St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
July 10, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 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
Heise 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
  Heintzelman 2b 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
McBride cf 4 0 2 1
Simmons c 2 0 1 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Dwyer rf 3 1 2 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0
  Cruz pr 0 0 0 0
Heidemann ss 4 0 1 0
Foster p 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 11 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
  Gallagher rf 0 0 0 0
Menke 1b 0 0 0 0
  May L. ph,1b 4 1 1 0
May M. c 3 1 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 1
Helms 2b 2 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 1 1
  Cosgrove p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
St. Louis 110 000 0002110
Houston 020 000 10x370
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   6.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Pena  L (5-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   6.1 8 2 2 4 2
  Cosgrove  W (5-0) 2.2 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
5
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 5.  2B–St. Louis McBride (11,off Dierker); Reitz (16,off Cosgrove), Houston Rader (16,off Foster).  3B–Houston M May (3,off Foster).  HR–St. Louis Dwyer (2,2nd inning off Dierker 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Helms (5,by Foster).  SB–Brock (53,2nd base off Dierker/M May); Gross (9,2nd base off Pena/Simmons).  IBB–Foster (5,Helms).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:22.  A–15,126.
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