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Saturday July 24, 1982
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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 1

Game Played on Saturday, July 24, 1982 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1 11  1
Cardinals    0  0  1    4  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  5  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thon ss               4   1   2   0     0   0   .255      Herr 2b               2   0   0   1     1   0   .236
Puhl cf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .258      L. Smith lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .303
Knight 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .315        Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cruz lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .268        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Heep rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .248      Hernandez 1b          1   0   0   0     2   0   .283
Garner 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .258      Hendrick rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .271
Howe 3b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .232      Tenace c              1   1   1   0     2   0   .368
Pujols c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Landrum cf,lf         3   1   1   1     0   2   .274
  Scott ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Ramsey 3b             3   1   1   2     0   0   .289
  LaCoss p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Oberkfell 3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  Walling ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .194      O. Smith ss           2   1   1   1     0   1   .264
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .240
  Spilman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .214        McGee cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .307
Knepper p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .029
  Knicely ph,c        3   0   0   0     0   1   .174

Totals               35   1  11   1     1   4             Totals               23   5   5   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 22,462
Left on Base: Astros 8, Cardinals 5
DP: Astros 2, Cardinals 2
Errors: Howe, Herr
Doubles: Knepper (1), Thon (12), Landrum (3)
Triples: Puhl (6)
Stolen Bases: O. Smith (19), Hernandez (14)
Caught Stealing: Thon (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (7), Landrum (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Herr (4), O. Smith (3)
GIDP: Garner (6), Cruz (6), Ramsey (6), L. Smith (8)
Hit by Pitch: Hernandez (1,by Moffitt), Tenace (2,by Moffitt)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper L(4-11)         4     5   5   4   2   1   0  18   4.67
LaCoss                  2     0   0   0   3   1   0   8   3.42
Moffitt                 2     0   0   0   0   2   0   8   3.51
Totals                  8     5   5   4   5   4   0  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(10-5)          7.1  10   1   1   0   2   0  30   3.91
Kaat                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.15
Sutter                  0.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   3   4.13
Totals                  9    11   1   1   1   4   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Moffitt 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Bill Williams


ASTROS 1ST: Thon singled to center; Thon was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Puhl tripled to left; Knight
struck out; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Herr popped to first; L. Smith flied out to
center; Hernandez walked; Hendrick popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Heep flied out to left; Garner flied out to right;
Howe grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Tenace walked; Landrum was called out on strikes;
Ramsey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Cardinals 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Pujols grounded out (second to first); Knepper
doubled to right; Thon grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: O. Smith singled to third; O. Smith stole second;
Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [O. Smith to
third]; Herr hit a sacrifice fly to center [O. Smith scored]; L.
Smith flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Cardinals 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Knight flied out to center; Cruz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Heep singled to right; Garner singled to
center [Heep to second]; Howe popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez flied out to right; Hendrick singled to
center; Tenace singled to right [Hendrick to third]; Landrum
doubled to left [Tenace to third, Hendrick scored]; Ramsey
singled to left [Tenace scored, Landrum scored, Ramsey to third
(error by Howe)]; O. Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ramsey
scored (unearned)]; Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); 4
R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 5.

ASTROS 5TH: SCOTT BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Scott was called out on
strikes; KNICELY BATTED FOR KNEPPER; Knicely flied out to
center; Thon doubled to left; Puhl singled to left [Thon
scored]; Knight lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: KNICELY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LACOSS
REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Herr walked; L. Smith grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Herr out at second];
Hernandez walked; Hendrick forced Hernandez (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 5.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz singled to second; Heep flied out to left;
Garner grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Tenace walked; Landrum out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Tenace to second]; Ramsey grounded out
(shortstop to first); O. Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 5.

ASTROS 7TH: Howe flied out to left; WALLING BATTED FOR LACOSS;
Walling singled to second [Walling to second (error by Herr)];
Knicely grounded out (shortstop to first) [Walling to third];
Thon popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: MOFFITT REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Forsch
struck out; Herr grounded out (second to first); L. Smith flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 5.

ASTROS 8TH: OBERKFELL REPLACED RAMSEY (PLAYING 3B); Puhl
grounded out (second to first); Knight singled to center; KAAT
REPLACED L. SMITH (PITCHING); MCGEE REPLACED FORSCH (PLAYING
CF); LANDRUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cruz grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Knight out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Hernandez was hit by a pitch; Hernandez stole
second; Hendrick flied out to center; Tenace was hit by a pitch;
Landrum struck out; Oberkfell forced Tenace (third to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 5.

ASTROS 9TH: Heep grounded out (second to first); Garner singled
to left; SUTTER REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Howe walked [Garner to
second]; SPILMAN BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Spilman struck out; Knicely
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 5.



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