St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1974 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 2 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 2
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
  Melendez pr 0 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
McBride cf 4 0 1 0
Alvarado ss 3 0 0 0
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Kelleher ss 4 0 0 0
Gross rf,lf 2 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 2 0
Watson lf 3 1 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 3 0 2 2
  Gallagher pr,rf 0 0 0 0
May M. c 2 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
Helms 2b 2 0 0 0
Roberts p 3 0 0 0
  Menke 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 3 6 2
St. Louis 200 000 000260
Houston 000 300 00x360
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  L (2-2) 7.0 5 3 3 5 3
  Hrabosky   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Pena   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
7
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (5-2) 8.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Forsch  SV (3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
2

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–Houston Cedeno (8,off Siebert); L May (6,off Siebert).  HR–St. Louis Smith (5,1st inning off Roberts 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Helms (1,off Siebert); Cedeno (1,off Hrabosky).  HBP–Watson (1,by Siebert).  IBB–M May (3,by Siebert); L May (1,by Hrabosky).  SB–Brock (17,2nd base off Roberts/M May); Cedeno (14,2nd base off Siebert/Simmons).  CS–Watson (2,2nd base by Siebert/Simmons).  WP–Siebert (2).  HBP–Siebert (2,Watson).  IBB–Siebert (3,M May); Hrabosky (2,L May).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:01.  A–20,600.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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