Houston Astros (3) St. Louis Cardinals (2)

| 1974

Date of Game: Wednesday, July 10, 1974
Stadium: Astrodome

St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	Houston Astros (NL)
Record: 43-41	Record: 46-41
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Attendance: 15,126 Time of Game: 2:22

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Larry Dierker ? in 2nd inning (20.46)

Roger Metzger 1B in 7th inning (14.16)

Jack Heidemann 1B in 7th inning (12.78)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0
Houston Astros	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	3	7	0

St. Louis Cardinals Batting Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Lou Brock	lf	35.022	4	1	2	0	1	0	.305	76	1914	3	24	53
Bob Heise	2b	27.059	3	0	0	0	0	0	.143	3	321	0	0	0
Jim Hickman	ph	37.061	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267	49	1418	2	4	0
Tom Heintzelman	2b	27.249	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	32	55	1	6	0
Reggie Smith	ph	29.099	1	0	0	0	0	0	.332	75	1089	12	56	2
Bake McBride	cf	25.157	4	0	2	1	0	1	.299	76	116	5	25	14
Ted Simmons	c	24.335	2	0	1	0	2	0	.273	80	615	11	50	0
Joe Torre	1b	33.357	4	0	1	0	0	0	.286	77	1843	5	33	1
Jim Dwyer	rf	24.188	3	1	2	1	1	0	.375	26	54	2	5	0
Ken Reitz	3b	23.016	4	0	2	0	0	0	.295	81	249	2	28	0
Jose Cruz	pr	26.337	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	59	396	3	8	3
Jack Heidemann	ss	24.364	4	0	1	0	0	0	.269	30	256	0	2	0
Alan Foster	p	27.214	2	0	0	0	0	1	.226	16	153	0	2	0
Tim McCarver	ph	32.267	0	0	0	0	1	0	.237	45	1450	0	7	0
Orlando Pena	p	40.235	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	31	399	0	0	0
Luis Melendez	ph	24.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	.247	50	398	0	5	1
Totals:			33	2	11	2	5	2	.333	806	10726

Houston Astros Batting Stats

Houston Astros	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Greg Gross	rf-lf	21.343	3	1	1	0	1	0	.336	82	95	0	18	9
Roger Metzger	ss	26.274	4	0	1	1	0	0	.275	69	520	0	15	7
Cesar Cedeno	cf	23.135	4	0	0	0	0	0	.295	87	607	19	70	35
Bob Watson	lf	28.091	4	0	0	0	0	1	.304	85	680	8	41	1
Bob Gallagher	rf	26.003	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	69	146	0	2	0
Lee May	ph-1b	31.109	4	1	1	0	0	1	.267	85	1139	14	46	0
Milt May	c	23.343	3	1	2	0	1	0	.271	63	274	2	23	0
Doug Rader	3b	29.345	4	0	1	1	0	1	.249	83	960	9	45	6
Tommy Helms	2b	33.066	2	0	0	0	1	0	.285	83	1217	3	30	3
Larry Dierker	p	27.291	2	0	1	1	0	0	.190	17	253	0	1	0
Mike Cosgrove	p	23.143	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	14	33	0	0	0
Totals:			31	3	7	3	3	3	.226	737	5924

Game Stats

2B: Bake McBride (11), Doug Rader (16), Ken Reitz (16)
3B: Milt May (3)
HR: Jim Dwyer (2)
RBIs: Larry Dierker (1), Jim Dwyer (5), Bake McBride (25), Roger Metzger (15), Doug Rader (45)
SB: Lou Brock (53), Greg Gross (9)
GDP: Lou Brock (7), Jack Heidemann (2), Bob Heise (1), Ken Reitz (10), Joe Torre (6)

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Alan Foster	27.214	6	5	2	2	2	2	0	3.64	1.35	0	0	0	16	159
Orlando Pena (L 5-1)	40.235	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	2.53	1.28	0	0	0	31	404
Pitching Totals:		8	7	3	3	3	3	0			0	0	0	47	563

Houston Astros Pitching Stats

Houston Astros	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Larry Dierker	27.291	6.1	8	2	2	4	2	1	2.02	1.15	0	0	0	18	262
Mike Cosgrove (W 5-0)	23.143	2.2	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.88	0	0	0	14	33
Pitching Totals:		9	11	2	2	5	2	1			0	0	0	32	295

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Alan Foster 0-0-0; Orlando Pena 0-0-0; Larry Dierker 0-0-0; Mike Cosgrove 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Alan Foster 25; Orlando Pena 9; Larry Dierker 27; Mike Cosgrove 11;
Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 15,126
Umpires: Home: Dutch Rennert 1B Shag Crawford 2B John Kibler 3B Andy Olsen

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