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Houston Astros 12 St. Louis Cardinals 6

July 9,1972

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (45-33)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (40-35)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

36,153

Time of Game

2:50

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 12 St. Louis Cardinals 6

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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	45-33		1	0	0		2	3	0		1	5	0			12	16	0		2	4	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	40-35		0	0	1		1	4	0		0	0	0			6	11	3		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	24.273	B	6	1	2	0		0	0	.204		78	224
2	Cesar Cedeno	cf	21.135	R	4	2	3	0		0	0	.345		72	317
	Jimmy Stewart	pr-cf-lf	33.028	B	2	2	0	0		0	0	.221		38	683
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.119	R	4	2	2	2		1	0	.278		70	1187
4	Lee May	1b	29.108	R	4	2	3	3		1	0	.279		74	834
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.090	R	4	1	2	1		1	1	.307		78	370
6	Doug Rader	3b	27.345	R	5	1	2	3		0	0	.240		78	651
7	Johnny Edwards	c	34.029	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.237		55	1284
	Larry Howard	ph-c	27.033	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.232		24	74
8	Tommy Helms	2b	31.065	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.250		65	915
9	Larry Dierker	p	25.291	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.205		16	211
	Jim Ray	p	27.221	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.091		28	201
Totals

2B: Cesar Cedeno 2 (22), Lee May (14)

HR: Lee May (16), Doug Rader (14), Johnny Edwards (4)

RBI: Jimmy Wynn 2 (41), Lee May 3 (52), Bob Watson (51), Doug Rader 3 (53), Johnny Edwards (22)

SB: Roger Metzger (9), Cesar Cedeno (25), Lee May (2)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	33.021	L	4	2	2	0		0	1	.318		75	1600
	Luis Melendez	ph	23.333	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.243		58	167
2	Ted Sizemore	2b	27.085	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.261		53	443
3	Matty Alou	1b	33.200	L	4	1	3	3		1	0	.323		68	1380
4	Joe Torre	3b	31.357	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.306		73	1549
5	Ted Simmons	c	22.335	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.295		71	293
6	Bernie Carbo	rf	24.339	L	4	1	1	2		0	1	.227		54	288
7	Jose Cruz	cf	24.336	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.207		59	148
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	33.142	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.236		60	1160
9	Rick Wise	p	26.300	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.176		17	227
	Ed Crosby	ph-ss	23.044	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.237		59	97
Totals

Errors: Ted Sizemore 2, Ted Simmons

2B: Matty Alou (11), Joe Torre (15)

HR: Matty Alou (3), Bernie Carbo (2), Dal Maxvill (1)

RBI: Matty Alou 3 (21), Bernie Carbo 2 (11), Dal Maxvill (14)

SB: Lou Brock (29)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R		4.2	10	6	6	1	2	3		3.01	1.10		16	216
2	Jim Ray	R	W 8-3	4.1	1	0	0	1	2	0		4.25	1.27		28	203
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Jim Ray (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Wise	R	L 9-8	6.0	10	6	6	2	2	2		3.74	1.23		18	237
2	Diego Segui	R		1.2	4	1	1	1	1	1		2.89	1.34		16	418
3	Moe Drabowsky	R		0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2.25	1.69		20	563
4	John Cumberland	L		0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0		8.80	1.82		12	82
5	Joe Grzenda	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.42	1.42		16	205
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rick Wise (0-0-0), Diego Segui (0-0-0), Moe Drabowsky (0-0-0), John Cumberland (0-0-0), Joe Grzenda (0-0-0)