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A winner for the fifth straight time since a season-opening loss to the Reds, J.R. Richard pitched the Astros to a 3-1 victory over the Cardinals. Jose Cruz, playing center field in place of Cesar Cedeno, who was out with a sprained ankle, batted in two of the Astros' runs with a pair of singles. His brother, Hector, homered for the Cardinals' tally in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1Game Played on Friday, May 7, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIAstros 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Milbourne 2b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .290 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .256
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Harris 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .295
Cruz cf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .222 McBride cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .362
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .293
Johnson c 2 0 0 0 2 2 .208 Crawford rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .316
Gross rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .182
Howard lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .167 Cruz 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .173
Metzger ss 2 0 2 0 2 0 .263 Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .253
Richard p 3 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Melendez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fairly ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .357
Richard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095
Totals 30 3 8 3 5 6 Totals 31 1 6 1 6 6
Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 15,141
Left on Base: Astros 7, Cardinals 9
DP: Astros 0, Cardinals 2
Doubles: Howard 2 (3)
Home Runs: Cruz (2)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (1)
Caught Stealing: Cruz (1), Brock (4), Hernandez (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cabell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Richard (1)
GIDP: Gross (2)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Richard W(5-1) 9 6 1 1 6 6 1 37 2.55
Totals 9 6 1 1 6 6 1 37
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Forsch L(0-1) 7 7 3 3 4 6 0 30 5.65
Frisella 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.64
Totals 9 8 3 3 5 6 0 37
Wild Pitches: Forsch (2)
Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - John Kibler
ASTROS 1ST: Milbourne walked; Forsch threw a wild pitch
[Milbourne to second]; Cabell grounded out (first unassisted);
Cruz singled to center [Milbourne scored]; Cruz stole second;
Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson walked; Gross
forced Johnson (first to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 1, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to third; Brock was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Harris walked; McBride singled to
center [Harris to second]; Simmons struck out; Crawford grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1,
Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
singled to right; Richard hit into a double play (catcher to
second) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
1, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez walked; Hernandez was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Cruz popped
to second; Kessinger walked; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Milbourne singled to left; Cabell out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Milbourne to second]; Cruz singled to
center [Milbourne scored]; Cruz was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Watson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris
was called out on strikes; McBride walked; Simmons grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Johnson struck out; Gross singled to center; Howard
doubled to right [Gross to third]; Metzger was walked
intentionally; Richard hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gross
scored, Howard to third]; Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Crawford struck out; Hernandez singled to right;
Cruz flied out to right; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Cabell struck out; Cruz struck out; Watson grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3,
Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: Forsch flied out to right; Brock struck out;
Harris grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Johnson struck out; Gross flied out to left; Howard
doubled to left; Metzger was walked intentionally; Richard
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 6TH: McBride flied out to center; Simmons grounded out
(shortstop to first); Crawford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell
struck out; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez flied out to left; Cruz homered;
Kessinger flied out to left; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FORSCH;
Melendez popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3,
Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Watson flied
out to center; Johnson walked; Gross grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 8TH: Brock walked; Harris singled to right [Brock to
second]; McBride singled to third [Brock to third, Harris to
second]; Simmons flied out to left; Crawford flied out to left;
Hernandez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 9TH: Howard grounded out (first to pitcher); Metzger
singled to center; Richard popped to pitcher; Milbourne popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 9TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Kessinger
grounded out (third to first); FAIRLY BATTED FOR FRISELLA;
Fairly walked; RICHARD RAN FOR FAIRLY; Brock grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
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