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Houston Astros 5 St. Louis Cardinals 9

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

24,748

Time of Game

2:39

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 5 St. Louis Cardinals 9

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8th inning: NP **Jose Cardenal ejected by HP umpire Ed Vargo after the first**
8th inning: NP **pitch is called a strike**

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		0	2	0		0	0	3		0	0	0			5	8	1		3	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	45-42		0	4	4		0	0	1		0	0	x			9	11	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	Jesus Alou	lf	29.107	R	3	0	0	0		2	0	.322		59	924
2	Roger Metzger	ss	23.272	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.213		84	85
	Joe Morgan	ph	27.293	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.253		83	809
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	20.134	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.250		83	173
4	Bob Watson	1b	25.090	R	4	1	2	0		1	0	.294		78	245
5	Doug Rader	3b	26.344	R	4	2	1	1		1	1	.235		80	521
6	Jimmy Wynn	rf	29.119	R	4	1	1	3		0	0	.215		64	1061
7	Denis Menke	2b	30.353	R	2	1	1	0		0	0	.249		78	1178
	Marty Martinez	2b	29.320	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.267		12	348
8	Johnny Edwards	c	33.029	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.225		61	1187
9	Wade Blasingame	p	27.229	L	1	0	0	1		0	0	.161		16	178
	Jay Schlueter	ph	21.343	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.500		4	4
	Denny Lemaster	p	32.134	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.500		23	307
	Rich Chiles	ph	21.229	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.391		23	23
Totals

Errors: Doug Rader

2B: Denis Menke (13)

HR: Doug Rader (4), Jimmy Wynn (4)

RBI: Doug Rader (28), Jimmy Wynn 3 (31), Wade Blasingame (4)

GDP: Doug Rader (5)

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	4	1	1	1		1	0	.337		83	1451
2	Julian Javier	2b	34.334	R	5	2	3	4		0	0	.243		59	1544
3	Jim Beauchamp	1b	31.322	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.271		47	255
4	Joe Torre	3b	30.356	R	4	0	2	2		1	0	.360		86	1401
5	Jose Cardenal	rf	27.275	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.245		82	958
	Jose Cruz	ph-cf	23.335	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.156		10	16
6	Ted Simmons	c	21.334	B	3	1	0	0		2	0	.285		64	153
7	Luis Melendez	cf-rf	22.332	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.203		50	71
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	32.141	R	3	2	2	1		1	0	.243		71	1029
9	Jerry Reuss	p	22.020	L	0	1	0	0		1	0	.111		18	37
	Chuck Taylor	p	29.082	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		26	108
Totals

2B: Jim Beauchamp (7), Joe Torre (15)

3B: Julian Javier 2 (4)

RBI: Lou Brock (30), Julian Javier 4 (21), Joe Torre 2 (63), Dal Maxvill (9)

SH: Jerry Reuss 2 (5)

SB: Julian Javier (3)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Wade Blasingame	L	L 5-8	1.2	4	4	4	2	1	0		4.12	1.40		17	181
2	Buddy Harris	R		2.1	3	4	4	3	0	0		8.44	1.59		6	8
3	Denny Lemaster	L		4.0	4	1	1	2	1	0		1.86	1.07		23	319
Totals				0.0

WP: Denny Lemaster (5)

BK: Buddy Harris (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Wade Blasingame (0-0-0), Buddy Harris (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	Jerry Reuss	L	W 8-8	5.2	8	5	5	4	2	2		5.30	1.65		19	40
2	Chuck Taylor	R		3.0	0	0	0	3	1	0		4.37	1.46		26	109
3	Moe Drabowsky	R	SV 5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.00	1.33		30	522
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Reuss (0-0-0), Chuck Taylor (0-0-0), Moe Drabowsky (0-0-0)