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St. Louis Cardinals 3 Houston Astros 2

August 23,1971

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (71-59)

Home Team

Houston Astros (62-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

19,167

Time of Game

1:52

Umpires

[HP]: Lee Weyer [1B]: Bob Engel [2B]: John McSherry [3B]: Ken Burkhart

St. Louis Cardinals 3 Houston Astros 2

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	71-59		1	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	1			3	6	0		3	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	62-62		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	1	0			2	7	1		4	7	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	32.066	L	4	2	2	0		1	1	.324		124	1492
2	Ted Sizemore	rf-2b	26.130	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.258		105	360
3	Matty Alou	1b-rf	32.244	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.312		120	1283
4	Joe Torre	3b	31.036	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.358		129	1444
5	Ted Simmons	c	22.014	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.304		104	193
6	Jose Cruz	cf	24.015	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.250		51	57
7	Ted Kubiak	2b-ss	29.103	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.235		105	456
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	32.186	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.213		112	1070
	Bob Burda	ph-1b	33.038	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.321		50	328
9	Bob Gibson	p	35.287	R	4	0	1	1		0	3	.200		25	473
Totals

2B: Joe Torre (26)

RBI: Joe Torre 2 (107), Bob Gibson (9)

SB: Lou Brock 2 (44)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jesus Alou	rf	29.152	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.301		97	962
2	Joe Morgan	2b	27.338	L	4	2	2	0		0	0	.269		125	851
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	20.179	R	4	0	0	1		0	1	.255		125	215
4	Bob Watson	1b	25.135	R	3	0	2	1		1	0	.285		100	267
5	Rich Chiles	lf	21.274	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.257		47	47
6	Denis Menke	3b	31.033	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.259		120	1220
7	Jack Hiatt	c	29.027	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.276		65	447
	Johnny Edwards	ph	33.074	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.227		82	1208
8	Roger Metzger	ss	23.317	B	3	0	1	0		1	0	.232		121	122
9	Don Wilson	p	26.192	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.155		28	149
	Jimmy Wynn	ph	29.164	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.214		105	1102
Totals

Errors: Roger Metzger

2B: Denis Menke (23)

3B: Joe Morgan (9)

RBI: Cesar Cedeno (65), Bob Watson (47)

SH: Don Wilson (5)

SB: Joe Morgan (26)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Gibson	R	W 12-11	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	0		3.28	1.22		25	408
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Gibson (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Wilson	R	L 11-8	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	0		2.87	1.09		28	152
Totals				0.0

WP: Don Wilson (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Wilson (0-0-0)