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Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 1

May 3,1979

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (16-8)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (12-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

7,530

Time of Game

2:28

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 1

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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	16-8		0	0	0		1	0	0		1	0	2			4	14	1		1	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	12-11		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	0			1	7	2		3	4	10	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	22.299	L	5	0	3	0		0	1	.292		24	233
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.127	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.280		24	345
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	28.067	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.296		21	1173
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.268	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.333		24	1031
5	Enos Cabell	3b-1b	29.207	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.300		24	712
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.023	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.256		24	1348
	Rafael Landestoy	2b	25.340	B	1	1	1	0		0	0	.375		20	94
7	Art Howe	2b-3b	32.139	R	3	2	2	0		1	0	.218		24	380
8	Alan Ashby	c	27.299	B	4	0	2	2		0	0	.246		20	423
9	Joe Niekro	p	34.177	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.000		6	393
	Julio Gonzalez	ph	26.129	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.000		2	190
Totals

Errors: Jose Cruz

2B: Alan Ashby (3)

3B: Jose Cruz (3)

HR: Enos Cabell (2)

RBI: Enos Cabell (16), Alan Ashby 2 (11), Julio Gonzalez (1)

GDP: Enos Cabell (1)

SB: Enos Cabell (11)

CS: Terry Puhl (6)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Garry Templeton	ss	23.040	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.290		23	384
2	Lou Brock	lf	39.319	L	4	0	3	1		0	0	.339		18	2511
3	Keith Hernandez	1b	25.195	L	4	0	3	0		0	0	.237		23	550
4	Ted Simmons	c	29.267	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.272		23	1319
5	George Hendrick	rf	29.197	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.268		23	959
6	Tony Scott	cf	27.227	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.320		23	335
7	Ken Reitz	3b	27.313	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.301		23	968
	Ken Oberkfell	pr-3b	22.364	L	1	1	0	0		0	0	.313		13	46
8	Mike Tyson	2b	29.110	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.240		20	788
9	Pete Vuckovich	p	26.188	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.286		6	124
	Dane Iorg	ph-lf	28.357	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.263		17	94
Totals

Errors: Garry Templeton

2B: Keith Hernandez (9), Ken Reitz (10)

RBI: Lou Brock (7)

CS: Lou Brock 2 (4)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	W 2-2	7.2	7	1	1	1	2	0		3.57	1.30		6	405
2	Joe Sambito	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.24	1.20		10	146
3	Joaquin Andujar	R	SV 3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0		1.46	0.93		10	99
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Niekro (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (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	Pete Vuckovich	R	L 2-1	8.0	11	2	2	0	3	1		2.25	1.23		6	141
2	Mark Littell	R		0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0		3.29	1.32		10	205
3	Darold Knowles	L		0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0		4.05	1.65		8	723
4	Tom Bruno	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.95	1.32		11	53
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Vuckovich (0-0-0), Mark Littell (0-0-0), Darold Knowles (0-0-0), Tom Bruno (0-0-0)

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