The Cardinals were shut out for the first time this season when they collected only four hits off Larry Dierker and lost to the Astros, 6-0. The Astros feasted on the pitching of Bob Gibson, rapping the Cardinals' ace for 12 hits and all their runs before knocking him out in the sixth inning. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Monday, May       18, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Astros       1  0  0    2  0  3    0  0  x  -   6 13  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cardenal cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .312      Morgan 2b             2   1   1   2     2   0   .297
Javier 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Alou rf               4   0   3   2     0   0   .317
Lee rf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Wynn cf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .314
Allen 1b              3   0   0   0     1   3   .293      Davis lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .287
Torre c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .292        Beauchamp lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Hague lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .299      Menke ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .343
Shannon 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Pepitone 1b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .268
Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .175      Martinez 3b           4   1   3   1     0   1   .357
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Edwards c             3   1   0   0     1   1   .164
  Ramirez ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .107      Dierker p             4   1   2   0     0   2   .194
Gibson p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Carl Taylor ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Campisi p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   4   0     2   9             Totals               32   6  13   6     4   7

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 17,916
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Astros 6
DP: Cardinals 3, Astros 0
Errors: Lee
Doubles: Lee (7), Wynn (11), Morgan (7)
GIDP: Morgan (4), Wynn (4), Edwards (3)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(2-3)           5.2  12   6   6   4   6   0  29   5.34
Johnson                 1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.18
Campisi                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.74
Totals                  8    13   6   6   4   7   0  36

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker W(8-2)          9     4   0   0   2   9   0  33   2.79
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   9   0  33

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Tom Gorman


CARDINALS 1ST: Cardenal singled to right; Javier grounded out
(shortstop to second to first) [Cardenal to second]; Lee
grounded out (second to first) [Cardenal to third]; Allen
walked; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Morgan walked; Alou singled to right [Morgan to
second]; Wynn doubled to left [Morgan scored, Alou to third];
Davis struck out; Menke popped to second; Pepitone was walked
intentionally; Martinez was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hague flied out to center; Shannon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Maxvill grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Dierker
singled to center; Morgan grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Dierker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson singled to center; Cardenal grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Gibson to second]; Javier popped to first;
Lee grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Alou grounded out (second to first); Wynn struck
out; Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Astros 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Allen struck out; Torre flied out to right; Hague
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Menke singled to left; Pepitone singled to left
[Menke to third, Pepitone to second (on throw to 3b)]; Martinez
singled to right [Menke scored, Pepitone to third]; Edwards was
called out on strikes; Dierker struck out; Morgan doubled to
left [Pepitone scored, Martinez out at home (left to shortstop
to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Shannon flied out to center; Maxvill was called
out on strikes; Gibson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Alou singled to right; Wynn grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Alou out at second]; Davis
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cardenal flied out to center; Javier grounded out
(third to first); Lee doubled to right; Allen struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Menke grounded out (third to first); Pepitone
singled to right [Pepitone to second (error by Lee)]; Martinez
singled to center [Pepitone to third]; Edwards walked while
Pepitone was out trying to advance to home and Martinez advanced
to second (catcher to pitcher); Dierker singled to third
[Martinez to third, Edwards to second]; Morgan walked [Martinez
scored, Edwards to third, Dierker to second]; Alou singled to
center [Edwards scored, Dierker scored, Morgan to third];
JOHNSON REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Wynn flied out to left; 3 R,
4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: Torre struck out; Hague walked; Shannon struck
out; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Davalillo struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 6.

ASTROS 7TH: RAMIREZ REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING SS); Davis flied
out to right; Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Pepitone
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: BEAUCHAMP REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); CARL
TAYLOR BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Carl Taylor flied out to right;
Cardenal lined to first; Javier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 6.

ASTROS 8TH: CAMPISI REPLACED CARL TAYLOR (PITCHING); Martinez
singled to left; Edwards grounded into a double play (second to
first to shortstop) [Martinez out at second]; Dierker struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Astros 6.

CARDINALS 9TH: Lee flied out to center; Allen struck out; Torre
singled to left; Hague struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Astros 6.