St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
July 8, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 1, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 2 0
Heintzelman 2b 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Heidemann ss 0 0 0 0
Smith rf 2 1 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Torre 1b 4 0 2 1
McBride cf 4 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Heise 2b 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
McGlothen p 3 0 2 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1
Watson lf 4 0 1 0
  Gallagher rf 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 4 0 0 0
May M. c 4 1 3 1
Rader 3b 4 1 1 2
Helms 2b 2 0 0 0
  Milbourne 2b 0 0 0 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
St. Louis 100 000 000190
Houston 000 020 02x480
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (12-4) 7.2 7 4 4 2 2
  Hrabosky   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Garman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
2
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (10-3) 9.0 9 1 1 3 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
3
0

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  3B–Houston Metzger (3,off McGlothen).  HR–Houston Rader (9,5th inning off McGlothen 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Griffin (8,off McGlothen).  SB–Brock (51,2nd base off Griffin/M May); Torre (1,2nd base off Griffin/M May).  WP–Griffin (7).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:03.  A–12,403.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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