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Houston Astros 1 St. Louis Cardinals 2

July 8,1972

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (44-33)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (40-34)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

25,103

Time of Game

2:00

Umpires

[HP]: Stan Landes [1B]: Doug Harvey [2B]: Bob Engel [3B]: Augie Donatelli

Houston Astros 1 St. Louis Cardinals 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
Houston Astros	HOU	44-33		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1			1	7	1		2	4	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	40-34		1	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	x			2	6	0		3	5	9	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	24.272	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.201		77	223
2	Cesar Cedeno	cf	21.134	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.339		71	316
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.118	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.275		69	1186
4	Lee May	1b	29.107	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.273		73	833
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.089	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.304		77	369
6	Doug Rader	3b	27.344	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.237		77	650
7	Johnny Edwards	c	34.028	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.236		54	1283
8	Tommy Helms	2b	31.064	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.251		64	914
9	Jerry Reuss	p	23.019	L	2	0	0	0		0	2	.088		15	68
	Norm Miller	ph	26.154	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.188		32	432
Totals

Errors: Tommy Helms

RBI: Johnny Edwards (21)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	33.020	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.315		74	1599
2	Ted Sizemore	2b	27.084	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.268		52	442
3	Matty Alou	rf-1b	33.199	L	3	1	2	0		0	1	.316		67	1379
4	Joe Torre	3b	31.356	R	2	0	1	1		2	0	.308		72	1548
5	Ted Simmons	c	22.334	B	3	0	0	1		0	1	.298		70	292
6	Donn Clendenon	1b	36.359	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.192		45	1296
	Jose Cruz	ph-cf	24.335	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		58	147
7	Luis Melendez	cf-rf	23.332	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.245		57	166
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	33.141	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.229		59	1159
9	Reggie Cleveland	p	24.046	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.209		17	67
Totals

2B: Ted Sizemore (7), Joe Torre (14)

RBI: Joe Torre (46), Ted Simmons (46)

SH: Matty Alou (1)

SF: Ted Simmons (2)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Reuss	L	L 5-8	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	0		4.05	1.27		15	72
2	Tom Griffin	R		1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0		2.35	1.00		15	79
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Reuss (0-0-0), Tom Griffin (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Reggie Cleveland	R	W 10-4	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	0		3.20	1.19		17	68
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Reggie Cleveland (0-0-0)