Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Regular Season Game 26
Played on Friday, May 7, 1976 (N) at Busch Stadium II
HOU N 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Milbourne 2b 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Cruz cf 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Johnson c 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 Gross rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Howard lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 Metzger ss 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 Richard p 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 Totals 30 3 8 3 5 6 27 10 BATTING - 2B: Howard 2 (3,off Forsch 2). SH: Cabell (1,off Forsch). SF: Richard (1,off Forsch). GDP: Gross (2,off Frisella). IBB: Metzger 2 (2,by Forsch 2). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Cruz (1,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons). CS: Cruz (1,2nd base by Forsch/Simmons).
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Harris 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 McBride cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 Crawford rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 2 Cruz 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Melendez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Fairly ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Richard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 6 1 6 6 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Simmons-Harris, Harris-Kessinger-Hernandez. BATTING - HR: Cruz (2,7th inning off Richard 0 on 1 out). Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING - CS: Brock (4,2nd base by Richard/Johnson); Hernandez (1,2nd base by Richard/Johnson).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Richard W(5-1) 9 6 1 1 6 6 1 37
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Forsch L(0-1) 7 7 3 3 4 6 0 30 Frisella 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 Totals 9 8 3 3 5 6 0 37 WP: Forsch (2). IBB: Forsch 2 (2,Metzger 2). Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - John Kibler Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 15141 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Milbourne 2b Brock lf 2. Cabell 3b Harris 2b 3. Cruz cf McBride cf 4. Watson 1b Simmons c 5. Johnson c Crawford rf 6. Gross rf Hernandez 1b 7. Howard lf Cruz 3b 8. Metzger ss Kessinger ss 9. Richard p Forsch p ASTROS 1ST: Milbourne walked; Forsch threw a wild pitch [Milbourne to second]; Cabell grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz singled to center [Milbourne scored]; Cruz stole second; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson walked; Gross forced Johnson (first to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to third; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harris walked; McBride singled to center [Harris to second]; Simmons struck out; Crawford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 2ND: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger singled to right; Richard hit into a double play (catcher to second) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez walked; Hernandez was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Cruz popped to second; Kessinger walked; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 3RD: Milbourne singled to left; Cabell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Milbourne to second]; Cruz singled to center [Milbourne scored]; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Watson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris was called out on strikes; McBride walked; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 4TH: Johnson struck out; Gross singled to center; Howard doubled to right [Gross to third]; Metzger was walked intentionally; Richard hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gross scored, Howard to third]; Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Crawford struck out; Hernandez singled to right; Cruz flied out to right; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 5TH: Cabell struck out; Cruz struck out; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Forsch flied out to right; Brock struck out; Harris grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 6TH: Johnson struck out; Gross flied out to left; Howard doubled to left; Metzger was walked intentionally; Richard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: McBride flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 7TH: Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell struck out; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez flied out to left; Cruz homered; Kessinger flied out to left; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FORSCH; Melendez popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Watson flied out to center; Johnson walked; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock walked; Harris singled to right [Brock to second]; McBride singled to third [Brock to third, Harris to second]; Simmons flied out to left; Crawford flied out to left; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 9TH: Howard grounded out (first to pitcher); Metzger singled to center; Richard popped to pitcher; Milbourne popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); FAIRLY BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Fairly walked; RICHARD RAN FOR FAIRLY; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 3 8 0 7 Cardinals 1 6 0 9
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