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Joe Ferguson struck back at his former teammates by smashing a two-run homer in the 11th inning to give the Astros a 3-1 victory over the Cardinals. Willie Crawford, also formerly with the Cards, singled ahead of Ferguson's homer. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1Game Played on Saturday, May 7, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 10 1
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Gonzalez ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 .322 Brock lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .296
Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .236 Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .293
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .132 Scott cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .378
Crawford lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .255 Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .292
Watson 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Anderson rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Ferguson c 5 1 2 2 0 0 .293 Simmons c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .398
Boswell 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .294 Youngblood pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Howe 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Rader c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Richard p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .233
Howard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .155
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .231
Cabell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 McBride ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .368
Totals 40 3 10 3 3 4 Totals 35 1 3 1 2 11
Time of Game: 2:44 Attendance: 21,147
Left on Base: Astros 8, Cardinals 4
DP: Astros 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Gonzalez
Doubles: Simmons (4)
Home Runs: Ferguson (7)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (6), Howard (2)
Caught Stealing: Hernandez (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cruz (1), Templeton (2)
GIDP: Ferguson (3), Watson (1)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Richard 7 2 1 1 1 9 0 24 3.10
Forsch 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.33
Sambito W(3-1) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 2.14
Totals 11 3 1 1 2 11 0 38
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rasmussen 7.1 7 1 1 3 3 0 30 2.66
Hrabosky 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.70
Urrea L(1-2) 3 3 2 2 0 1 1 12 1.62
Totals 11 10 3 3 3 4 1 44
Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Bob Engel
ASTROS 1ST: Gonzalez grounded out (first to pitcher); Cruz
walked; Cedeno grounded out (first unassisted) [Cruz to second];
Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton
struck out; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled to right; Ferguson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Watson out at second];
Boswell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0,
Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Cruz struck out; Simmons grounded out (second to
first); Hernandez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Howe singled to right; Richard struck out; Gonzalez
flied out to center; Cruz singled to right [Howe to third]; Cruz
stole second; Cedeno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
flied out to left; Rasmussen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Crawford singled to shortstop; Watson grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Crawford out at
second]; Ferguson singled to center; Boswell flied out to left;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton
struck out; Scott was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Howe flied out to center; Richard lined to
shortstop; Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0,
Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz struck out; Simmons grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hernandez reached on an error by Gonzalez [Hernandez
to first]; Hernandez was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno
popped to first; Crawford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson struck
out; Rasmussen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Watson flied out to center; Ferguson popped to
second; Boswell singled to right; Howe grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to center; Templeton out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Brock to second]; Scott singled
to center [Brock scored]; Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Scott to second]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Hernandez
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING RF); JOHNSON BATTED
FOR RICHARD; Johnson walked; HOWARD RAN FOR JOHNSON; Howard
stole second; Gonzalez singled to center [Howard scored]; Cruz
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Gonzalez to second];
Cedeno was walked intentionally; HRABOSKY REPLACED RASMUSSEN
(PITCHING); Crawford flied out to left; Watson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Reitz grounded
out (shortstop to first); Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first);
MCBRIDE BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; McBride was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 9TH: URREA REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Ferguson lined to
second; Boswell lined to first; Howe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 9TH: Brock flied out to left; Templeton grounded out
(first unassisted); Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 10TH: CABELL BATTED FOR FORSCH; Cabell flied out to
right; Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 10TH: SAMBITO REPLACED CABELL (PITCHING); Anderson
struck out; Simmons doubled to left; YOUNGBLOOD RAN FOR SIMMONS;
Hernandez popped to third in foul territory; Reitz was walked
intentionally; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1.
ASTROS 11TH: RADER REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PLAYING C ); Cedeno
flied out to left; Crawford singled to left; Watson flied out to
right; Ferguson homered [Crawford scored]; Boswell singled to
second; Howe forced Boswell (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 11TH: MUMPHREY BATTED FOR URREA; Mumphrey grounded out
(second to first); Brock grounded out (first to pitcher);
Templeton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Cardinals 1.
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