Simmons popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 4. ASTROS 6TH: Puhl singled to right; Puhl was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cabell flied out to right; Cedeno flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez struck out; Morales singled to center; Reitz walked [Morales to second]; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips walked [Morales to third, Reitz to second]; FREED BATTED FOR FRAZIER; Freed walked [Morales scored, Reitz to third, Phillips to second]; SAMBITO REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); COLUCCIO BATTED FOR BROCK; Coluccio struck out; Templeton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 7TH: COLUCCIO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); URREA REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Cruz walked; Watson popped to second; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Howe singled to center; Baldwin forced Howe (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: BERGMAN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); Hendrick singled to center; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hendrick to second]; Hernandez flied out to right; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 8TH: Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); Sambito walked; Puhl was called out on strikes; Cabell singled to shortstop [Sambito to second]; Cedeno singled to shortstop [Sambito to third, Cabell to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); MUMPHREY REPLACED URREA (PLAYING RF); Cruz tripled to center [Sambito scored, Cabell scored, Cedeno scored]; Bergman popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 11, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz homered; Phillips was called out on strikes; Mumphrey singled to shortstop; Coluccio walked [Mumphrey to second]; Templeton singled to right [Mumphrey to third, Coluccio to second]; FORSCH REPLACED SAMBITO (PITCHING); Hendrick hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mumphrey scored]; Simmons popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 11, Cardinals 7. ASTROS 9TH: Howe grounded out (pitcher to first); Baldwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger walked; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 11, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez flied out to center; SCOTT BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 11, Cardinals 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 11 14 0 7 Cardinals 7 9 2 9
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