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Rick Wise scattered eight hits to post a shutout and Ted Simmons smashed a homer with two men on base in the fifth inning to clinch the Cardinals' 6-0 victory over the Astros. [The Sporting News] St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Astros 0Game Played on Wednesday, July 19, 1972 (Night game) at AstrodomeCardinals 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 0
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1
Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Brock lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .321 Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .206
Crosby 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .232 Fenwick ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171
Carbo rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .237 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .350
Torre 3b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .305 Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Simmons c 4 1 1 3 0 1 .285 May 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .293
Alou 1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .315 Watson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .304
Clendenon 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .192 Edwards c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .249
Cruz cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Rader 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .238
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .238 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Wise p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .164 Dierker p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196
Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Stinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217
York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Totals 34 6 8 5 3 9 Totals 32 0 8 0 2 5
Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 23,460
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Astros 7
DP: Cardinals 3, Astros 1
Errors: Wynn
Doubles: Cruz (7), May (17), Edwards (12)
Home Runs: Simmons (8)
Caught Stealing: Maxvill (1)
GIDP: Wynn 2 (4), Helms (4)
Hit by Pitch: Alou (1,by Dierker)
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wise W(10-9) 9 8 0 0 2 5 0 34 3.73
Totals 9 8 0 0 2 5 0 34
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker L(8-6) 4.1 7 6 5 3 2 1 23 3.38
Culver 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.78
York 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 4.41
Ray 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.88
Totals 9 8 6 5 3 9 1 38
Passed Balls: Edwards (4)
Hit by Pitch: Dierker (2)
Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Paul Pryor
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Crosby singled to left [Brock to
third]; Carbo singled to right [Brock scored, Crosby to third];
Torre singled to left [Crosby scored, Carbo out at third (left
to third), Torre to second (on throw)]; Simmons grounded out
(first unassisted) [Torre to third]; Alou was hit by a pitch;
Cruz popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Metzger struck out; Cedeno singled to third; Wynn
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cedeno
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Maxvill walked; Wise struck out; Brock struck out
while Maxvill was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: May singled to right; Watson struck out; Edwards
flied out to center; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby grounded out (second to first); Carbo
flied out to left; Torre walked; Simmons grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (third to first); Dierker
grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger walked; Cedeno flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Alou singled to right; Cruz flied out to right;
Maxvill flied out to right; Wise reached on an error by Wynn
[Alou scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wise to first]; Edwards
allowed a passed ball [Wise to second]; Brock grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Wynn grounded out (second to first); May singled to
left; Watson flied out to left; Edwards singled to center [May
to third]; Rader walked [Edwards to second]; Helms flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: Crosby popped to third; Carbo singled to right;
Torre singled to left [Carbo to second]; Simmons homered [Carbo
scored, Torre scored]; CULVER REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Alou
popped to second; Cruz doubled to left; Maxvill was called out
on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: STINSON BATTED FOR CULVER; Stinson was called out on
strikes; Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
CARDINALS 6TH: YORK REPLACED STINSON (PITCHING); Wise grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brock was called out on strikes;
Crosby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Wynn flied out to center; May doubled to right;
Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 7TH: Carbo struck out; Torre was called out on
strikes; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: CLENDENON REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 1B); Rader singled
to left; Helms grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Rader out at second]; STEWART BATTED FOR YORK; Stewart grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
CARDINALS 8TH: RAY REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Clendenon struck
out (catcher to first); Cruz flied out to left; Maxvill was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 8TH: Metzger singled to right; Cedeno forced Metzger
(third to second); Wynn grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Cedeno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 9TH: FENWICK REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING SS); Wise
grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); Crosby popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
ASTROS 9TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson
grounded out (second to first); Edwards doubled to right; Rader
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
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