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Houston Astros 6 St. Louis Cardinals 5

April 30,1979

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (15-6)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (10-10)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

10,778

Time of Game

2:56

Umpires

[HP]: Bob Sharp [1B]: Dave Pallone [2B]: Joe Bendekovits [3B]: Bob Freels

Houston Astros 6 St. Louis Cardinals 5

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**Debut for umpire Bob Freels**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	15-6		2	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	4			6	10	0		1	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	10-10		0	2	0		0	1	0		0	1	1			5	11	0		3	5	12	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	Terry Puhl	rf	22.296	L	5	2	2	2		0	1	.308		21	230
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.124	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.284		21	342
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	28.064	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.300		18	1170
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.265	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.315		21	1028
5	Enos Cabell	3b-1b	29.204	R	2	1	1	0		2	0	.295		21	709
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.020	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.267		21	1345
7	Art Howe	2b-3b	32.136	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.213		21	377
8	Alan Ashby	c	27.296	B	3	0	0	0		0	1	.204		17	420
	Jeffrey Leonard	ph	23.220	R	0	0	0	1		0	0	.357		13	32
9	Vern Ruhle	p	28.095	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.000		5	24
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.337	B	1	0	1	0		0	0	.286		18	92
	Bruce Bochy	ph-c	24.014	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.176		6	60
Totals

2B: Jose Cruz (6), Enos Cabell (4)

HR: Terry Puhl (2)

RBI: Terry Puhl 2 (4), Jose Cruz (18), Bob Watson (9), Art Howe (12), Jeffrey Leonard (5)

SH: Craig Reynolds (8)

SF: Jeffrey Leonard (4)

GDP: Cesar Cedeno (3)

SB: Cesar Cedeno (3), Enos Cabell (9)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Garry Templeton	ss	23.037	B	5	0	1	0		0	0	.302		20	381
2	Lou Brock	lf	39.316	L	4	1	3	0		0	0	.314		16	2509
	Bernie Carbo	ph	31.268	L	0	0	0	1		0	0	.167		12	948
3	Keith Hernandez	1b	25.192	L	5	0	0	0		0	0	.232		20	547
4	Ted Simmons	c	29.264	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.257		20	1316
5	George Hendrick	rf	29.194	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.267		20	956
6	Tony Scott	cf	27.224	B	4	1	1	1		0	1	.321		20	332
7	Ken Reitz	3b	27.310	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.324		20	965
8	Mike Tyson	2b	29.107	R	2	0	1	1		1	0	.262		17	785
	Dane Iorg	ph	28.354	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.273		14	91
9	Bob Forsch	p	29.107	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.111		5	158
	Darold Knowles	p	37.142	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		6	715
	Jerry Mumphrey	lf	26.233	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.167		8	406
Totals

2B: George Hendrick (4), Tony Scott (4), Ken Reitz (9), Mike Tyson (2)

3B: Lou Brock (1)

HR: Ken Reitz (1)

RBI: Bernie Carbo (3), George Hendrick (6), Tony Scott (13), Ken Reitz (12), Mike Tyson (8)

SF: Bernie Carbo (2)

GDP: Darold Knowles (1)

CS: Lou Brock (2)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vern Ruhle	R		6.0	6	3	3	0	0	1		2.75	0.86		5	101
2	Joe Sambito	L	W 2-0	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0		1.23	0.89		8	144
3	Joaquin Andujar	R	SV 2	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0		1.66	1.02		8	97
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Ruhle (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0), Joaquin Andujar (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		6.2	6	2	2	3	4	0		4.60	1.40		5	160
2	Darold Knowles	L		1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0		4.76	1.59		6	721
3	Tom Bruno	R	L 1-1	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0		2.13	1.11		9	51
4	Buddy Schultz	L		1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1		5.19	1.50		9	146
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Forsch (0-0-0), Darold Knowles (0-0-0), Tom Bruno (0-0-0), Buddy Schultz (0-0-0)