St. Louis Cardinals (9) Houston Astros (1)

| 1974

Date of Game: Sunday, July 21, 1974
Stadium: Busch Stadium II

Houston Astros (NL)	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
Record: 51-46	Record: 46-49
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Attendance: 15,006 Time of Game: 2:08

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Reggie Smith ? in 1st inning (17.88)

Ken Reitz HR in 6th inning (15.67)

Bob Watson 1B in 1st inning (10.87)
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Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
St. Louis Cardinals	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	x	9	14	1

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	21.354	4	0	0	0	0	0	.312	92	105	0	19	10
Roger Metzger	ss	26.285	4	0	0	0	0	0	.263	79	530	0	17	7
Cesar Cedeno	cf	23.146	4	1	2	0	0	0	.299	96	616	19	75	36
Bob Watson	lf	28.102	4	0	1	1	0	1	.299	95	690	8	48	1
Lee May	1b	31.120	4	0	1	0	0	1	.278	95	1149	17	56	0
Milt May	c	23.354	3	0	1	0	1	0	.287	72	283	2	26	0
Doug Rader	3b	29.356	3	0	0	0	1	0	.254	93	970	11	54	6
Tommy Helms	2b	33.077	4	0	2	0	0	0	.292	92	1226	3	32	3
Larry Dierker	p	27.302	2	0	1	0	0	0	.200	19	255	0	1	0
Fred Scherman	p	29.361	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	40	252	0	0	0
Bob Gallagher	ph	26.014	1	0	0	0	0	1	.176	77	154	0	3	0
Ken Forsch	p	27.316	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	38	145	0	0	0
Cliff Johnson	ph	26.365	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	47	59	5	15	0
Totals:			34	1	8	1	2	3	.235	935	6434

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	35.033	4	1	3	1	0	0	.316	87	1925	3	28	60
Jose Cruz	lf	26.348	1	1	1	2	0	0	.254	67	404	4	11	4
Jerry Davanon	2b	28.334	5	1	2	0	0	0	.211	6	136	0	2	0
Bake McBride	cf	25.168	4	0	2	0	0	0	.292	87	127	5	29	14
Reggie Smith	rf	29.110	4	0	0	1	0	0	.321	86	1100	13	63	3
Ted Simmons	c	24.346	3	0	0	0	0	0	.260	90	625	12	53	0
Joe Torre	1b	34.003	2	2	1	0	2	1	.289	87	1853	6	39	1
Ken Reitz	3b	23.027	4	2	2	2	0	0	.292	92	260	3	31	0
Mike Tyson	ss	24.189	4	1	3	2	0	0	.207	87	244	0	22	3
Bob Forsch	p	24.189	2	1	0	0	0	0	.111	4	4	0	0	0
Totals:			33	9	14	8	2	1	.424	693	6678

Game Stats

2B: Cesar Cedeno (21), Jerry Davanon (1), Larry Dierker (3), Lee May (16), Mike Tyson (7)
3B: Mike Tyson (2)
HR: Jose Cruz (4), Ken Reitz (3)
RBIs: Lou Brock (28), Jose Cruz 2 (11), Ken Reitz 2 (31), Reggie Smith (63), Mike Tyson 2 (22), Bob Watson (48)
SB: Lou Brock 2 (60), Reggie Smith (3)
CS: Lou Brock (13)
SH: Bob Forsch 2 (2)
GDP: Greg Gross (8), Doug Rader (10), Reggie Smith 2 (11)

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 (L 6-6)	27.302	5.2	9	6	6	2	0	1	2.60	1.21	0	0	0	20	264
Fred Scherman	29.361	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	1.50	0	0	0	40	252
Ken Forsch	27.316	2	4	3	3	0	1	1	3.60	1.28	0	0	0	38	149
Pitching Totals:		8	14	9	9	2	1	2			0	0	0	98	665

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#
Bob Forsch (W 2-2)	24.189	9	8	1	1	2	3	0	3.60	1.20	0	0	0	4	4
Pitching Totals:		9	8	1	1	2	3	0			0	0	0	4	4

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Larry Dierker;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker 0-0-0; Fred Scherman 0-0-0; Ken Forsch 0-0-0; Bob Forsch 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Larry Dierker 27; Fred Scherman 1; Ken Forsch 10; Bob Forsch 36;
Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 15,006
Umpires: Home: Frank Pulli 1B Ed Sudol 2B Lee Weyer 3B Satch Davidson

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