September 23, 1995 St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 5
TOR 0 TOR 8
@BOS 6 CLE 7
@KCR 3 BAL 9
@MIL 3 CHW 14
@MIN 4 NYY 5
DET 2 NYY 3
DET 1 SEA 7
OAK 0 TEX 5
CAL 1 MON 5
@ATL 2 CHC 8
PIT 5 FLA 4
NYM 3 HOU 7
STL 3 LAD 4
SDP 2 PHI 3
CIN 2
(13) SFG 2
COL 0

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 23,669

Saturday, September 23, 1995, 7:05
Time of Game: 2:38

Cardinals

60-76

Lost 1

4th, 21 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       1  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  2    3 10  2
Astros          2  0  0   0  3  0   0  2  X    7  8  0

W: D Wall (3-1), L: M Petkovsek (6-6)

Astros

71-65

Won 1

2nd, 10 GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Gilkey LF                   5   1   2   2    0   1  .302  .849   12    1   0   2B
T Cromer SS                   4   0   2   0    0   1  .219  .565   14    1   3   
  T Bradshaw PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .242  .598    4    0   0   
R Lankford CF                 4   0   0   0    0   1  .278  .877   13    1   0   
B Jordan RF                   3   0   1   1    0   0  .298  .832   12    0   0   SF
J Mabry 1B                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .307  .748   20   13   0   
D Bell 2B                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .252  .677   15    2   7   
S Cooper 3B                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .230  .630   14    0   1   
D Sheaffer C                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .229  .661   11    6   0   
M Petkovsek P                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .081  .267    6    0   1   
  D Creek P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Frascatore P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .125         0   0   
  R Giannelli PH              0   0   0   0    1   0  .333  .933    6    0   0   
  T Urbani P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .316  .935         0   0   
  T Mathews P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  T Fossas P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Sweeney PH                1   1   1   0    0   0  .294  .784    1    0   0   
Totals                       36   3  10   3    1   6              128   24  12

BATTING

2B: B Gilkey (32, off M Henneman).

SF: B Jordan (2, off D Wall).

TB: B Gilkey 3; S Cooper 2; T Cromer 2; M Sweeney; J Mabry; D Bell; B Jordan.

RBI: B Gilkey 2 (67); B Jordan (78).

2-out RBI: B Gilkey 2.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 1 for 8.

FIELDING

E: S Cooper (18); B Jordan (1).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Cangelosi CF                4   1   1   0    1   2  .326  .872   23    4   0   3B
C Biggio 2B                   3   2   1   1    2   1  .293  .873   22    4   1   SB
J Bagwell 1B                  5   2   2   1    0   0  .280  .869   28    6   1   2B
D May LF                      4   0   0   1    1   1  .269  .726   16    2   0   
D Magadan 3B                  3   0   1   2    0   0  .311  .820   21    1   4   SF
M Thompson RF                 3   0   2   0    0   1  .218  .605    8    2   0   2·2B
  J Mouton PH-RF              1   0   0   0    0   0  .264  .697    2    0   0   
R Wilkins C                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .194  .646   23    6   0   
R Gutierrez SS                3   1   0   0    1   0  .274  .604   11    0   1   IW
D Wall P                      2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    7    2   1   
  D Hajek PH                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .333    5    0   0   SB
  D Veres P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Simms PH                  1   1   1   2    0   0  .271  .903    8    0   0   HR
  M Henneman P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       33   7   8   7    6   6              174   27   8

BATTING

2B: J Bagwell (25, off M Petkovsek); M Thompson 2 (9, 2 off M Petkovsek).

3B: J Cangelosi (2, off M Petkovsek).

HR: M Simms (9, off T Mathews; 8th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

SF: D Magadan (2, off M Petkovsek).

IBB: R Gutierrez (1, by M Petkovsek).

TB: M Thompson 4; M Simms 4; J Bagwell 3; J Cangelosi 3; C Biggio; D Magadan.

RBI: D Magadan 2 (46); M Simms 2 (24); D May (45); J Bagwell (82); C Biggio (71).

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 12.

BASERUNNING

SB: C Biggio (30, 2nd base off M Petkovsek/D Sheaffer); D Hajek (1, 2nd base off J Frascatore/D Sheaffer).

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
M Petkovsek, L (6-6)           4.2   7   5   5    2   4   0   3.92   24   95-53   25· 8·20   14· 1· 3· 0     32    -     0.94  -0.25
D Creek                        1     0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    4   19-9     3· 3· 3    0· 2· 0· 0          1-0    0.24   0.01
J Frascatore                   0.1   0   0   0    1   0   0   4.60    2    7-2     1· 1· 0    0· 0· 1· 0          1-0    0.28   0.00
T Urbani                       1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.70    3   15-11    6· 1· 4    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.10   0.01
T Mathews                      0.2   1   2   1    2   0   1   1.63    6   30-16    9· 3· 4    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.04  -0.01
T Fossas                       0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   1.50    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.02   0.00
Totals                         8     8   7   6    6   6   1          40  167-92   45·16·31   19· 5· 4· 0          4-0

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Wall, W (3-1)                6     6   1   1    0   2   0   4.09   24   81-56   36· 4·16   11· 6· 5· 0     58    -     1.11   0.21
D Veres                        2     1   0   0    1   2   0   2.33    8   29-16    9· 2· 5    4· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.38   0.05
M Henneman                     1     3   2   2    0   2   0   1.93    6   18-14    5· 3· 6    1· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.07   0.00
Totals                         9    10   3   3    1   6   0          38  128-86   50· 9·27   16· 8· 7· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: M Petkovsek (3; R Gutierrez).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bob Davidson, 1B - Larry Poncino, 2B - Steve Rippley, 3B - Jim Quick.

Time of Game: 2:38.

Attendance: 23,669.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Houston Astros                       
1. B Gilkey             LF    1. J Cangelosi          CF 
2. T Cromer             SS    2. C Biggio             2B 
3. R Lankford           CF    3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. B Jordan             RF    4. D May                LF 
5. J Mabry              1B    5. D Magadan            3B 
6. D Bell               2B    6. M Thompson           RF 
7. S Cooper             3B    7. R Wilkins            C  
8. D Sheaffer           C     8. R Gutierrez          SS 
9. M Petkovsek          P     9. D Wall               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   1  1-1  12-  5   14%  72% D Magadan       M Petkovsek     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Bagwell Scores; May to 3B; Magadan to 2B/Adv on E9 (throw)
   b 5   0  1-2  ---  4    9%  81% J Cangelosi     M Petkovsek     Triple to LF (Line Drive)
   b 1   1  1-0  -2-  6    9%  55% J Bagwell       M Petkovsek     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Biggio Scores
   t 2   1  2-1  1-3  3    7%  61% M Petkovsek     D Wall          Bunt Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
   b 1   1  1-2  -23  4   -7%  66% M Thompson      M Petkovsek     Strikeout Looking

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Donne Wall facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   46%  B Gilkey        Single to SS (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--  3   41%  T Cromer        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Gilkey to 2B
   O      12-  3   41%  R Lankford      Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B); Gilkey to 3B; Cromer to 2B
   RO     -23  5   41%  B Jordan        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Gilkey Scores
   O      -2- 10   44%  J Mabry         Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Mark Petkovsek facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   42%  J Cangelosi     Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   44%  C Biggio        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--      46%  J Bagwell       Biggio Steals 2B
   R      -2-  6   55%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Biggio Scores
          1--  5   58%  D May           Walk; Bagwell to 2B
   R      12-  5   72%  D Magadan       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Bagwell Scores; May to 3B; Magadan to 2B/Adv on E9 (throw)
   O      -23  4   66%  M Thompson      Strikeout Looking
   O      -23  7   61%  R Wilkins       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, Donne Wall facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   57%  D Bell          Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
          1--  4   51%  S Cooper        Single to CF (Line Drive); Bell to 2B
   O      12-  3   54%  D Sheaffer      Flyball: CF; Bell to 3B
   O      1-3  3   61%  M Petkovsek     Bunt Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      1-3  1   66%  B Gilkey        Fielder's Choice 3B; Cooper out at 2B/3B-2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mark Petkovsek facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   64%  R Gutierrez     Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   63%  D Wall          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   62%  J Cangelosi     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, Donne Wall facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   64%  T Cromer        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   66%  R Lankford      Flyball: RF
   O      ---  1   67%  B Jordan        Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mark Petkovsek facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   65%  C Biggio        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   64%  J Bagwell       Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  2   63%  D May           Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, Donne Wall facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   66%  J Mabry         Lineout: P (P's Left)
   O      ---  3   68%  D Bell          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   69%  S Cooper        Lineout: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mark Petkovsek facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   67%  D Magadan       Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
          ---  3   71%  M Thompson      Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  5   68%  R Wilkins       Groundout: 2B-1B; Thompson to 3B
          --3  4   69%  R Gutierrez     Intentional Walk
   O      1-3  3   65%  D Wall          Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, Donne Wall facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   68%  D Sheaffer      Foul Popfly: 1B
   O      ---  3   70%  M Petkovsek     Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   71%  B Gilkey        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mark Petkovsek facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   81%  J Cangelosi     Triple to LF (Line Drive)
   R      --3  5   84%  C Biggio        Fielder's Choice 2B; Cangelosi Scores
          1--  5   90%  J Bagwell       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Biggio to 3B
   RO     -23  3   91%  D May           Groundout: 2B-1B; Biggio Scores; Bagwell to 3B
   RO     --3  4   93%  D Magadan       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Bagwell Scores
          ---  1   93%  M Thompson      Double to CF (Ground Ball)
                  Doug Creek replaces Mark Petkovsek pitching and batting 9th
   O      -2-  7   93%  R Wilkins       Flyball: LF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 5.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-5, Donne Wall facing 2-3-4
          ---  1   90%  T Cromer        Single to SS (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  4   92%  R Lankford      Flyball: CF
   O      1--  1   94%  B Jordan        Lineout: LF
          1--  4   93%  J Mabry         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Cromer to 2B
   O      12-  4   96%  D Bell          Fielder's Choice 3B; Mabry out at 2B/3B-2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-1, Doug Creek facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   95%  R Gutierrez     Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul)
                  Dave Hajek pinch hits for Donne Wall batting 9th
          ---  5   96%  D Hajek         Walk
   O      1--  5   95%  J Cangelosi     Strikeout Swinging
                  John Frascatore replaces Doug Creek pitching and batting 9th
          1--      95%  C Biggio        Hajek Steals 2B
          -2-  4   95%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  3   95%  J Bagwell       Lineout: SS (Deep SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 5.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-5, Dave Veres facing 7-8-9
                  Dave Veres replaces Dave Hajek pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   96%  S Cooper        Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS)
   O      ---  3   97%  D Sheaffer      Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  Ray Giannelli pinch hits for John Frascatore batting 9th
          ---  6   96%  R Giannelli     Walk
   O      1--  1   97%  B Gilkey        Fielder's Choice 3B; Giannelli out at 2B/3B-2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-1, Tom Urbani facing 4-5-6
                  Tom Urbani replaces Ray Giannelli pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   97%  D May           Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  8   97%  D Magadan       Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS-2B)
                  James Mouton pinch hits for Milt Thompson batting 6th
   O      ---  2   97%  J Mouton        Popfly: 2B (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 5.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-5, Dave Veres facing 2-3-4
                  James Mouton moves to RF
   O      ---  6   98%  T Cromer        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   99%  R Lankford      Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   98%  B Jordan        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   99%  J Mabry         Fielder's Choice 3B; Jordan out at 2B/3B-2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-1, T.J. Mathews facing 7-8-9
                  T.J. Mathews replaces Tom Urbani pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   99%  R Wilkins       Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  4   99%  R Gutierrez     Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
                  Mike Simms pinch hits for Dave Veres batting 9th
   RR     1--  8  100%  M Simms         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gutierrez Scores/unER; Simms Scores
          ---  5  100%  J Cangelosi     Walk
          1--  5  100%  C Biggio        Walk; Cangelosi to 2B
   O      12-  4  100%  J Bagwell       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Cangelosi to 3B; Biggio to 2B
                  Tony Fossas replaces T.J. Mathews pitching and batting 9th
   O      -23  1  100%  D May           Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 7.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-7, Mike Henneman facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Henneman replaces Mike Simms pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5  100%  D Bell          Strikeout Looking
          ---  3  100%  S Cooper        Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep 2B)
   O      1--  3  100%  D Sheaffer      Strikeout Swinging
                  Mark Sweeney pinch hits for Tony Fossas batting 9th
          1--  1  100%  M Sweeney       Single to RF (Line Drive); Cooper to 3B
   RR     1-3  2  100%  B Gilkey        Double to RF (Ground Ball); Cooper Scores; Sweeney Scores
                  Terry Bradshaw pinch hits for Tripp Cromer batting 2nd
   O      -2-  4  100%  T Bradshaw      Popfly: 1B (Deep 1B)
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 7.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU199509230

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation