|
Although Ted Simmons hit the first grand-slam of his major league career, the Cardinals were unable to hold a 7-3 lead and lost to the Astros, 10-7. Sparked by Roger Metzger, who hit his first big-time homer, the Astros exploded for six runs in the eighth inning. After Metzger's blow, Cesar Cedeno, Jim Wynn and Lee May hit singles, Bob Watson lofted a sacrifice fly and Tommy Helms singled to add three runs, tying the score. Houston Astros 10, St. Louis Cardinals 7Game Played on Wednesday, May 10, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIAstros 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 - 10 11 0
Cardinals 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 7 8 1
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Metzger ss 5 2 2 1 0 0 .159 Brock lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .311
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .408 Cruz cf 3 2 1 1 2 0 .258
Wynn rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .338 Melendez rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .194
May 1b 5 3 4 3 0 1 .317 Torre 3b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .370
Watson lf 3 0 0 2 0 1 .247 Simmons c 3 1 1 4 1 0 .278
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .244 Clendenon 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .100
Helms 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .190 Hague ph,1b 0 0 0 1 1 0 .278
Edwards c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .295 Crosby ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .292
Roberts p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maxvill 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .043
Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .346
Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gibson p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .091
Stewart ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .250 Santorini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fiore ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 10 11 10 3 6 Totals 32 7 8 7 8 3
Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 8,691
Left on Base: Astros 4, Cardinals 6
DP: Astros 3, Cardinals 0
Errors: Simmons
Doubles: Clendenon (1), Torre (6)
Triples: May (1), Stewart (1)
Home Runs: Metzger (1), May (5), Simmons (2)
Stolen Bases: Metzger (2), Brock (10), Clendenon (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Watson 2 (3)
GIDP: Melendez (1), Crosby (4), Brock (2)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Roberts 6 7 5 5 3 3 1 27 5.52
Blasingame 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 8.44
Griffin 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0.00
Ray W(5-0) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2.45
Totals 9 8 7 7 8 3 1 40
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gibson 7 7 6 6 2 6 1 30 5.12
Santorini L(2-3) 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 0 5 6.75
Grzenda 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.35
Drabowsky 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 2.84
Totals 9 11 10 10 3 6 2 41
Wild Pitches: Roberts (2)
Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor
ASTROS 1ST: Metzger singled to left; Metzger stole second;
Cedeno singled to right [Metzger scored, Cedeno to second (on
throw)]; Wynn grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cedeno to third];
May singled to right [Cedeno scored]; Watson flied out to right;
Rader struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Cruz
walked; Melendez grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Brock to third, Cruz out at second]; Torre grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals
0.
ASTROS 2ND: Helms flied out to center; Edwards struck out;
Roberts grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to center; Clendenon grounded
out (shortstop to first); Crosby grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
walked; Wynn walked [Cedeno to second]; May struck out; Watson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill singled to right; Gibson singled to right
[Maxvill to second]; Brock flied out to center; Cruz singled to
right [Maxvill scored, Gibson to second]; Roberts threw a wild
pitch [Gibson to third, Cruz to second]; Melendez struck out;
Torre walked; Simmons homered [Gibson scored, Cruz scored, Torre
scored]; Clendenon singled to left; Clendenon stole second;
Crosby struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5.
ASTROS 4TH: Rader grounded out (third to first); Helms grounded
out (pitcher to first); Edwards grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5.
CARDINALS 4TH: Maxvill walked; Gibson flied out to center; Brock
flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5.
ASTROS 5TH: Roberts flied out to center; Metzger flied out to
center; Cedeno flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
2, Cardinals 5.
CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez flied out to center; Torre struck out;
Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Cardinals 5.
ASTROS 6TH: Wynn flied out to center; May tripled to right;
Watson hit a sacrifice fly to center [May scored]; Rader was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3,
Cardinals 5.
CARDINALS 6TH: Clendenon doubled to right; Crosby grounded out
(second to first) [Clendenon to third]; Maxvill grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gibson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 5.
ASTROS 7TH: Helms flied out to right; Edwards popped to
shortstop in foul territory; MILLER BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Miller
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 5.
CARDINALS 7TH: BLASINGAME REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Brock
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz walked; Melendez walked
[Cruz to second]; GRIFFIN REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING); Torre
doubled to left [Cruz scored, Melendez to third]; Simmons was
walked intentionally; HAGUE BATTED FOR CLENDENON; Hague walked
[Melendez scored, Torre to third, Simmons to second]; Crosby
grounded into a double play (first to catcher to third) [Torre
out at home]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 7.
ASTROS 8TH: HAGUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Metzger homered;
Cedeno singled to left; Wynn singled to left [Cedeno to second];
SANTORINI REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); May singled to left
[Cedeno scored, Wynn to third]; Watson hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Wynn scored, May to second]; Rader popped to second;
Helms singled to center [May scored, Helms to second (on
throw)]; Edwards was walked intentionally; STEWART BATTED FOR
GRIFFIN; GRZENDA REPLACED SANTORINI (PITCHING); Stewart tripled
to right [Helms scored, Edwards scored]; Metzger grounded out
(second to first); 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 9, Cardinals 7.
CARDINALS 8TH: RAY REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); ALOU BATTED FOR
MAXVILL; Alou grounded out (first to pitcher); FIORE BATTED FOR
GRZENDA; Fiore walked; Brock grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Fiore out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
9, Cardinals 7.
ASTROS 9TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 2B); DRABOWSKY
REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Simmons dropped a foul fly hit by
Cedeno for an error; On a bunt Cedeno grounded out (catcher
unassisted); Cesar Cedeno called for interference when his
bat hit the ball twice; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to
first); May homered; Watson grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 10, Cardinals 7.
CARDINALS 9TH: Cruz popped to third in foul territory; Melendez
popped to first in foul territory; Torre lined to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 10, Cardinals 7.
|
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".