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Standings
OAK
@BOS		3
1
CHW
@MIL		5
2
DET
@MIN		9
3
CAL
@NYY		0
6
BAL
@TEX		7
4
MON
@LAD		5
8
CIN
@PIT		2
3
NYM
@SDP		2
3
HOU
@STL		4
0
Monday, August 13, 1973 8:43PM
, Busch Stadium II
Attendance: 18,882, Time of Game: 2:06
Astros
4
63-58
⇐ Won 4 ⇒
4th, 12 GB
 at Cardinals
0
61-58
⇐ Lost 8 ⇒
1st
W: Dave Roberts (12-9)
L: Mike Nagy (0-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Astros          0  0  0   1  1  0   1  1  0    4  8  0
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  5  5

Houston Astros

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Jim Wynn RF 3 1 1 1 2 0 .212 .724 0.060 0.53 0.121 -0.061 1.4 5 0 HR
Roger Metzger SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 .258 .647 0.059 0.72 0.134 -0.075 0.2 1 3 GDP
Cesar Cedeno CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .314 .896 -0.035 0.55 0.012 -0.047 -0.7 2 0
Bob Watson LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 .313 .825 0.042 0.76 0.115 -0.073 -0.4 3 0 2B,GDP
Doug Rader 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .736 -0.094 0.99 0.009 -0.103 -0.6 1 3
Lee May 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .263 .743 0.127 0.90 0.159 -0.032 0.9 11 0 2B
Johnny Edwards C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 .672 -0.013 0.83 0.041 -0.054 -0.1 4 0 2B,IW
Tommy Helms 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .284 .697 -0.092 1.23 0.032 -0.125 0.1 0 3
Dave Roberts P 4 1 1 0 0 0 .113 .242 0.012 0.68 0.066 -0.054 -1.0 0 0 2B,GDP
Team Totals 36 4 8 3 4 1 .222 .717 0.066 0.78 0.689 -0.624 -0.1 27 9
2B: D Roberts (1, off M Nagy); B Watson (18, off M Nagy); J Edwards (10, off M Nagy); L May (16, off M Nagy).
HR: J Wynn (18, off M Nagy; 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).
IBB: J Edwards (5, by M Nagy).
TB: J Wynn 4; L May 2; D Roberts 2; B Watson 2; J Edwards 2; D Rader; R Metzger; T Helms.
GIDP: D Roberts (2); B Watson (13); R Metzger (6).
RBI: T Helms (52); J Wynn (45); L May (74).
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 2 for 16.

St.Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Lou Brock LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .295 .760 -0.016 0.79 0.038 -0.055 -0.0 1 0 SB
Ted Sizemore 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .671 -0.097 0.94 0.000 -0.097 -1.0 3 3
Luis Melendez RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 .631 -0.030 0.64 0.024 -0.054 0.2 5 0 2B
Ted Simmons C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 .768 -0.035 0.91 0.034 -0.069 -0.6 2 0
Joe Torre 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 .797 -0.027 0.85 0.026 -0.053 -0.4 9 0
Ken Reitz 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .607 -0.076 0.84 0.000 -0.076 -0.9 1 2
Hector Cruz CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 -0.078 1.01 0.000 -0.078 -0.7 4 0
Mike Tyson SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .238 .567 -0.030 0.72 0.015 -0.045 -0.1 1 4
Mike Nagy P 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 -0.030 0.61 0.000 -0.030 -0.2 0 1
   Tom Heintzelman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 -0.017 0.68 0.000 -0.017 -0.3
   Diego Segui P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 1 0
Team Totals 32 0 5 0 1 4 .156 .369 -0.436 0.81 0.137 -0.574 -4.1 27 10
2B: L Melendez (13, off D Roberts).
TB: L Melendez 2; J Torre; M Tyson; T Simmons; L Brock.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 0 for 7.
Fielding
DP: 3. K Reitz-T Sizemore-J Torre; T Sizemore-J Torre; M Nagy-M Tyson-J Torre.
E: M Tyson 2 (25); T Sizemore (11); D Segui (1); K Reitz (6).
Baserunning
SB: L Brock (43, 2nd base off D Roberts/J Edwards).

Houston Astros

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Dave Roberts, W (12-9) 9 5 0 0 1 4 0 2.89 33 80 0.436 0.81 4.1
Team Totals 9 5 0 0 1 4 0 0.00 33 80 0.436 0.78 4.1

St.Louis Cardinals

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Mike Nagy, L (0-1) 8 8 4 3 3 0 1 2.45 36 49 -0.067 0.88 -0.3
Diego Segui 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.09 4 0 0 0.003 0.04 0.5
Team Totals 9 8 4 3 4 1 1 3.00 40 49 0 0 -0.064 0.81 0.1
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: M Nagy (1; J Edwards).
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Vargo.
Time of Game: 2:06.
Attendance: 18,882.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Night.

Starting Lineups

Houston Astros         St.Louis Cardinals
1 Jim Wynn RF 1 Lou Brock LF
2 Roger Metzger SS 2 Ted Sizemore 2B
3 Cesar Cedeno CF 3 Luis Melendez RF
4 Bob Watson LF 4 Ted Simmons C
5 Doug Rader 3B 5 Joe Torre 1B
6 Lee May 1B 6 Ken Reitz 3B
7 Johnny Edwards C 7 Hector Cruz CF
8 Tommy Helms 2B 8 Mike Tyson SS
9 Dave Roberts P 9 Mike Nagy P

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
t4 0-0 1 -2- R HOU L. May M. Nagy 13% 65% Double to RF; Watson Scores
t5 1-0 1 -2- R HOU R. Metzger M. Nagy 11% 78% Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Roberts Scores/No RBI/unER; Metzger to 2B
t7 2-0 1 --- R HOU J. Wynn M. Nagy 8% 90% Home Run
t4 0-0 0 --- HOU B. Watson M. Nagy 8% 58% Double to RF
t1 0-0 0 1-- OO HOU R. Metzger M. Nagy -7% 46% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B

Play By Play

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
Top of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 --- HOU J. Wynn M. Nagy 4% 54% Walk
t1 0-0 0 1-- OO HOU R. Metzger M. Nagy -7% 46% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
t1 0-0 2 --- O HOU C. Cedeno M. Nagy -1% 45% Foul Flyball: C
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 --- O STL L. Brock D. Roberts 2% 48% Groundout: 2B-1B
b1 0-0 1 --- O STL T. Sizemore D. Roberts 1% 49% Flyball: LF
b1 0-0 2 --- O STL L. Melendez D. Roberts 1% 50% Groundout: 2B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 --- HOU B. Watson M. Nagy 4% 54% Walk
t2 0-0 0 1-- O HOU D. Rader M. Nagy -4% 50% Flyball: RF
t2 0-0 1 1-- O HOU L. May M. Nagy -3% 47% Flyball: LF
t2 0-0 2 1-- HOU J. Edwards M. Nagy 4% 51% Double to LF; Watson to 3B
t2 0-0 2 -23 O HOU T. Helms M. Nagy -6% 45% Flyball: CF
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 --- O STL T. Simmons D. Roberts 2% 47% Flyball: RF
b2 0-0 1 --- STL J. Torre D. Roberts -3% 45% Single to CF
b2 0-0 1 1-- O STL K. Reitz D. Roberts 2% 47% Groundout: 3B-1B; Torre to 2B
b2 0-0 2 -2- O STL H. Cruz D. Roberts 3% 50% Flyball: CF
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 9-1-2
t3 0-0 0 --- O HOU D. Roberts M. Nagy -2% 48% Flyball: CF
t3 0-0 1 --- O HOU J. Wynn M. Nagy -2% 46% Groundout: SS-1B
t3 0-0 2 --- HOU R. Metzger M. Nagy 1% 47% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Metzger to 1B
t3 0-0 2 1-- O HOU C. Cedeno M. Nagy -3% 45% Flyball: RF
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 8-9-1
b3 0-0 0 --- O STL M. Tyson D. Roberts 2% 47% Groundout: SS-1B
b3 0-0 1 --- O STL M. Nagy D. Roberts 2% 49% Strikeout
b3 0-0 2 --- STL L. Brock D. Roberts -1% 47% Walk
b3 0-0 2 1-- STL T. Sizemore D. Roberts -1% 46% Brock Steals 2B
b3 0-0 2 -2- O STL T. Sizemore D. Roberts 4% 50% Groundout: 3B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 4th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 4-5-6
t4 0-0 0 --- HOU B. Watson M. Nagy 8% 58% Double to RF
t4 0-0 0 -2- O HOU D. Rader M. Nagy -5% 52% Popfly: 2B
t4 0-0 1 -2- R HOU L. May M. Nagy 13% 65% Double to RF; Watson Scores
t4 1-0 1 -2- O HOU J. Edwards M. Nagy -3% 62% Groundout: 2B-1B; May to 3B
t4 1-0 2 --3 O HOU T. Helms M. Nagy -4% 58% Flyball: RF
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 3-4-5
b4 0-1 0 --- O STL L. Melendez D. Roberts 3% 61% Flyball: CF
b4 0-1 1 --- STL T. Simmons D. Roberts -3% 58% Single to LF
b4 0-1 1 1-- O STL J. Torre D. Roberts 2% 60% Groundout: 3B-1B; Simmons to 2B
b4 0-1 2 -2- O STL K. Reitz D. Roberts 4% 65% Popfly: SS
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 9-1-2
t5 1-0 0 --- HOU D. Roberts M. Nagy 7% 71% Double to LF
t5 1-0 0 -2- O HOU J. Wynn M. Nagy -4% 67% Groundout: SS-1B
t5 1-0 1 -2- R HOU R. Metzger M. Nagy 11% 78% Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Roberts Scores/No RBI/unER; Metzger to 2B
t5 2-0 1 -2- HOU C. Cedeno M. Nagy 1% 79% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Metzger stays at 2B; Cedeno to 1B
t5 2-0 1 12- OO HOU B. Watson M. Nagy -6% 73% Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 7-8-9
b5 0-2 0 --- O STL H. Cruz D. Roberts 3% 76% Strikeout
b5 0-2 1 --- O STL M. Tyson D. Roberts 2% 78% Foul Flyball: 1B
b5 0-2 2 --- O STL M. Nagy D. Roberts 1% 79% Strikeout
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 2-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 5-6-7
t6 2-0 0 --- O HOU D. Rader M. Nagy -2% 78% Popfly: 1B
t6 2-0 1 --- HOU L. May M. Nagy 3% 81% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); May to 2B
t6 2-0 1 -2- O HOU J. Edwards M. Nagy -2% 79% Flyball: CF
t6 2-0 2 -2- O HOU T. Helms M. Nagy -2% 76% Groundout: SS-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 1-2-3
b6 0-2 0 --- O STL L. Brock D. Roberts 3% 79% Groundout: 2B-1B
b6 0-2 1 --- O STL T. Sizemore D. Roberts 2% 82% Flyball: RF
b6 0-2 2 --- O STL L. Melendez D. Roberts 1% 83% Flyball: LF
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 2-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 9-1-2
t7 2-0 0 --- O HOU D. Roberts M. Nagy -1% 82% Flyball: CF
t7 2-0 1 --- R HOU J. Wynn M. Nagy 8% 90% Home Run
t7 3-0 1 --- HOU R. Metzger M. Nagy 1% 91% Single to P
t7 3-0 1 1-- O HOU C. Cedeno M. Nagy -1% 90% Popfly: 3B
t7 3-0 2 1-- O HOU B. Watson M. Nagy -1% 89% Flyball: RF
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 4-5-6
b7 0-3 0 --- O STL T. Simmons D. Roberts 3% 91% Flyball: RF
b7 0-3 1 --- O STL J. Torre D. Roberts 2% 93% Flyball: RF
b7 0-3 2 --- O STL K. Reitz D. Roberts 1% 94% Groundout: SS-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-0, Cardinals' Mike Nagy facing 5-6-7
t8 3-0 0 --- HOU D. Rader M. Nagy 1% 95% Single to RF
t8 3-0 0 1-- O HOU L. May M. Nagy -0% 94% Groundout: 3B-1B; Rader to 2B
t8 3-0 1 -2- HOU J. Edwards M. Nagy 0% 95% Intentional Walk
t8 3-0 1 12- R HOU T. Helms M. Nagy 3% 98% Single to CF; Rader Scores; Edwards to 3B
t8 4-0 1 1-3 OO HOU D. Roberts M. Nagy -2% 96% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 7-8-9
b8 0-4 0 --- O STL H. Cruz D. Roberts 1% 98% Strikeout Looking
b8 0-4 1 --- STL M. Tyson D. Roberts -2% 96% Single to LF
Tom Heintzelman pinch hits for Mike Nagy (P) batting 9th
b8 0-4 1 1-- O STL T. Heintzelman D. Roberts 2% 98% Popfly: 1B
b8 0-4 2 1-- STL L. Brock D. Roberts -1% 97% Single to 1B/Bunt; Tyson to 2B
b8 0-4 2 12- O STL T. Sizemore D. Roberts 2% 99% Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 9th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Diego Segui facing 1-2-3
Diego Segui replaces Tom Heintzelman (PH) pitching and batting 9th
t9 4-0 0 --- HOU J. Wynn D. Segui 0% 99% Walk
t9 4-0 0 1-- HOU R. Metzger D. Segui 0% 99% Wynn Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Wynn to 2B
t9 4-0 0 -2- O HOU R. Metzger D. Segui -0% 99% Popfly: P
t9 4-0 1 -2- O HOU C. Cedeno D. Segui -0% 99% Strikeout
t9 4-0 2 -2- O HOU B. Watson D. Segui -0% 98% Flyball: RF
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 3-4-5
b9 0-4 0 --- STL L. Melendez D. Roberts -2% 96% Double to LF
b9 0-4 0 -2- O STL T. Simmons D. Roberts 2% 98% Groundout: SS-1B
b9 0-4 1 -2- O STL J. Torre D. Roberts 1% 100% Flyball: LF; Melendez to 3B
b9 0-4 2 --3 O STL K. Reitz D. Roberts 0% 100% Flyball: RF
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0.

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