St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros - July 17,1972

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (43-39)

Home Team

Houston Astros (48-39)

Game Date

July 17,1972

Year

1972

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

24,262

Time of Game

2:21

Umpires

[HP]: Jerry Dale [1B]: Paul Pryor [2B]: Ed Vargo [3B]: Harry Wendelstedt

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	33.029	L	5	0	3	1	0	0	.328	82	1607
2	Luis Melendez	cf-rf	23.341	R	3	0	1	1	2	0	.239	63	172
3	Matty Alou	rf	33.208	L	4	0	1	0	1	1	.317	75	1387
4	Joe Torre	3b	31.365	R	4	0	0	0	1	2	.305	80	1556
5	Ted Simmons	c	22.343	B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.285	78	300
6	Donn Clendenon	1b	37.002	R	5	1	1	1	0	1	.191	50	1301
7	Ed Crosby	2b	23.052	L	4	1	1	0	0	0	.236	66	104
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	33.150	R	2	1	2	0	1	0	.240	67	1167
9	Bob Gibson	p	36.251	R	4	0	1	0	0	1	.220	18	497
Totals

2B: Bob Gibson (3)

HR: Donn Clendenon (4)

RBI: Lou Brock (30), Luis Melendez (15), Donn Clendenon (8)

SH: Dal Maxvill (3)

SB: Lou Brock 2 (34), Matty Alou (9)

CS: Matty Alou (2)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Roger Metzger	ss	24.281	B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.205	87	233
2	Cesar Cedeno	cf	21.143	R	4	1	2	0	0	1	.347	73	318
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.127	R	4	0	1	0	0	3	.276	79	1196
4	Lee May	1b	29.116	R	4	0	1	1	0	2	.289	83	843
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.098	R	4	0	2	1	0	1	.306	87	379
6	Johnny Edwards	c	34.037	L	3	0	0	0	1	0	.244	63	1292
7	Tommy Helms	2b	31.073	R	4	0	2	0	0	1	.249	74	924
8	Bobby Fenwick	3b	25.220	R	3	0	0	0	0	2	.171	27	27
	Jimmy Stewart	ph	33.036	B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.211	45	690
9	Dave Roberts	p	27.310	L	2	0	0	0	0	2	.261	18	117
	Norm Miller	ph	26.163	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	.241	42	442
	Jesus Alou	ph	30.115	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263	31	1013
Totals

2B: Bob Watson (15)

RBI: Lee May (60), Bob Watson (54)

GDP: Johnny Edwards (3)

SB: Tommy Helms (1)

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 10-5	9.0	9	2	2	1	13	0	2.59	1.06	18	432
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	Dave Roberts	L	L 8-5	8.0	11	3	3	5	3	1	4.16	1.47	18	119
2	George Culver	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.81	1.11	27	259
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Roberts (0-0-0), George Culver (0-0-0)

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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	43-39		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	2	0		3	11	0		3	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	48-39		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	1	0		2	9	0		2	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals 3 Houston Astros 2

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