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Astros 4 @ Cardinals 2
Busch Stadium
May 3, 1980

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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 3, 1980 at Busch Stadium. The home team Cardinals were bested by the visiting Astros with a score of 4 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 3, 1980 
Visiting Team
Houston Astros
R: 4 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 2 H: 4 E: 0 LOB: 1
Runs: 2
Hits: 4
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 1
Winning PitcherVern Ruhle  
Losing PitcherSilvio Martinez  
SaveJoe Sambito  
Game Winning RBIAlan Ashby 

Game Info

DateMay 3, 1980 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamHouston Astros 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherVern Ruhle  
Home Starting PitcherSilvio Martinez  
BallparkBusch Stadium 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance23,292 
Time of Game2 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Pulli
1B: Dutch Rennert
2B: Steve Fields
3B: Ed Montague

Houston Astros Lineup 

Name  Position 
Terry Puhl  Right Fielder 
Craig Reynolds  Shortstop 
Denny Walling  First Baseman 
Joe Morgan  Second Baseman 
Jose Cruz  Left Fielder 
Enos Cabell  Third Baseman 
Cesar Cedeno  Center Fielder 
Alan Ashby  Catcher 
Vern Ruhle  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

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

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Astros 4 @ Cardinals 2
Busch Stadium
May 3, 1980

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/3/1980 -- Houston at St.Louis (N)

  Houston            AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Puhl T, rf            4  0  2  1   Templeton G, ss       4  0  1  0   
Reynolds C, ss        4  0  0  0   Oberkfell K, 2b       3  0  1  0   
Walling D, 1b         2  1  0  0   Hernandez K, 1b       4  0  0  0   
Morgan J, 2b          3  0  0  0   Simmons T, c          3  1  1  0   
Cruz J, lf            4  0  2  1   Bonds B, lf           3  0  0  0   
Cabell E, 3b          4  0  0  0   Hendrick G, rf        3  1  1  2   
Cedeno C, cf          3  2  1  0   Reitz K, 3b           3  0  0  0   
Ashby A, c            4  1  1  1   Scott T, cf           3  0  0  0   
Ruhle V, p            4  0  2  1   Martinez S, p         1  0  0  0   
Sambito J, p          0  0  0  0   Moore D, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Carbo B, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Borbon P, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Iorg D, ph            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  4  8  4                        29  2  4  2

Houston          020 110 000 --  4
St.Louis         000 000 020 --  2

  Houston              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ruhle V (W)           8.2  4  2  2  1  4
Sambito J (S)         0.1  0  0  0  0  0

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Martinez S (L)        3.2  4  3  3  5  0
Moore D               2.1  2  1  1  1  0
Borbon P              3.0  2  0  0  1  1

DP -- Houston 2
LOB -- Houston 9, St.Louis 1
2B -- Ashby A, Ruhle V, Oberkfell K
HR -- Hendrick G
SB -- Cedeno C 2
CS -- Cruz J
SH -- Reynolds C
Balk -- Moore D
T -- 2:10
A -- 23292

    

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