Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 21, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 0
Watson lf 4 0 1 1
May L. 1b 4 0 1 0
May M. c 3 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 2 0
Dierker p 2 0 1 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 3 1
  Cruz lf 1 1 1 2
DaVanon 2b 5 1 2 0
McBride cf 4 0 2 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 1
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Torre 1b 2 2 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 2 2 2
Tyson ss 4 1 3 2
Forsch p 2 1 0 0
Totals 33 9 14 8
Houston 100 000 000180
St. Louis 120 003 12x9141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (6-6) 5.2 9 6 6 2 0
  Scherman   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   2.0 4 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
2
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (2-2) 9.0 8 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
3

  E–Torre (6).  DP–Houston 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–Houston Cedeno (21,off Forsch); Dierker (3,off Forsch); L May (16,off Forsch), St. Louis Tyson (7,off Dierker); DaVanon (1,off Forsch).  3B–St. Louis Tyson (2,off Forsch).  HR–St. Louis Reitz (3,6th inning off Dierker 1 on, 1 out); Cruz (4,8th inning off Forsch 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Forsch 2 (2,off Dierker 2).  HBP–Simmons (5,by Forsch).  SB–Brock 2 (60,2nd base off Dierker/M May 2); Smith (3,2nd base off Dierker/M May).  CS–Brock (13,2nd base by Scherman/M May).  WP–Dierker (5).  HBP–Forsch (4,Simmons).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:08.  A–15,006.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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