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The pitching of Larry Dierker and batting of Cliff Johnson helped the Astros defeat the Cardinals, 10-5. Johnson hit a homer, double and two singles, driving in three runs before hurting his ankle tripping over home plate in the seventh inning. Skip Jutze finished the game as catcher. Houston Astros 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5Game Played on Sunday, May 9, 1976 (Day game) at Busch Stadium IIAstros 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 - 10 13 1
Cardinals 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 5 11 1
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Milbourne 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Brock lf 5 3 4 0 0 0 .284
Cabell 3b 5 2 3 0 0 1 .284 Harris 2b 5 1 2 2 0 3 .309
Cruz cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .205 Crawford rf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .333
Watson 1b 4 1 0 1 1 0 .282 Simmons c 4 0 1 1 1 0 .300
Johnson c 4 3 4 3 0 0 .253 Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .177
Jutze c 1 1 1 1 0 0 .091 Anderson cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .333
Gross rf 0 1 0 1 4 0 .301 Cruz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .157
Howard lf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .203 Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Denny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Dierker p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .067 Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Richard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Melendez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .130
Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fairly ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 .345
Totals 36 10 13 9 6 1 Totals 39 5 11 5 3 7
Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 12,051
Left on Base: Astros 7, Cardinals 10
DP: Astros 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Metzger, Harris
Doubles: Johnson (4), Cruz (1), Brock (3)
Triples: Cabell (3), Jutze (1), Harris (1)
Home Runs: Johnson (4)
Stolen Bases: Milbourne (5), Brock (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cruz (1), Gross (3)
GIDP: Metzger (2)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker W(4-3) 8 7 2 2 2 7 0 34 4.22
Forsch 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 8 2.37
Totals 9 11 5 5 3 7 0 42
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Denny L(1-2) 4.1 7 5 5 3 1 1 23 5.74
Wallace 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1.96
Proly 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 8 3.38
Frisella 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 9 1.69
Totals 9 13 10 10 6 1 1 44
Wild Pitches: Dierker (6), Denny (1), Wallace (2)
Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Terry Tata
ASTROS 1ST: Milbourne flied out to center; Cabell grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Harris
struck out; Crawford flied out to center; Simmons singled to
center [Brock scored]; Hernandez walked [Simmons to second];
Anderson walked [Simmons to third, Hernandez to second]; Cruz
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 0,
Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson
homered; Gross walked; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Gross to second]; Metzger flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 2ND: Kessinger struck out; Denny struck out; Brock
doubled to center; Harris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Dierker singled to center; Milbourne forced Dierker
(second unassisted); Cabell singled to right [Milbourne to
third]; Cruz walked [Cabell to second]; Watson forced Cruz
(third to second) [Milbourne scored, Cabell to third]; Johnson
doubled to left [Cabell scored, Watson to third]; Gross was
walked intentionally; Howard popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 3RD: Crawford flied out to center; Simmons grounded
out (first to pitcher); Hernandez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); Dierker
grounded out (pitcher to first); Milbourne singled to left;
Milbourne stole second; Denny threw a wild pitch [Milbourne to
third]; Cabell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3,
Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 4TH: Anderson flied out to center; Cruz grounded out
(third to first); Kessinger popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Cruz doubled to left; Watson grounded out (pitcher
to first); Johnson singled to right [Cruz scored]; WALLACE
REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Gross walked [Johnson to second];
Wallace threw a wild pitch [Johnson to third, Gross to second];
Howard singled to left [Johnson scored, Gross scored (error by
Harris), Howard to second]; Metzger grounded out (second to
first) [Howard to third]; Dierker lined to second; 3 R, 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 5TH: RICHARD BATTED FOR WALLACE; Richard grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brock singled to right; Harris singled to
right [Brock to third]; Crawford reached on an error by Metzger
[Brock scored, Harris to second]; Dierker threw a wild pitch
[Harris to third, Crawford to second]; Simmons popped to
shortstop; Hernandez flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 6, Cardinals 2.
ASTROS 6TH: PROLY REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Milbourne
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell tripled to right; Cruz
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cabell scored]; Watson grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7,
Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 6TH: Anderson popped to third; Cruz popped to first in
foul territory; Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 7, Cardinals 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Johnson singled to left; Gross walked [Johnson to
second]; Howard singled to center [Johnson scored, Gross out at
third (center to third)]; Metzger grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Howard out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 7TH: JUTZE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); MELENDEZ
BATTED FOR PROLY; Melendez flied out to center; Brock flied out
to left; Harris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 8, Cardinals 2.
ASTROS 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Dierker flied
out to right; Milbourne grounded out (first unassisted); Cabell
singled to shortstop; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 8TH: Crawford singled to center; Simmons lined to
shortstop; Hernandez popped to third; Anderson singled to left
[Crawford to third]; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Astros 8, Cardinals 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Watson walked; Jutze tripled to left [Watson
scored]; Gross hit a sacrifice fly to left [Jutze scored];
Howard flied out to center; Metzger grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 10, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 9TH: FORSCH REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Kessinger
singled to center; FAIRLY BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Fairly forced
Kessinger (first to shortstop); Brock singled to right [Fairly
to second]; Harris tripled to right [Fairly scored, Brock
scored]; Crawford singled to shortstop [Harris scored]; Simmons
walked [Crawford to second]; Hernandez flied out to center;
Anderson grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 10, Cardinals 5.
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