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Houston Astros 2 St. Louis Cardinals 5

July 9,1971

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (42-40)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (45-42)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:02

Umpires

[HP]: Al Barlick [1B]: Ed Vargo [2B]: Harry Wendelstedt [3B]: Bruce Froemming

Houston Astros 2 St. Louis Cardinals 5

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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
Houston Astros	HOU	42-40		2	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			2	5	1		3	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	45-42		2	0	2		1	0	0		0	0	x			5	6	0		4	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Roger Metzger	ss	23.272	B	2	1	0	0		2	0	.215		83	84
2	Joe Morgan	2b	27.293	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.253		82	808
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	20.134	R	4	0	1	1		0	2	.254		82	172
4	Bob Watson	lf-1b	25.090	R	3	0	1	1		1	2	.291		77	244
5	Denis Menke	1b-ss	30.353	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.247		77	1177
6	Doug Rader	3b	26.344	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.235		79	520
7	Jimmy Wynn	rf	29.119	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.214		63	1060
8	Jack Hiatt	c	28.347	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.314		39	421
9	Ken Forsch	p	24.304	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.045		16	20
	Jesus Alou	ph-lf	29.107	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.327		58	923
Totals

Errors: Bob Watson

RBI: Cesar Cedeno (37), Bob Watson (35)

GDP: Denis Menke (11)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	32.021	L	3	2	2	1		1	0	.338		82	1450
2	Matty Alou	rf	32.199	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.313		80	1243
3	Ted Simmons	c	21.334	B	2	0	0	1		1	0	.289		63	152
4	Joe Torre	3b	30.356	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.358		85	1400
5	Joe Hague	1b	27.075	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.206		71	257
6	Jose Cruz	cf	23.335	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.129		9	15
7	Ted Sizemore	2b	26.085	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.260		74	329
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	32.141	R	3	1	2	0		1	0	.234		70	1028
9	Steve Carlton	p	26.199	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.196		20	170
Totals

2B: Joe Torre (14)

3B: Matty Alou (3)

RBI: Lou Brock (29), Matty Alou (33), Ted Simmons (36), Joe Torre (61)

SH: Steve Carlton (5)

SF: Ted Simmons (5)

GDP: Dal Maxvill (5)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Forsch	R	L 5-1	6.0	6	4	4	2	5	0		1.89	1.05		16	20
2	Denny Lemaster	L		2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0		1.80	1.00		22	318
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Forsch (0-0-0), Denny Lemaster (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Steve Carlton	L	W 12-5	9.0	5	2	2	4	9	0		3.68	1.39		20	173
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Carlton (0-0-0)