May 31, 1988 St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 4
@CAL 3 KCR 6
@CLE 3
(10) CHW 10
@DET 1 MIN 8
TEX 6 NYY 5
@OAK 0 BAL 12
@SEA 5 TOR 9
MIL 0 ATL 11
PIT 1 CHC 4
CIN 0 STL 9
@HOU 7 SFG 9
@MON 2 NYM 5
LAD 4
(11) SDP 8
@PHI 0

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 19,666

Tuesday, May 31, 1988, 7:35
Time of Game: 2:58

Cardinals

26-24

Won 1

3rd, 8½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       1  0  0   5  0  0   2  0  1    9 11  1
Astros          0  2  0   0  2  0   2  0  1    7 12  3

W: L McWilliams (4-0), L: B Knepper (6-1), S: T Worrell (14)

Astros

27-21

Lost 1

2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
V Coleman LF                  5   2   1   0    0   1  .309  .772   15    4   0   
O Smith SS                    4   2   2   3    0   0  .286  .679   13    0   5   HR,SH
W McGee CF                    5   0   1   0    0   1  .295  .694   22    7   0   GDP
T Brunansky RF                4   2   2   2    1   2  .286  .837   22    1   0   HR
T Pena C                      4   1   1   0    1   0  .254  .690   12    5   0   
T Pagnozzi 1B                 5   0   2   2    0   1  .250  .595   18    9   1   
J Oquendo 3B                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .294  .716    9    0   2   
L Alicea 2B                   4   1   1   0    0   0  .221  .614   17    1   2   2B
L McWilliams P                2   1   0   0    0   1  .222  .578    7    0   0   
  B Forsch PH-P               1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  T Worrell P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    2    0   0   
Totals                       39   9  11   7    2   7              141   27  10

BATTING

2B: L Alicea (6, off B Knepper).

HR: O Smith (1, off B Knepper; 4th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); T Brunansky (8, off J Andujar; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

SH: O Smith (3, off B Knepper).

TB: T Brunansky 5; O Smith 5; L Alicea 2; T Pagnozzi 2; T Pena; J Oquendo; W McGee; V Coleman.

GIDP: W McGee (5).

RBI: O Smith 3 (13); T Brunansky 2 (40); T Pagnozzi 2 (5).

2-out RBI: O Smith 3; T Pagnozzi.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 4 for 10.

FIELDING

E: L Alicea (7).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Young CF                    5   1   2   1    0   0  .286  .697   18    1   0   2B,SB
B Hatcher LF                  5   2   2   2    0   0  .295  .720   22    1   0   HR
J Pankovits 2B                5   0   0   0    0   1  .272  .703   20    4   2   
G Davis 1B                    5   0   1   1    0   0  .281  .859   21    6   2   
K Bass RF                     3   1   2   0    0   0  .279  .710   11    3   0   2B
  A Ashby PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .258  .764   10    0   0   
  J Andujar P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  J Agosto P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
R Ramirez SS                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .258  .669   10    2   4   2B
A Trevino C                   3   0   1   2    1   0  .308  .881   12    8   0   2B
C Jackson 3B                  2   0   1   0    0   0  .258  .733    2    0   2   
  D Walling PH-3B             2   0   0   0    0   0  .247  .650    2    0   2   
B Knepper P                   2   0   0   0    0   0  .053  .153    6    1   0   
  J Heathcock P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  T Puhl PH-RF                2   2   2   0    0   0  .233  .632    2    0   0   2B
Totals                       39   7  12   6    1   2              136   27  12

BATTING

2B: K Bass (11, off L McWilliams); A Trevino (4, off L McWilliams); T Puhl (2, off T Worrell); G Young (8, off T Worrell); R Ramirez (8, off L McWilliams).

HR: B Hatcher (2, off L McWilliams; 5th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line).

TB: B Hatcher 5; G Young 3; K Bass 3; T Puhl 3; R Ramirez 2; A Trevino 2; C Jackson; G Davis.

RBI: A Trevino 2 (2); B Hatcher 2 (17); G Davis (41); G Young (14).

2-out RBI: G Davis.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 5 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. R Ramirez-J Pankovits-G Davis.

E: J Pankovits (7); C Jackson (6); G Davis (4).

BASERUNNING

SB: G Young (30, 2nd base off L McWilliams/T Pena).

PITCHING

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
L McWilliams, W (4-0)          5     7   4   4    1   0   1   1.79   23   83-49   30· 7·12   11· 6· 5· 0     36    -     1.01  -0.19
B Forsch, H (2)                1.2   2   2   2    0   0   0   4.63    7   14-12    8· 0· 4    2· 5· 0· 0          0-0    1.14   0.06
T Worrell, S (14)              2.1   3   1   1    0   2   0   2.70   10   31-24   15· 7· 2    3· 3· 2· 0          2-2    1.78   0.04
Totals                         9    12   7   7    1   2   1          40  128-85   53·14·18   16·14· 7· 0          2-2

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Knepper, L (6-1)             6     8   8   2    2   7   1   1.44   30  102-73   51·13· 9   14· 5· 2· 0     41    -     1.10  -0.52
J Heathcock                    1     2   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    5   19-15   12· 0· 3    2· 2· 1· 0          2-2    0.68  -0.05
J Andujar                      1.1   1   1   1    0   0   1   9.00    5   15-9     9· 0· 0    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.38  -0.01
J Agosto                       0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   1.16    2    5-4     3· 0· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.11   0.00
Totals                         9    11   9   3    2   7   2          42  141-101  75·13·13   20· 8· 5· 0          2-2

B Knepper faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: T Worrell (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Joe West.

Time of Game: 2:58.

Attendance: 19,666.

Weather: 70° F, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Houston Astros                       
1. V Coleman            LF    1. G Young              CF 
2. O Smith              SS    2. B Hatcher            LF 
3. W McGee              CF    3. J Pankovits          2B 
4. T Brunansky          RF    4. G Davis              1B 
5. T Pena               C     5. K Bass               RF 
6. T Pagnozzi           1B    6. R Ramirez            SS 
7. J Oquendo            3B    7. A Trevino            C  
8. L Alicea             2B    8. C Jackson            3B 
9. L McWilliams         P     9. B Knepper            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   2  2-3  1-3  3   25%  89% O Smith         B Knepper       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); McWilliams Scores/unER; Coleman Scores/unER; Smith Scores/unER
   t 4   2  2-1  -23  3   24%  62% L McWilliams    B Knepper       Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); Pena Scores/No RBI/unER; Alicea Scores/No RBI/unER; McWilliams to 1B
   b 2   1  1-0  -23  3  -16%  31% A Trevino       L McWilliams    Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Bass Scores; Ramirez Scores; Trevino to 2B
   b 5   0  6-2  -2-  7  -11%  75% B Hatcher       L McWilliams    Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Young Scores
   t 1   2  0-0  123  3   11%  64% T Pagnozzi      B Knepper       Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Coleman Scores/unER; Brunansky to 3B; Pena to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Knepper facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   54%  V Coleman       Reached on E3 (catch) (Ground Ball to SS)
          1--  1   60%  O Smith         Reached on E4/Sacrifice Bunt (Bunt to Weak 1B); Coleman to 2B; Smith to 1B
   OO     12-  5   49%  W McGee         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Coleman to 3B
          --3  6   50%  T Brunansky     Walk
          1-3  4   53%  T Pena          Walk; Brunansky to 2B
   R      123  3   64%  T Pagnozzi      Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Coleman Scores/unER; Brunansky to 3B; Pena to 2B
   O      123  1   57%  J Oquendo       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Larry McWilliams facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   59%  G Young         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   61%  B Hatcher       Lineout: LF
   O      ---  4   62%  J Pankovits     Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Bob Knepper facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   60%  L Alicea        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   59%  L McWilliams    Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   58%  V Coleman       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Larry McWilliams facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   60%  G Davis         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   57%  K Bass          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--  3   47%  R Ramirez       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Bass to 3B; Ramirez to 2B
   RR     -23  3   31%  A Trevino       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Bass Scores; Ramirez Scores; Trevino to 2B
   O      -2-  1   34%  C Jackson       Groundout: 2B-1B; Trevino to 3B
   O      --3  3   37%  B Knepper       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, Bob Knepper facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   35%  O Smith         Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  2   33%  W McGee         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   32%  T Brunansky     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 2-1, Larry McWilliams facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   34%  G Young         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   35%  B Hatcher       Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  5   36%  J Pankovits     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, Bob Knepper facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   41%  T Pena          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  8   36%  T Pagnozzi      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   33%  J Oquendo       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          1--  1   38%  L Alicea        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Pena to 3B; Alicea to 2B
   RR     -23  3   62%  L McWilliams    Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); Pena Scores/No RBI/unER; Alicea Scores/No RBI/unER; McWilliams to 1B
          1--  2   65%  V Coleman       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); McWilliams to 3B
   RRR    1-3  3   89%  O Smith         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); McWilliams Scores/unER; Coleman Scores/unER; Smith Scores/unER
   O      ---  6   89%  W McGee         Strikeout Swinging
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-6, Larry McWilliams facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   91%  G Davis         Popfly: 2B (Short RF Line)
          ---  5   88%  K Bass          Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      -2-  3   90%  R Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B
          -2-  6   89%  A Trevino       Walk
          12-  1   86%  C Jackson       Single to SS (Ground Ball); Bass to 3B; Trevino to 2B; Jackson to 1B
   O      123  3   92%  B Knepper       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 2.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-2, Bob Knepper facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  9   91%  T Brunansky     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   91%  T Pena          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   91%  T Pagnozzi      Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 2-6, Larry McWilliams facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   88%  G Young         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      86%  B Hatcher       Young Steals 2B
   RR     -2-  7   75%  " "             Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Young Scores
   O      ---  4   78%  J Pankovits     Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   80%  G Davis         Lineout: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   81%  K Bass          Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 4.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-4, Bob Knepper facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   83%  J Oquendo       Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   81%  L Alicea        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  Bob Forsch pinch hits for Larry McWilliams batting 9th
   O      1--  4   79%  B Forsch        Strikeout (foul bunt)
   O      1--  3   78%  V Coleman       Groundout: 2B unassisted (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-6, Bob Forsch facing 6-7-8
                  Bob Forsch moves to P
   O      ---  3   81%  R Ramirez       Popfly: C (Front of Home)
   O      ---  1   83%  A Trevino       Flyball: CF
                  Denny Walling pinch hits for Chuck Jackson batting 8th
   O      ---  1   84%  D Walling       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 4.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-4, Bob Knepper facing 2-3-4
                  Denny Walling moves to 3B
          ---  2   86%  O Smith         Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
          1--  3   89%  W McGee         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Smith to 2B
                  Jeff Heathcock replaces Bob Knepper pitching and batting 9th
   R      12-  2   96%  T Brunansky     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Smith Scores; McGee to 3B
   O      1-3  1   93%  T Pena          Fielder's Choice 3B; McGee out at Hm/3B-C; Brunansky to 2B
   R      12-  2   96%  T Pagnozzi      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Brunansky Scores; Pena to 2B
   O      12-  6   96%  J Oquendo       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF); Pena to 3B
   O      1-3  8   95%  L Alicea        Flyball: RF (RF Line)
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-8, Bob Forsch facing 9-1-2
                  Terry Puhl pinch hits for Jeff Heathcock batting 9th
          ---  1   92%  T Puhl          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  2   95%  G Young         Flyball: LF (LF Line)
          1--  3   92%  B Hatcher       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Puhl to 2B
   O      12-  3   95%  J Pankovits     Flyball: CF
                  Todd Worrell replaces Bob Forsch pitching and batting 9th
   R      12-  4   90%  G Davis         Single to CF (Line Drive); Puhl Scores; Hatcher to 3B
                  Alan Ashby pinch hits for Kevin Bass batting 5th
   R      1-3      84%  A Ashby         Wild Pitch; Hatcher Scores/No RBI; Davis to 2B
   O      -2-  6   89%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 6.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-6, Joaquin Andujar facing 9-1-2
                  Joaquin Andujar replaces Alan Ashby pitching and batting 5th; Terry Puhl moves to RF
   O      ---  2   88%  T Worrell       Lineout: CF
   O      ---  3   87%  V Coleman       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   87%  O Smith         Lineout: SS (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 6-8, Todd Worrell facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   90%  R Ramirez       Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   93%  A Trevino       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   94%  D Walling       Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Astros 6.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-6, Joaquin Andujar facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   93%  W McGee         Groundout: 1B-P
   R      ---  1   97%  T Brunansky     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
                  Juan Agosto replaces Joaquin Andujar pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  3   97%  T Pena          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   97%  T Pagnozzi      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Astros 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 6-9, Todd Worrell facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   92%  T Puhl          Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   R      -2-  4   83%  G Young         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Puhl Scores
   O      -2-  1   91%  B Hatcher       Reached on E4 (throw) (Ground Ball); Young out at Hm/1B-C; Hatcher to 1B
   O      1--  4   96%  J Pankovits     Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  7  100%  G Davis         Foul Popfly: C (3B-C Foul)
        1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Astros 7.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation