A pinch-double by Mike Ramsey drove in two runs in the ninth inning and gave the Cardinals a 7-5 victory over the Astros. The Cardinals called on 20 players and the Astros on 17 in the 3-hour, 15-minute contest.

In the Cards' ninth, George Hendrick singled and Tito Landrum walked with two out before Ramsey batted for winner Kim Seaman, the fifth of six Cardinal pitchers, and hit his double to beat Joe Sambito, who was the fourth hurler employed by the Astros. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Houston Astros 5
Game Played on Friday, September 5, 1980 (Night game) at Astrodome
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  1  2    1  0  2  -   7 15  0
Astros       0  1  0    2  2  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Oberkfell 2b          3   1   2   0     2   0   .309      Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .234
Scott cf              5   1   2   2     1   1   .240      Cabell 3b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .279
Hernandez 1b          5   0   1   0     0   2   .319      Cruz lf               5   1   2   0     0   1   .313
Simmons c             5   0   2   2     0   0   .303      Cedeno cf             4   1   1   1     1   2   .303
Hendrick rf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .323      Howe 1b               1   2   1   0     2   0   .271
Iorg lf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .314        Walling ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .315
  Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Woods rf              5   1   3   2     0   0   .500
  Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pujols c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Reitz 3b              5   1   2   1     0   2   .274        Ashby ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Phillips ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .233      Landestoy ss          2   0   1   1     2   0   .246
  Landrum ph,lf       0   1   0   0     1   0   .318        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hood p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .158      Ryan p                2   0   0   1     0   1   .082
  Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Niemann p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Durham ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .236        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Otten p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Gonzalez ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .128
  Kennedy ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .250        Puhl ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Bonds pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Reynolds ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Littlefield p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Seaman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ramsey ph,ss        1   0   1   2     0   0   .274

Totals               41   7  15   7     5  10             Totals               36   5  11   5     6   6

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 19,628
Left on Base: Cardinals 13, Astros 11
DP: Cardinals 1, Astros 0
Errors: Cabell
Doubles: Oberkfell (21), Simmons (31), Reitz (31), Iorg (21), Ramsey (7), Landestoy (12), Morgan (15)
Triples: Cedeno (8)
Stolen Bases: Scott 2 (18), Woods (1), Cruz (28)
Sacrifice Hits: Oberkfell (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Ryan (1)
GIDP: Cedeno (9)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood                    4.1   8   5   5   4   3   0  24   2.91
Urrea                   0.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   3   3.73
Otten                   2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   6.25
Littlefield             0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.78
Seaman W(3-1)           0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.32
Frazier SV(2)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.97
Totals                  9    11   5   5   6   6   0  43

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan                    5.2  11   4   4   1   9   0  29   3.31
Niemann                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   5.79
Smith                   1.1   2   1   1   2   0   0   8   2.02
Sambito L(8-4)          1.2   2   2   2   2   0   0   9   2.38
Totals                  9    15   7   7   5  10   0  47

Wild Pitches: Ryan (9)
Balks: Hood (2)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Steve Fields


CARDINALS 1ST: Oberkfell doubled; Scott struck out; Hernandez
struck out; Simmons singled to right [Oberkfell scored];
Hendrick singled to left [Simmons to second]; Iorg struck out; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Morgan popped to third; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz struck out; Phillips struck out; Hood
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno struck out; Howe singled to third; Hood
balked [Howe to second]; Woods singled to center [Howe scored];
Woods stole second; Pujols popped to second; Landestoy was
walked intentionally; Ryan grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Oberkfell popped to shortstop; Scott singled to
shortstop; Scott stole second; Hernandez flied out to center;
Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Morgan walked; Cabell singled to center [Morgan to
second]; Cruz flied out to left; Cedeno grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Cabell out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick reached on an error by Cabell [Hendrick
to first]; Iorg flied out to left; Reitz was called out on
strikes; Ryan threw a wild pitch [Hendrick to second]; Phillips
singled to shortstop [Hendrick to third]; Hood grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Howe walked; Woods singled to left [Howe to second];
Pujols flied out to center; Landestoy doubled to right [Howe
scored, Woods to third]; Ryan hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Woods scored]; Morgan popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Astros 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Oberkfell singled to center; Scott forced
Oberkfell (first to shortstop); Scott stole second; Hernandez
singled to right [Scott to third, Hernandez to second (on throw
to home)]; Simmons doubled to right [Scott scored, Hernandez to
third, Simmons out at third (right to shortstop to second)];
Hendrick struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Astros
3.

ASTROS 5TH: Cabell struck out; Cruz singled to left; Cedeno
tripled to right [Cruz scored]; Howe walked; Woods singled to
center [Cedeno scored, Howe to third, Woods to second (on
throw)]; URREA REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Pujols struck out;
Landestoy was walked intentionally; Ryan struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Astros 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Iorg flied out to left; Reitz doubled to left;
Phillips singled to left [Reitz to third]; DURHAM BATTED FOR
URREA; Durham struck out; Oberkfell walked [Phillips to second];
Scott singled to center [Reitz scored, Phillips scored,
Oberkfell to third]; NIEMANN REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); Hernandez
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: OTTEN REPLACED DURHAM (PITCHING); Morgan grounded
out (second to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cruz singled to shortstop; Cruz stole second; Cedeno was walked
intentionally; WALLING BATTED FOR HOWE; Walling grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Astros 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: WALLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SMITH
REPLACED NIEMANN (PITCHING); Simmons flied out to left; Hendrick
flied out to center; Iorg doubled to right; Reitz singled to
left [Iorg scored]; Phillips flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: On a bunt Woods grounded out (pitcher to first);
ASHBY BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Ashby grounded out (second to first);
Landestoy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 5, Astros 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: ASHBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); KENNEDY BATTED
FOR OTTEN; Kennedy walked; BONDS RAN FOR KENNEDY; Oberkfell out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Bonds to second]; Scott
walked; SAMBITO REPLACED LANDESTOY (PITCHING); GONZALEZ REPLACED
SMITH (PLAYING SS); Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: LITTLEFIELD REPLACED BONDS (PITCHING); PUHL BATTED
FOR GONZALEZ; Puhl flied out to right; Morgan doubled to right;
Cabell singled to shortstop [Morgan to third]; SEAMAN REPLACED
LITTLEFIELD (PITCHING); Cruz flied out to right; Cedeno was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Astros 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED PUHL (PLAYING SS); Hendrick
singled to right; SMITH BATTED FOR IORG; On a bunt Smith made an
out to pitcher; Reitz popped to catcher in foul territory;
LANDRUM BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Landrum walked [Hendrick to
second]; RAMSEY BATTED FOR SEAMAN; Ramsey doubled to right
[Hendrick scored, Landrum scored]; Oberkfell walked; Scott
popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Astros 5.

ASTROS 9TH: FRAZIER REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); RAMSEY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); LANDRUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Walling
flied out to center; Woods lined to third; Ashby grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Astros 5.