St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
July 23, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 2000 at Enron Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Houston Astros 15

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 2 2 3
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
  Howard ph 1 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 4 1 1 0
Tatis 3b 5 0 1 2
Davis rf 2 1 1 0
Dunston lf,1b 4 0 1 0
  Benes A. p 0 0 0 0
  Polanco ph 0 0 0 1
Paquette 1b 3 1 1 1
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
  Richard 1b 2 0 0 0
Wilkins c 4 1 1 0
Benes A. p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 1 0 0 0
  Lankford lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Spiers 3b,2b 5 2 3 6
Biggio 2b 4 3 3 0
  Barker cf 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 2 1 2
Berkman rf 4 3 2 3
Alou lf 4 0 0 1
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf,lf 4 1 2 3
Meluskey c 4 1 0 0
Lugo ss 5 2 3 0
Reynolds p 3 0 0 0
  Valdes p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 1 0 0
  Truby 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 15 14 15
St. Louis 000 031 2017100
Houston 360 000 60x15142
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes A.  L (10-5) 1.2 8 9 9 2 3
  Morris   3.1 3 0 0 2 0
  Slocumb   1.1 2 4 4 3 1
  Benes A.   1.2 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
15
15
8
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (7-7) 6.2 8 6 5 1 4
  Valdes   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Green   1.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Dotel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
5
6

  E–Spiers (4), Lugo (10).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Dunston (6,off Reynolds); Edmonds (19,off Reynolds), Houston Hidalgo (22,off Andy Benes); Biggio (12,off Morris).  3B–Houston Lugo (1,off Andy Benes).  HR–St. Louis Vina (4,5th inning off Reynolds 2 on, 1 out), Houston Spiers 2 (3,2nd inning off Andy Benes 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Slocumb 3 on, 1 out); Bagwell (26,2nd inning off Andy Benes 1 on, 1 out); Berkman 2 (15,2nd inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Alan Benes 1 on, 2 out); Hidalgo (28,2nd inning o.  SH–Morris (3,off Reynolds).  SF–Alou (5,off Andy Benes).  CS–Renteria (8,2nd base by Reynolds/Meluskey).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Lazaro Diaz.  T–3:24.  A–42,684.
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