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Astrodome, Attendance: 21,697 |
Friday, July 31, 1970, 7:30PM Time of Game: 2:39 |
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Cardinals
5
45-58
Won 2
5th, 11 GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 7 0
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 3
W: Steve Carlton (6-14), L: Ron Cook (2-1) |
Astros
1
46-57
Lost 3
5th, 24½ GB
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St.Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details L Brock LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 .304 .774 2 0 2·SB,IW J Javier 2B 4 1 3 1 1 0 .254 .596 2 4 SB,CS C Taylor RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 .245 .735 2 0 GDP L Lee RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228 .619 1 0 D Allen 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 .285 .958 7 0 J Torre C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .306 .840 9 0 GDP J Cardenal CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 .808 1 0 M Shannon 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .189 .528 1 3 2B D Maxvill SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .202 .525 2 3 S Carlton P 3 0 1 1 1 1 .250 .573 0 0 Totals 34 5 7 0 5 3 27 10
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details J Alou RF 3 0 2 0 2 0 .298 .719 1 0 IW J Morgan 2B 5 0 2 0 0 1 .278 .808 7 3 J Wynn LF 3 0 1 0 2 0 .287 .916 1 0 B Watson 1B 5 1 1 0 0 1 .260 .721 8 0 GDP D Menke SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .799 2 6 D Rader 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .244 .756 1 2 C Cedeno CF 3 0 0 0 0 3 .255 .691 2 0 N Miller CF 1 0 1 1 0 0 .266 .721 1 0 J Edwards C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .556 4 1 R Cook P 2 0 0 0 0 2 .300 .864 0 2 SH J Ray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .526 0 0 F Gladding P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 M Martinez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .527 0 0 Totals 34 1 9 0 5 9 27 14
St.Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA S Carlton, W (6-14) 9 9 1 1 5 9 0 4.10 40 - · · 9· 8· 0· 9 69 - 1.11 0.46 Totals 9 9 1 1 5 9 0 40 - · · 9· 8· 0· 9 -
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA R Cook, L (2-1) 7.2 4 4 4 3 2 0 3.39 30 - · · 13· 8· 0· 4 54 - 1.34 0.17 J Ray 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.93 2 - · · 0· 0· 0· 1 3-3 1.27 -0.20 F Gladding 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.59 7 - · · 1· 2· 0· 2 2-0 0.21 -0.01 Totals 9 7 5 5 5 3 0 39 - · · 14·10· 0· 7 5-3
St.Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Lou Brock LF 1. Jesus Alou RF 2. Julian Javier 2B 2. Joe Morgan 2B 3. Carl Taylor RF 3. Jimmy Wynn LF 4. Dick Allen 1B 4. Bob Watson 1B 5. Joe Torre C 5. Denis Menke SS 6. Jose Cardenal CF 6. Doug Rader 3B 7. Mike Shannon 3B 7. Cesar Cedeno CF 8. Dal Maxvill SS 8. Johnny Edwards C 9. Steve Carlton P 9. Ron Cook P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| t8 | 1 | -2- | R | 21% | 75% | 0-0 | STL | S. Carlton | R. Cook | Single to LF; Shannon Scores | |
| t8 | 2 | 123 | RR | 16% | 94% | 1-0 | STL | D. Allen | J. Ray | Single to CF; Brock Scores; Javier Scores; Taylor to 3B; Allen to 2B/Adv on throw | |
| t1 | 1 | 123 | OO | -15% | 45% | 0-0 | STL | J. Torre | R. Cook | Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B | |
| t8 | 0 | --- | 13% | 63% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | R. Cook | Double to CF | ||
| t8 | 0 | -2- | O | -9% | 54% | 0-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | R. Cook | Groundout: SS-1B |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | 3% | 53% | 0-0 | STL | L. Brock | R. Cook | Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Brock to 1B | ||
| t1 | 0 | 1-- | 3% | 56% | 0-0 | STL | J. Javier | R. Cook | Brock Steals 2B | ||
| t1 | 0 | -2- | 3% | 59% | 0-0 | STL | J. Javier | R. Cook | Wild Pitch; Brock to 3B | ||
| t1 | 0 | --3 | 3% | 63% | 0-0 | STL | J. Javier | R. Cook | Walk | ||
| t1 | 0 | 1-3 | 4% | 66% | 0-0 | STL | C. Taylor | R. Cook | Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); Brock stays at 3B; Javier to 2B; Taylor to 1B | ||
| t1 | 0 | 123 | O | -6% | 60% | 0-0 | STL | D. Allen | R. Cook | Popfly: 2B | |
| t1 | 1 | 123 | OO | -15% | 45% | 0-0 | STL | J. Torre | R. Cook | Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | -4% | 42% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Alou | S. Carlton | Walk | ||
| b1 | 0 | 1-- | O | 3% | 45% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Morgan | S. Carlton | Flyball: RF | |
| b1 | 1 | 1-- | -3% | 42% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Wynn | S. Carlton | Walk; Alou to 2B | ||
| b1 | 1 | 12- | OO | 8% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | B. Watson | S. Carlton | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 48% | 0-0 | STL | J. Cardenal | R. Cook | Flyball: CF | |
| t2 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 46% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | R. Cook | Flyball: RF | |
| t2 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 45% | 0-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | R. Cook | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 47% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Menke | S. Carlton | Flyball: LF | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Rader | S. Carlton | Strikeout | |
| b2 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Cedeno | S. Carlton | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | STL | S. Carlton | R. Cook | Walk | ||
| t3 | 0 | 1-- | 6% | 60% | 0-0 | STL | L. Brock | R. Cook | Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Carlton to 2B; Brock to 1B | ||
| t3 | 0 | 12- | O | -3% | 58% | 0-0 | STL | J. Javier | R. Cook | Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Carlton to 3B | |
| t3 | 1 | 1-3 | O | -9% | 49% | 0-0 | STL | C. Taylor | R. Cook | Javier Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B) | |
| t3 | 2 | --3 | O | -4% | 45% | 0-0 | STL | C. Taylor | R. Cook | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 47% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Edwards | S. Carlton | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | HOU | R. Cook | S. Carlton | Strikeout | |
| b3 | 2 | --- | -1% | 47% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Alou | S. Carlton | Single to 3B | ||
| b3 | 2 | 1-- | O | 3% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Morgan | S. Carlton | Popfly: SS | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | D. Allen | R. Cook | Foul Flyball: C | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 45% | 0-0 | STL | J. Torre | R. Cook | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 44% | 0-0 | STL | J. Cardenal | R. Cook | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | -4% | 40% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Wynn | S. Carlton | Walk | ||
| b4 | 0 | 1-- | -3% | 37% | 0-0 | HOU | B. Watson | S. Carlton | Balk; Wynn to 2B | ||
| b4 | 0 | -2- | O | 5% | 42% | 0-0 | HOU | B. Watson | S. Carlton | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| b4 | 1 | -2- | O | 4% | 45% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Menke | S. Carlton | Flyball: CF; Wynn to 3B | |
| b4 | 2 | --3 | -1% | 44% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Rader | S. Carlton | Walk | ||
| b4 | 2 | 1-3 | O | 6% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Cedeno | S. Carlton | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | R. Cook | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 45% | 0-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | R. Cook | Popfly: 2B | |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 44% | 0-0 | STL | S. Carlton | R. Cook | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 46% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Edwards | S. Carlton | Strikeout | |
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | HOU | R. Cook | S. Carlton | Strikeout | |
| b5 | 2 | --- | -2% | 47% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Alou | S. Carlton | Single to CF | ||
| b5 | 2 | 1-- | -4% | 43% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Morgan | S. Carlton | Single to CF; Alou to 3B | ||
| b5 | 2 | 1-3 | O | 7% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Wynn | S. Carlton | Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | L. Brock | R. Cook | Groundout: P-1B | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | 4% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | J. Javier | R. Cook | Single to LF | ||
| t6 | 1 | 1-- | OO | -8% | 43% | 0-0 | STL | C. Taylor | R. Cook | Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 46% | 0-0 | HOU | B. Watson | S. Carlton | Flyball: RF | |
| b6 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 48% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Menke | S. Carlton | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| b6 | 2 | --- | O | 2% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Rader | S. Carlton | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | -4% | 46% | 0-0 | STL | D. Allen | R. Cook | Popfly: 2B | |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | -3% | 43% | 0-0 | STL | J. Torre | R. Cook | Flyball: CF | |
| t7 | 2 | --- | O | -2% | 41% | 0-0 | STL | J. Cardenal | R. Cook | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | 4% | 45% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Cedeno | S. Carlton | Strikeout | |
| b7 | 1 | --- | -4% | 41% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Edwards | S. Carlton | Single to CF | ||
| b7 | 1 | 1-- | O | 2% | 44% | 0-0 | HOU | R. Cook | S. Carlton | Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; Edwards to 2B | |
| b7 | 2 | -2- | -1% | 43% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Alou | S. Carlton | Intentional Walk | ||
| b7 | 2 | 12- | O | 7% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Morgan | S. Carlton | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Ron Cook facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| Norm Miller replaces Cesar Cedeno playing CF batting 7th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | 13% | 63% | 0-0 | STL | M. Shannon | R. Cook | Double to CF | ||
| t8 | 0 | -2- | O | -9% | 54% | 0-0 | STL | D. Maxvill | R. Cook | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t8 | 1 | -2- | R | 21% | 75% | 0-0 | STL | S. Carlton | R. Cook | Single to LF; Shannon Scores | |
| t8 | 1 | 1-- | O | -3% | 73% | 1-0 | STL | L. Brock | R. Cook | Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B | |
| t8 | 2 | 1-- | 2% | 75% | 1-0 | STL | J. Javier | R. Cook | Single to LF; Brock to 2B | ||
| t8 | 2 | 12- | 2% | 76% | 1-0 | STL | C. Taylor | R. Cook | Brock Steals 3B; Javier Steals 2B | ||
| t8 | 2 | -23 | 1% | 77% | 1-0 | STL | C. Taylor | R. Cook | Walk | ||
| Jim Ray replaces Ron Cook pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 2 | 123 | RR | 16% | 94% | 1-0 | STL | D. Allen | J. Ray | Single to CF; Brock Scores; Javier Scores; Taylor to 3B; Allen to 2B/Adv on throw | |
| t8 | 2 | -23 | R | 3% | 96% | 3-0 | STL | J. Torre | J. Ray | Wild Pitch; Taylor Scores; Allen stays at 2B | |
| t8 | 2 | -2- | 0% | 97% | 4-0 | STL | J. Torre | J. Ray | Walk | ||
| Fred Gladding replaces Jim Ray pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 2 | 12- | O | -1% | 96% | 4-0 | STL | J. Cardenal | F. Gladding | Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B | |
| 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-4, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| Leron Lee replaces Carl Taylor playing RF batting 3rd | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | 1% | 97% | 0-4 | HOU | J. Wynn | S. Carlton | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b8 | 1 | --- | -2% | 96% | 0-4 | HOU | B. Watson | S. Carlton | Single to CF | ||
| b8 | 1 | 1-- | O | 2% | 98% | 0-4 | HOU | D. Menke | S. Carlton | Flyball: LF | |
| b8 | 2 | 1-- | -1% | 96% | 0-4 | HOU | D. Rader | S. Carlton | Single to LF; Watson to 2B | ||
| b8 | 2 | 12- | R | -5% | 92% | 0-4 | HOU | N. Miller | S. Carlton | Single to LF; Watson Scores; Rader to 3B | |
| b8 | 2 | 1-3 | O | 5% | 97% | 1-4 | HOU | J. Edwards | S. Carlton | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-1, Astros' Fred Gladding facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 97% | 4-1 | STL | M. Shannon | F. Gladding | Flyball: CF | |
| t9 | 1 | --- | 0% | 97% | 4-1 | STL | D. Maxvill | F. Gladding | Single to RF | ||
| t9 | 1 | 1-- | 0% | 97% | 4-1 | STL | S. Carlton | F. Gladding | Wild Pitch; Maxvill to 2B | ||
| t9 | 1 | -2- | O | -0% | 97% | 4-1 | STL | S. Carlton | F. Gladding | Popfly: 3B | |
| t9 | 2 | -2- | 0% | 97% | 4-1 | STL | L. Brock | F. Gladding | Intentional Walk | ||
| t9 | 2 | 12- | R | 2% | 99% | 4-1 | STL | J. Javier | F. Gladding | Single to CF; Maxvill Scores; Brock to 2B | |
| t9 | 2 | 12- | O | -0% | 98% | 5-1 | STL | L. Lee | F. Gladding | Strikeout Looking | |
| 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-5, Cardinals' Steve Carlton facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Marty Martinez pinch hits for Fred Gladding (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | O | 1% | 99% | 1-5 | HOU | M. Martinez | S. Carlton | Flyball: RF | |
| b9 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 100% | 1-5 | HOU | J. Alou | S. Carlton | Popfly: 3B | |
| b9 | 2 | --- | -0% | 100% | 1-5 | HOU | J. Morgan | S. Carlton | Single to RF | ||
| b9 | 2 | 1-- | -1% | 99% | 1-5 | HOU | J. Wynn | S. Carlton | Single to LF; Morgan to 3B | ||
| b9 | 2 | 1-3 | O | 1% | 100% | 1-5 | HOU | B. Watson | S. Carlton | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. | |||||||||||
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