| Bob Gibson extended his personal winning streak to 10 games by pitching the Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Astros. The Redbirds broke a 1-1 tie with a homer by Donn Clenclenon in the eighth inning and then added what proved to be the deciding run in that same stanza on a single by Ed Crosby, sacrifice by Dal Maxvill and two-out single by Lou Brock. [The Sporting News] |
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 2
Game Played on Monday, July 17, 1972 (Night game) at Astrodome
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 11 0 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 9 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .328 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Melendez cf,rf 3 0 1 1 2 0 .239 Cedeno cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .347 Alou rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .317 Wynn rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .276 Cruz cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 May 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .289 Torre 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .305 Watson lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .306 Simmons c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Edwards c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .244 Clendenon 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .191 Helms 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .249 Crosby 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .236 Fenwick 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .171 Maxvill ss 2 1 2 0 1 0 .240 Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Gibson p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .220 Roberts p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Miller ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .241 Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Totals 36 3 11 3 5 5 Totals 35 2 9 2 1 13 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 24,262 Left on Base: Cardinals 12, Astros 7 DP: Cardinals 1, Astros 0 Doubles: Gibson (3), Watson (15) Home Runs: Clendenon (4) Stolen Bases: Alou (9), Brock 2 (34), Helms (1) Caught Stealing: Alou (3) Sacrifice Hits: Maxvill (3) GIDP: Edwards (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gibson W(10-5) 9 9 2 2 1 13 0 36 2.59 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 13 0 36 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts L(8-5) 8 11 3 3 5 3 1 39 4.16 Culver 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.81 Totals 9 11 3 3 5 5 1 42 Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Melendez walked; Alou was called out on strikes; Torre walked [Melendez to second]; Simmons popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger flied to left in foul territory; Cedeno flied out to right; Wynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Clendenon grounded out (shortstop to first); Crosby grounded out (second to first); Maxvill walked; Gibson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: May grounded out (third to first); Watson singled to left; Edwards grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock flied out to left; Melendez lined to left; Alou singled to center; Alou stole second; Torre was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Helms singled to center; Helms stole second; Fenwick struck out; Roberts struck out; Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to center; Clendenon flied out to left; Crosby flied out to center; Maxvill singled to shortstop [Simmons to second]; Gibson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno struck out; Wynn struck out; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Brock stole third; Melendez walked; Alou reached on a fielder's choice [Brock out at home (second to catcher), Melendez to second]; Torre flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Watson struck out; Edwards popped to shortstop; Helms struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Clendenon flied out to center; Crosby grounded out (second to first); Maxvill singled to pitcher; Gibson doubled to right [Maxvill to third]; Brock singled to shortstop [Maxvill scored, Gibson to third]; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Fenwick struck out; Roberts struck out; Metzger lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Alou walked; Alou was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Torre grounded out (third to first); Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno singled to right; Wynn singled to center [Cedeno to third]; May struck out; Watson doubled to right [Cedeno scored, Wynn to third]; Edwards was walked intentionally; Helms forced Wynn (second to catcher) [Watson to third, Edwards to second]; Fenwick popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Clendenon homered; Crosby singled to right; Maxvill out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Crosby to second]; Gibson flied out to center; Brock singled to second [Crosby to third]; Melendez singled to third [Crosby scored, Brock to second]; Alou grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: CRUZ REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING CF); MELENDEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MILLER BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Miller singled to left; Metzger flied out to left; Cedeno singled to left [Miller to second]; Wynn struck out; May singled to center [Miller scored, Cedeno to third]; Watson popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. CARDINALS 9TH: CULVER REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Torre struck out; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 9TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms singled to shortstop; STEWART BATTED FOR FENWICK; Stewart was called out on strikes; ALOU BATTED FOR CULVER; Alou flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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