St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
July 9, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 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 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 0 0
Heise 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Torre 3b 4 0 0 0
Hickman 1b 4 0 1 0
McBride cf 3 1 1 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 2 1
Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 1 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Watson lf 4 1 1 0
  Gallagher rf 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 4 2 3 3
May M. c 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 1 1 0
Helms 2b 4 1 1 0
  Milbourne 2b 0 0 0 0
Roberts p 4 0 2 1
Totals 35 5 13 5
St. Louis 110 000 000261
Houston 010 220 00x5130
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (4-10) 3.2 8 3 3 0 1
  Garman   3.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Folkers   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
1
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (6-7) 9.0 6 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
2

  E–Torre (3).  DP–St. Louis 2, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Heidemann (1,off Roberts).  3B–Houston Cedeno (3,off Curtis).  HR–Houston L May 2 (14,2nd inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Garman 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Curtis (2,off Roberts).  IBB–Rader (4,by Folkers).  SB–Brock (52,2nd base off Roberts/M May).  CS–McBride (7,2nd base by Roberts/M May); Cedeno (11,2nd base by Garman/McCarver).  IBB–Folkers (5,Rader).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–1:55.  A–15,709.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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