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Astros 6 @ Cardinals 7
Busch Stadium
May 1, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros, played on May 1, 1979 at Busch Stadium. The home team Cardinals beat the visiting Astros with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 1, 1979 
Visiting Team
Houston Astros
R: 6 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 7 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherDarold Knowles  
Losing PitcherJoe Sambito  
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Game Winning RBIRoger Freed 

Game Info

DateMay 1, 1979 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamHouston Astros 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherJ.R. Richard  
Home Starting PitcherSilvio Martinez  
BallparkBusch Stadium 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance6,349 
Time of Game3 hours 9 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dave Pallone
1B: Bob Freels
2B: Joe Bendekovits
3B: Jim Jones

Houston Astros Lineup 

Name  Position 
Terry Puhl  Right Fielder 
Craig Reynolds  Shortstop 
Cesar Cedeno  Center Fielder 
Jose Cruz  Left Fielder 
Enos Cabell  Third Baseman 
Bob Watson  First Baseman 
Art Howe  Second Baseman 
Alan Ashby  Catcher 
J.R. Richard  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Garry Templeton  Shortstop 
Lou Brock  Left Fielder 
Keith Hernandez  First Baseman 
Ted Simmons  Catcher 
George Hendrick  Right Fielder 
Tony Scott  Center Fielder 
Ken Reitz  Third Baseman 
Mike Tyson  Second Baseman 
Silvio Martinez  Pitcher 
Ken Boyer  Manager 

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Astros 6 @ Cardinals 7
Busch Stadium
May 1, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/1/1979 -- Houston at St.Louis (N)

  Houston            AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Puhl T, rf            6  0  0  0   Templeton G, ss       6  0  2  1   
Reynolds C, ss        5  1  1  1   Brock L, lf           4  0  1  0   
Cedeno C, cf          2  1  1  0   Mumphrey J, lf        1  0  0  0   
Cruz J, lf            4  1  2  1   Freed R, ph           1  1  1  4   
Cabell E, 3b-1b       5  1  1  2   Hernandez K, 1b       5  0  0  0   
Watson B, 1b          4  0  1  0   Simmons T, c          3  2  2  1   
Landestoy R, pr-2b    0  1  0  0   Bruno T, p            0  0  0  0   
Howe A, 2b-3b         5  0  0  0   Knowles D, p          0  0  0  0   
Ashby A, c            3  0  1  0   Hendrick G, rf        5  0  2  1   
Sexton J, pr          0  1  0  0   Scott T, cf           5  1  1  0   
Bochy B, c            2  0  1  1   Reitz K, 3b           5  0  1  0   
Richard J, p          2  0  0  0   Tyson M, 2b           2  0  0  0   
Walling D, ph         1  0  0  0   Iorg D, ph            1  0  0  0   
Andujar J, p          0  0  0  0   Oberkfell K, 2b       0  1  0  0   
Alou J, ph            1  0  0  0   Martinez S, p         3  1  0  0   
Sambito J, p          1  0  1  1   Littell M, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Grieve T, ph          0  0  0  0   
                                   Phillips M, pr        0  0  0  0   
                                   Swisher S, c          0  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  6  9  6                        41  7 10  7

Houston          010 000 020 03 --  6
St.Louis         010 001 100 04 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Houston              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Richard J             7.0  7  3  3  2  4
Andujar J             2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Sambito J (L)         1.2  3  4  4  4  3

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Martinez S            7.2  7  3  3  3  2
Littell M             2.1  0  0  0  0  2
Bruno T               0.2  2  3  3  2  0
Knowles D (W)         0.1  0  0  0  0  0

DP -- Houston 1
LOB -- Houston 7, St.Louis 8
2B -- Cruz J, Hendrick G 2, Cedeno C, Ashby A, Reynolds C, Sambito J
3B -- Templeton G
HR -- Simmons T, Freed R
SB -- Tyson M, Cedeno C 2, Cabell E
CS -- Cabell E
T -- 3:09
A -- 6349

    

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