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Houston Astros 13 St. Louis Cardinals 4

August 9,1976

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (58-57)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (46-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

12,395

Time of Game

2:28

Umpires

[HP]: Bruce Froemming [1B]: Jerry Dale [2B]: (none) [3B]: Bob Engel

Houston Astros 13 St. Louis Cardinals 4

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1st inning: **Debut game for Garry Templeton**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	58-57		1	0	0		0	0	1		4	7	0			13	14	1		3	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	46-62		0	2	0		0	0	0		0	2	0			4	7	4		5	11	23	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	Greg Gross	rf	24.008	L	5	1	2	2		0	1	.299		97	398
2	Jerry Davanon	2b	30.354	R	4	2	2	1		1	1	.345		38	230
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	25.166	R	5	4	4	5		0	0	.293		105	916
4	Bob Watson	1b	30.121	R	4	0	1	1		1	1	.300		111	988
5	Jose Cruz	lf	29.001	L	4	0	0	1		1	0	.315		88	652
6	Ken Boswell	3b	30.168	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.269		65	832
7	Ed Herrmann	c	29.348	L	5	2	2	0		0	1	.217		82	804
8	Roger Metzger	ss	28.304	B	4	1	0	0		1	0	.220		109	830
9	Dan Larson	p	22.036	R	5	2	2	1		0	0	.143		5	5
Totals

Errors: Jerry Davanon

2B: Cesar Cedeno (20)

3B: Cesar Cedeno (3)

HR: Cesar Cedeno (16)

RBI: Greg Gross 2 (22), Jerry Davanon (18), Cesar Cedeno 5 (61), Bob Watson (63), Jose Cruz (43), Dan Larson (1)

GDP: Roger Metzger (8)

SB: Jose Cruz (18)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Mumphrey	cf	23.335	B	4	1	1	0		1	0	.256		60	76
2	Garry Templeton	ss	20.138	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.250		1	1
3	Lou Brock	lf	37.052	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.278		92	2219
4	Ted Simmons	c	27.000	B	2	0	0	1		1	0	.273		105	949
5	Willie Crawford	rf	29.337	L	3	1	1	0		0	0	.325		88	1074
	Joe Ferguson	rf	29.325	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.231		93	455
6	Keith Hernandez	1b	22.294	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.247		76	154
7	Don Kessinger	2b	34.023	B	3	0	1	2		1	0	.243		107	1749
8	Hector Cruz	3b	23.129	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.205		98	132
9	Bob Forsch	p	26.209	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.152		25	77
	Ron Fairly	ph-1b	38.028	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.268		59	2172
Totals

Errors: Garry Templeton, Joe Ferguson, Keith Hernandez, Bob Forsch

2B: Keith Hernandez (10), Don Kessinger (18)

RBI: Ted Simmons (51), Don Kessinger 2 (30)

SF: Ted Simmons (5)

GDP: Willie Crawford (8), Hector Cruz (9)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dan Larson	R	W 2-3	9.0	7	2	2	4	2	0		1.96	1.23		5	5
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dan Larson (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Forsch	R	L 5-7	7.0	9	2	2	3	4	1		3.78	1.47		24	77
2	Mike Wallace	L		0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0		3.47	1.50		36	99
3	Eddie Solomon	R		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0		3.77	1.67		13	27
4	John Curtis	L		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.30	1.50		25	164
Totals				0.0

WP: Bob Forsch (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Forsch (0-0-0), Mike Wallace (0-0-0), Eddie Solomon (0-0-0), John Curtis (0-0-0)