St. Louis Cardinals 9, Houston Astros 5 (Game 2)
Game Played on Friday, July      9, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Astros       0  2  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   5  8  1
Cardinals    0  4  4    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   9 11  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou lf               3   0   0   0     2   0   .321      Brock lf              4   1   1   1     1   0   .337
Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .215      Javier 2b             5   2   3   4     0   0   .243
  Morgan ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .254      Beauchamp 1b          4   1   1   0     1   1   .271
Cedeno cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Torre 3b              4   0   2   2     1   0   .360
Watson 1b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .297      Cardenal rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Rader 3b              4   2   1   1     1   1   .235        Cruz ph,cf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .156
Wynn rf               4   1   1   3     0   0   .215      Simmons c             3   1   0   0     2   0   .285
Menke 2b              2   1   1   0     0   0   .249      Melendez cf,rf        4   1   1   0     0   0   .203
  Martinez 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Maxvill ss            3   2   2   1     1   0   .243
Edwards c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .221      Reuss p               0   1   0   0     1   0   .111
Blasingame p          1   0   0   1     0   0   .161        Taylor p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Harris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schlueter ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Lemaster p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Chiles ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .375

Totals               34   5   8   5     7   3             Totals               33   9  11   8     7   2

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 24,748
Left on Base: Astros 9, Cardinals 9
DP: Astros 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Rader
Doubles: Menke (13), Beauchamp (7), Torre (15)
Triples: Javier 2 (4)
Home Runs: Rader (4), Wynn (4)
Stolen Bases: Javier (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuss 2 (5)
GIDP: Rader (5)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blasingame L(5-8)       1.2   4   4   4   2   1   0  11   4.12
Harris                  2.1   3   4   4   3   0   0  13   7.11
Lemaster                4     4   1   1   2   1   0  18   1.80
Totals                  8    11   9   9   7   2   0  42

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(8-8)            5.2   8   5   5   4   2   2  28   5.30
Taylor                  3     0   0   0   3   1   0  12   4.37
Drabowsky SV(5)         0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.00
Totals                  9     8   5   5   7   3   2  41

Wild Pitches: Lemaster (6)
Balks: Harris (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Al Barlick


ASTROS 1ST: Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
walked; Cedeno struck out; Watson forced Metzger (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to second; Javier forced Brock
(shortstop to second); Javier stole second; Beauchamp struck
out; Torre walked; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader homered; Wynn popped to shortstop; Menke
doubled to center; Edwards singled to right [Menke to third];
Blasingame grounded out (second to first) [Menke scored, Edwards
to second]; Alou was walked intentionally; Metzger flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Melendez singled to center
[Simmons to second]; Maxvill singled to right [Simmons scored,
Melendez to second]; Reuss out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Melendez to third, Maxvill to second]; Brock grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Melendez scored]; Javier tripled to
right [Maxvill scored]; HARRIS REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING);
Beauchamp walked; Torre singled to right [Javier scored,
Beauchamp to third]; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first);
4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Cardinals 4.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson singled
to left; Rader grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons flied out to right; Melendez flied out to
left; Maxvill singled to left; Reuss walked [Maxvill to second];
Brock walked [Maxvill to third, Reuss to second]; Javier tripled
to right [Maxvill scored, Reuss scored, Brock scored]; Harris
balked [Javier scored]; Beauchamp lined to shortstop; 4 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Cardinals 8.

ASTROS 4TH: Wynn popped to second; Menke flied out to right;
Edwards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
2, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre popped to first; Cardenal popped to third;
Simmons popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2,
Cardinals 8.

ASTROS 5TH: SCHLUETER BATTED FOR HARRIS; Schlueter singled to
pitcher; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first) [Schlueter to
second]; Metzger grounded out (second to first) [Schlueter to
third]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 2, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 5TH: LEMASTER REPLACED SCHLUETER (PITCHING); MARTINEZ
REPLACED MENKE (PLAYING 2B); Melendez popped to shortstop;
Maxvill walked; Reuss out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Maxvill to second]; Brock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 2, Cardinals 8.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson singled to right; Rader walked [Watson to
second]; Wynn homered [Watson scored, Rader scored]; Martinez
grounded out (second to first); Edwards grounded out (second to
first); Lemaster singled to right; Alou walked [Lemaster to
second]; TAYLOR REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Metzger flied out to
center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 6TH: Javier grounded out (third to first); Beauchamp
doubled to center; Torre doubled to left [Beauchamp scored];
Lemaster threw a wild pitch [Torre to third]; Cardenal popped to
first in foul territory; Simmons walked; Melendez forced Simmons
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5,
Cardinals 9.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno grounded out (second to first); Watson
grounded out (second to first); Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 5, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: Maxvill flied out to center; Taylor struck out;
Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 5, Cardinals 9.

ASTROS 8TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 8TH: Javier singled to left; Beauchamp lined into a
double play (pitcher to first) [Javier out at first]; Torre
reached on an error by Rader [Torre to first]; CRUZ BATTED FOR
CARDENAL; Cruz singled to right [Torre to second]; Jose
Cardenal ejected by HP umpire Ed Vargo after the first pitch is
called a strike; Simmons grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5, Cardinals 9.

ASTROS 9TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MELENDEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CHILES BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Chiles
walked; Alou forced Chiles (second to shortstop); MORGAN BATTED
FOR METZGER; Morgan walked [Alou to second]; Cedeno popped to
first in foul territory; Watson walked [Alou to third, Morgan to
second]; DRABOWSKY REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Rader grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 5,
Cardinals 9.