St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 3, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1986 at Astrodome. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 2
Herr 2b 2 0 0 0
Heath c 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 2 1 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 0
Mathews p 2 0 0 1
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 3 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Hatcher cf 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 1
Garner 3b 4 0 3 0
Bailey c 4 0 1 0
Thon ss 3 0 0 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
St. Louis 000 210 000330
Houston 000 000 001170
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews  W (1-0) 8.2 7 1 1 2 3
  Worrell  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (1-2) 6.0 2 3 3 2 8
  DiPino   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Kerfeld   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
2
8

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2, Houston 1.  HR–St. Louis Clark (6,4th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Mathews (1,off Deshaies).  SB–Pendleton (7,2nd base off DiPino/Bailey); Hatcher (12,2nd base off Mathews/Heath).  BK–Mathews (1), Deshaies 2 (4).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:20.  A–6,430.
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