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St. Louis Cardinals 4 Houston Astros 1

May 8,1979

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (15-12)

Home Team

Houston Astros (17-12)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

15,645

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

[HP]: Dave Pallone [1B]: Jim Rains [2B]: Murray Strey [3B]: Howard Hansen

St. Louis Cardinals 4 Houston Astros 1

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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	15-12		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	3	0			4	9	2		3	5	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	17-12		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			1	9	0		1	3	8	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	Garry Templeton	ss	23.045	B	5	0	0	0		0	0	.261		27	388
2	Lou Brock	lf	39.324	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.366		22	2515
	Jerry Mumphrey	lf	26.241	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.125		14	412
3	Keith Hernandez	1b	25.200	L	4	1	4	0		0	0	.264		27	554
4	Ted Simmons	c	29.272	B	3	1	0	0		1	0	.275		27	1323
5	George Hendrick	rf	29.202	R	4	1	3	3		0	0	.310		27	963
6	Tony Scott	cf	27.232	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.319		27	339
7	Ken Reitz	3b	27.318	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.302		27	972
8	Mike Tyson	2b	29.115	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.226		24	792
	Dane Iorg	ph	28.362	L	1	1	1	1		0	0	.317		19	96
	Ken Oberkfell	2b	23.004	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.313		15	48
9	Pete Vuckovich	p	26.193	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.235		8	126
	Mark Littell	p	26.111	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		11	190
Totals

Errors: Garry Templeton, Pete Vuckovich

2B: Keith Hernandez (11), George Hendrick (7)

HR: George Hendrick (2), Dane Iorg (1)

RBI: George Hendrick 3 (11), Dane Iorg (5)

CS: Keith Hernandez (1)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	rf	22.304	L	5	0	0	0		0	0	.279		29	238
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.132	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.268		29	350
	Jeffrey Leonard	ph	23.228	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.381		17	36
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	28.072	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.264		26	1178
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.273	L	4	0	3	0		0	0	.340		28	1035
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.212	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.313		29	717
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.028	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.276		29	1353
7	Art Howe	2b	32.144	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.222		28	384
	Rafael Landestoy	2b	25.345	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.214		25	99
	Julio Gonzalez	pr-2b	26.134	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.250		6	194
8	Bruce Bochy	c	24.022	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.192		9	63
9	Ken Forsch	p	32.242	R	2	0	1	1		0	1	.143		8	364
	Denny Walling	ph	25.021	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.125		9	144
Totals

RBI: Ken Forsch (1)

SH: Rafael Landestoy (2), Ken Forsch (3)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Vuckovich	R	W 3-2	7.2	8	1	1	0	3	0		2.03	1.25		8	143
2	Mark Littell	R		0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0		3.14	1.40		11	206
3	Darold Knowles	L	SV 3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.12	1.38		11	726
Totals				0.0

BK: Pete Vuckovich (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Vuckovich (0-0-0), Mark Littell (0-0-0), Darold Knowles (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Forsch	R	L 3-2	9.0	9	4	4	3	3	2		2.67	1.08		8	369
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Forsch (0-0-0)

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