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Busch Stadium, Attendance: 24,509 |
Wednesday, May 23, 1984 Time of Game: 2:25 |
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Astros
4
18-24
Won 3
5th, 5½ GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Astros 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
W: Bob Knepper (4-5), L: Joaquin Andujar (7-4) |
Cardinals
0
21-23
Lost 3
5th, 5½ GB
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Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details T Puhl RF 4 1 0 0 1 1 .222 .578 6 0 C Reynolds SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .277 .697 1 2 J Cruz LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .710 2 0 J Mumphrey CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .309 .787 1 0 H Spilman 1B 3 1 2 3 1 0 .333 .908 5 0 HR M Bailey C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .266 .682 7 1 HBP P Garner 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .189 .491 1 3 B Doran 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .183 .513 4 2 B Knepper P 4 0 0 0 0 1 .087 .342 0 1 Totals 33 4 7 0 3 3 27 9
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details T Herr 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 .682 1 3 O Smith SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .211 .602 2 0 2B,CS L Smith LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .273 .800 3 0 G Hendrick RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .248 .655 0 0 2B,GDP T Landrum CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .306 .792 4 0 2B A Howe 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .208 .540 3 2 D Green 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 .651 7 3 T Nieto C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .926 5 0 GDP J Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .506 0 1 SH M Ramsey PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .071 .276 0 0 J Lahti P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1.000 0 0 R Horton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .667 0 0 W McGee PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .644 0 0 B Forsch P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .364 2 0 D Rucker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 K Oberkfell PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .714 0 0 Totals 33 0 9 0 2 7 27 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 B Knepper, W (4-5) 9 9 0 0 2 7 0 2.25 36 - · · 8·10· 0· 9 74 - 0.78 0.27 Totals 9 9 0 0 2 7 0 36 - · · 8·10· 0· 9 -
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 J Andujar, L (7-4) 5 4 4 4 2 1 1 2.63 21 - · · 4· 9· 0· 4 42 - 0.63 -0.26 J Lahti 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.91 5 - · · 0· 3· 0· 2 0-0 0.47 0.01 R Horton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.08 3 - · · 2· 1· 0· 0 0-0 0.18 0.01 B Forsch 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.38 5 - · · 2· 1· 0· 1 0-0 0.17 0.01 D Rucker 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.47 3 - · · 0· 1· 0· 0 0-0 0.06 0.00 Totals 9 7 4 4 3 3 1 37 - · · 8·15· 0· 7 -
Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Terry Puhl RF 1. Tom Herr 2B 2. Craig Reynolds SS 2. Ozzie Smith SS 3. Jose Cruz LF 3. Lonnie Smith LF 4. Jerry Mumphrey CF 4. George Hendrick RF 5. Harry Spilman 1B 5. Tito Landrum CF 6. Mark Bailey C 6. Art Howe 3B 7. Phil Garner 3B 7. David Green 1B 8. Bill Doran 2B 8. Tom Nieto C 9. Bob Knepper P 9. Joaquin Andujar P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| t1 | 1 | 1-3 | RRR | 17% | 84% | 1-0 | HOU | H. Spilman | J. Andujar | Home Run; Reynolds Scores; Mumphrey Scores | |
| t1 | 0 | 1-- | 9% | 63% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | J. Andujar | Single; Puhl to 3B | ||
| b1 | 1 | 12- | OO | 7% | 86% | 0-4 | STL | G. Hendrick | B. Knepper | Double Play: Strikeout, Smith Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B) | |
| b4 | 0 | 1-- | OO | 6% | 91% | 0-4 | STL | G. Hendrick | B. Knepper | Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B | |
| t1 | 0 | 1-3 | R | 6% | 69% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | J. Andujar | Single; Puhl Scores; Reynolds to 2B |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Joaquin Andujar facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | J. Andujar | Walk | ||
| t1 | 0 | 1-- | 9% | 63% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | J. Andujar | Single; Puhl to 3B | ||
| t1 | 0 | 1-3 | R | 6% | 69% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | J. Andujar | Single; Puhl Scores; Reynolds to 2B | |
| t1 | 0 | 12- | O | -2% | 67% | 1-0 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | J. Andujar | Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Reynolds to 3B; Mumphrey to 1B | |
| t1 | 1 | 1-3 | RRR | 17% | 84% | 1-0 | HOU | H. Spilman | J. Andujar | Home Run; Reynolds Scores; Mumphrey Scores | |
| t1 | 1 | --- | 1% | 85% | 4-0 | HOU | M. Bailey | J. Andujar | Hit By Pitch | ||
| t1 | 1 | 1-- | 1% | 86% | 4-0 | HOU | P. Garner | J. Andujar | Single; Bailey to 2B | ||
| t1 | 1 | 12- | O | -2% | 85% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Doran | J. Andujar | Strikeout | |
| t1 | 2 | 12- | O | -2% | 83% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Knepper | J. Andujar | Bailey Picked off 2B (P-2B) | |
| 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 84% | 0-4 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| b1 | 1 | --- | -2% | 83% | 0-4 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Smith to 1B | ||
| b1 | 1 | 1-- | -3% | 80% | 0-4 | STL | L. Smith | B. Knepper | Single; Smith to 2B | ||
| b1 | 1 | 12- | OO | 7% | 86% | 0-4 | STL | G. Hendrick | B. Knepper | Double Play: Strikeout, Smith Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B) | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Joaquin Andujar facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 85% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Knepper | J. Andujar | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| t2 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 85% | 4-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | J. Andujar | Flyball: CF | |
| t2 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 84% | 4-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | J. Andujar | Flyball: C | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 86% | 0-4 | STL | T. Landrum | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 87% | 0-4 | STL | A. Howe | B. Knepper | Flyball: 2B | |
| b2 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 88% | 0-4 | STL | D. Green | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Joaquin Andujar facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 87% | 4-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | J. Andujar | Flyball: 3B | |
| t3 | 1 | --- | 1% | 88% | 4-0 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | J. Andujar | Walk | ||
| t3 | 1 | 1-- | O | -1% | 87% | 4-0 | HOU | H. Spilman | J. Andujar | Flyball: CF | |
| t3 | 2 | 1-- | O | -1% | 86% | 4-0 | HOU | M. Bailey | J. Andujar | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | -3% | 83% | 0-4 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Single | ||
| b3 | 0 | 1-- | O | 2% | 85% | 0-4 | STL | J. Andujar | B. Knepper | Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Nieto to 2B | |
| b3 | 1 | -2- | O | 3% | 87% | 0-4 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| b3 | 2 | -2- | O | 2% | 90% | 0-4 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Joaquin Andujar facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 89% | 4-0 | HOU | P. Garner | J. Andujar | Flyball: 3B | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 88% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Doran | J. Andujar | Flyball: LF | |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 88% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Knepper | J. Andujar | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | -3% | 85% | 0-4 | STL | L. Smith | B. Knepper | Single | ||
| b4 | 0 | 1-- | OO | 6% | 91% | 0-4 | STL | G. Hendrick | B. Knepper | Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B | |
| b4 | 2 | --- | -2% | 89% | 0-4 | STL | T. Landrum | B. Knepper | Double | ||
| b4 | 2 | -2- | -0% | 89% | 0-4 | STL | A. Howe | B. Knepper | Passed Ball; Landrum to 3B | ||
| b4 | 2 | --3 | -1% | 88% | 0-4 | STL | A. Howe | B. Knepper | Walk | ||
| b4 | 2 | 1-3 | O | 4% | 91% | 0-4 | STL | D. Green | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Joaquin Andujar facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 91% | 4-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | J. Andujar | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 90% | 4-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | J. Andujar | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 90% | 4-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | J. Andujar | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 92% | 0-4 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| Mike Ramsey pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 93% | 0-4 | STL | M. Ramsey | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| b5 | 2 | --- | -1% | 92% | 0-4 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Single | ||
| b5 | 2 | 1-- | O | 1% | 93% | 0-4 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Jeff Lahti facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| Jeff Lahti replaces Mike Ramsey (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | 1% | 94% | 4-0 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | J. Lahti | Single | ||
| t6 | 0 | 1-- | 2% | 96% | 4-0 | HOU | H. Spilman | J. Lahti | Single; Mumphrey to 3B | ||
| t6 | 0 | 1-3 | O | -1% | 95% | 4-0 | HOU | M. Bailey | J. Lahti | Flyball: 1B | |
| t6 | 1 | 1-3 | O | -2% | 93% | 4-0 | HOU | P. Garner | J. Lahti | Flyball: 1B | |
| t6 | 2 | 1-3 | O | -1% | 92% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Doran | J. Lahti | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 94% | 0-4 | STL | L. Smith | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| b6 | 1 | --- | -3% | 91% | 0-4 | STL | G. Hendrick | B. Knepper | Double | ||
| b6 | 1 | -2- | O | 2% | 93% | 0-4 | STL | T. Landrum | B. Knepper | Flyball: LF | |
| b6 | 2 | -2- | O | 2% | 95% | 0-4 | STL | A. Howe | B. Knepper | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Ricky Horton facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Ricky Horton replaces Jeff Lahti pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 95% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Knepper | R. Horton | Flyball: C | |
| t7 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 95% | 4-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | R. Horton | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| t7 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 94% | 4-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | R. Horton | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | -3% | 91% | 0-4 | STL | D. Green | B. Knepper | Single | ||
| b7 | 0 | 1-- | OO | 5% | 97% | 0-4 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B | |
| Willie McGee pinch hits for Ricky Horton (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b7 | 2 | --- | O | 0% | 97% | 0-4 | STL | W. McGee | B. Knepper | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Bob Forsch facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| Bob Forsch replaces Willie McGee (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 97% | 4-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | B. Forsch | Groundout: 1B-P | |
| t8 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 97% | 4-0 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | B. Forsch | Groundout: 1B-P | |
| t8 | 2 | --- | 0% | 97% | 4-0 | HOU | H. Spilman | B. Forsch | Walk | ||
| t8 | 2 | 1-- | 0% | 97% | 4-0 | HOU | M. Bailey | B. Forsch | Single; Spilman to 3B | ||
| t8 | 2 | 1-3 | O | -1% | 96% | 4-0 | HOU | P. Garner | B. Forsch | Flyball: SS | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | 1% | 98% | 0-4 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| b8 | 1 | --- | -2% | 96% | 0-4 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Double | ||
| b8 | 1 | -2- | O | 2% | 98% | 0-4 | STL | L. Smith | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| b8 | 2 | -2- | -1% | 97% | 0-4 | STL | G. Hendrick | B. Knepper | Walk | ||
| b8 | 2 | 12- | O | 2% | 99% | 0-4 | STL | T. Landrum | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-0, Cardinals' Dave Rucker facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| Dave Rucker replaces Bob Forsch pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 99% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Doran | D. Rucker | Flyball: 3B | |
| t9 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 99% | 4-0 | HOU | B. Knepper | D. Rucker | Strikeout | |
| t9 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 99% | 4-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | D. Rucker | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | -2% | 97% | 0-4 | STL | A. Howe | B. Knepper | Single | ||
| b9 | 0 | 1-- | O | 2% | 99% | 0-4 | STL | D. Green | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B; Green to 1B | |
| b9 | 1 | 1-- | O | 1% | 100% | 0-4 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| Ken Oberkfell pinch hits for Dave Rucker (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b9 | 2 | 1-- | O | 0% | 100% | 0-4 | STL | K. Oberkfell | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
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