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In a ragged affair reminiscent of married men playing against single men at a company picnic, the Cardinals outlasted the Astros, 15-12. The Redbirds trailed, 9-7, going into the bottom of the sixth inning but went ahead to stay on run-scoring singles by Garry Templeton, Tony Scott and George Hendrick. They put the game on ice with a five-run seventh on a two-run pinch-double by Sixto Lezcano, run-scoring triple by Templeton, RBI fielder's choice grounder by Scott and run-scoring single by Keith Hernandez. [The Sporting News] St. Louis Cardinals 15, Houston Astros 12Game Played on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIAstros 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 - 12 16 2 Cardinals 0 0 2 5 0 3 5 0 x - 15 18 4 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Puhl cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .258 Templeton ss 5 3 3 4 0 0 .271 Garcia ss 6 3 1 0 0 1 .255 Scott cf 5 2 3 4 0 0 .289 Woods rf 5 1 2 2 0 2 .119 Hernandez 1b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .319 Cruz lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .271 Hendrick rf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .283 Howe 3b 3 2 3 2 2 0 .370 Iorg lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Roberts 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .222 Landrum lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Pujols c 5 1 1 2 0 0 .182 Oberkfell 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .295 Landestoy 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .149 Tenace c 4 2 1 0 1 1 .220 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Herr 2b 5 3 3 1 0 0 .262 Sutton p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Shirley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Sprowl p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Otten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andujar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Braun ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 Pittman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Kaat p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 D. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lezcano ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .270 Thon 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Edelen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Reynolds ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Sutter p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 42 12 16 10 3 4 Totals 42 15 18 15 2 4 Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 14,585 Left on Base: Astros 9, Cardinals 6 DP: Astros 0, Cardinals 1 Errors: Roberts, Pujols, Templeton, Oberkfell 2, Kaat Doubles: Howe (10), Landestoy (1), Woods 2 (2), Puhl (7), Cruz (6), Tenace (5), Herr (4), Lezcano (4) Triples: Pujols (1), Reynolds (6), Templeton (6) Stolen Bases: Pujols (1), Landestoy (3), Puhl (9), Scott (8) Caught Stealing: Cruz (5) Sacrifice Hits: Woods (2), Otten (1) Sacrifice Flies: Roberts (1), Puhl (3) GIDP: Pujols (1) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton 3.2 8 7 7 1 2 0 20 3.88 Sprowl L(0-1) 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 10 4.86 Andujar 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.09 D. Smith 1 5 5 5 1 1 0 10 6.18 Sambito 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.42 Totals 8 18 15 15 2 4 0 45 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Shirley 2 5 4 2 0 2 0 13 3.93 Otten 2 5 3 3 1 0 0 11 5.19 Kaat W(2-0) 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 15 2.12 Edelen 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 10.45 Sutter 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 6 3.04 Totals 9 16 12 8 3 4 0 48 Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli ASTROS 1ST: Puhl popped to third; Garcia flied to left; Woods was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (third to first); Scott grounded out (second to first); Hernandez flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Howe doubled to center; Roberts reached on an error by Oberkfell [Howe to third]; Pujols tripled to center [Howe scored, Roberts scored (unearned)]; Pujols stole home; Landestoy doubled to left; Landestoy stole third; Sutton struck out; Puhl flied to left; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg grounded out (first to pitcher); Oberkfell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 3RD: Garcia reached on an error by Templeton; Woods doubled to right [Garcia to third]; Cruz singled to right [Garcia scored (unearned), Woods to third, Cruz to second (on throw to home)]; OTTEN REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING); Howe was walked intentionally; Roberts forced Woods (first to catcher) [Cruz to third, Howe to second]; Pujols forced Cruz (third to catcher) [Howe to third, Roberts to second]; Landestoy grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tenace doubled to left; Herr singled to right [Tenace scored]; Otten out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Herr to second]; Templeton grounded out (first unassisted) [Herr to third]; Scott singled to center [Herr scored]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 4TH: Sutton grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Puhl singled to third; Puhl stole second; Garcia singled to second [Puhl to third]; Woods doubled to right [Puhl scored, Garcia scored]; Cruz singled to center [Woods scored]; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Howe singled to left; Roberts grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick singled to right; Iorg singled to right [Hendrick to second]; Oberkfell singled to left [Hendrick scored, Iorg to second]; Tenace was called out on strikes; Herr flied to center; BRAUN BATTED FOR OTTEN; Braun walked [Iorg to third, Oberkfell to second]; Templeton singled to center [Iorg scored, Oberkfell scored, Braun to third]; Scott singled to right [Braun scored, Templeton to third]; SPROWL REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Hernandez singled to right [Templeton scored, Scott to second]; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Cardinals 7. ASTROS 5TH: KAAT REPLACED BRAUN (PITCHING); LANDRUM REPLACED IORG (PLAYING LF); Pujols popped to first; Landestoy grounded out (pitcher to first); Sprowl flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 5TH: Landrum grounded out (shortstop to first); Oberkfell grounded out (third to first); Tenace flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Cardinals 7. ASTROS 6TH: Puhl doubled to right; Garcia reached on an error by Oberkfell; Woods reached on an error by Kaat on a sacrifice bunt [Puhl to third, Garcia to second]; Cruz popped to second; Howe walked [Puhl scored (unearned), Garcia to third, Woods to second]; Roberts hit a sacrifice fly to left [Garcia scored (unearned)]; Pujols forced Howe (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Astros 9, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 6TH: Herr doubled to left; Kaat grounded out (shortstop to first); Templeton singled to center [Herr scored, Templeton to third (error by Roberts)]; Scott singled to center [Templeton scored]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Scott to second]; ANDUJAR REPLACED SPROWL (PITCHING); Hendrick singled to left [Scott scored]; Landrum flied to center; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 9, Cardinals 10. ASTROS 7TH: Landestoy walked; PITTMAN BATTED FOR ANDUJAR; Pittman singled to right [Landestoy to second]; Puhl forced Landestoy (third to shortstop) [Pittman to second]; Garcia flied to right; Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 9, Cardinals 10. CARDINALS 7TH: D. SMITH REPLACED PITTMAN (PITCHING); Oberkfell grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace walked; Herr singled to right [Tenace to second]; LEZCANO BATTED FOR KAAT; Lezcano doubled to right [Tenace scored, Herr scored]; Templeton tripled to right [Lezcano scored]; Scott reached on a fielder's choice [Templeton scored]; Scott stole second [Scott to third (error by Pujols)]; Hernandez singled to center [Scott scored]; Hendrick singled to center [Hernandez to third]; Landrum struck out; Oberkfell forced Hendrick (second to shortstop); 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 9, Cardinals 15. ASTROS 8TH: EDELEN REPLACED LEZCANO (PITCHING); Cruz doubled to right; Howe singled to center [Cruz scored]; Roberts singled to center [Howe to third]; SUTTER REPLACED EDELEN (PITCHING); Pujols grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Howe scored (no RBI), Roberts out at second]; Landestoy grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 11, Cardinals 15. CARDINALS 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED LANDESTOY (PITCHING); THON REPLACED D. SMITH (PLAYING 2B); Tenace popped to shortstop; Herr flied to center; Sutter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 11, Cardinals 15. ASTROS 9TH: REYNOLDS BATTED FOR THON; Reynolds tripled to center; Puhl hit a sacrifice fly to right [Reynolds scored]; Garcia struck out; Woods struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 12, Cardinals 15. |
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