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Busch Stadium, Attendance: 38,387 |
Saturday, August 31, 1985 Time of Game: 2:29 |
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Astros
3
60-67
Won 4
4th, 14½ GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Astros 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 11 0
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1
W: Bob Knepper (11-10), L: Danny Cox (14-8) |
Cardinals
1
77-49
Lost 3
1st
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Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details B Doran 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 .293 .810 0 4 2B,SB C Reynolds SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 .281 .705 4 4 D Walling 3B-1B 4 1 2 0 1 1 .270 .699 4 6 2B J Cruz LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 .306 .775 1 0 2B J Mumphrey RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 .714 2 0 G Davis 1B 3 1 2 1 1 0 .257 .769 11 0 HR,GDP,IW P Garner PR-3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .671 0 0 K Bass CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 .676 2 0 M Bailey C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 .811 3 1 B Knepper P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .141 .357 0 0 SH Totals 36 3 11 0 2 6 27 15
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details V Coleman LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 .667 3 0 W McGee CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .911 1 0 T Herr 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .323 .823 2 4 C Cedeno 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .244 .665 9 0 2B T Landrum RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .821 3 0 K Dayley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 0 0 B Harper 3B-RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .275 .660 0 0 O Smith SS 3 1 3 0 0 0 .269 .684 1 4 2B,CS T Nieto C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .219 .558 5 0 T Lawless PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .170 .436 0 0 D Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 .716 2 0 D Cox P 1 0 0 1 0 0 .152 .375 0 1 SF A Van Slyke RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .771 1 0 T Pendleton PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .561 0 0 GDP Totals 29 1 5 0 0 3 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 (11-10) 9 5 1 1 0 3 0 3.50 30 - · · 14· 8· 2· 5 76 - 1.26 0.41 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 3 0 30 - · · 14· 8· 2· 5 -
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 D Cox, L (14-8) 7 10 3 3 1 4 1 2.87 31 - · · 7· 9· 0·10 48 - 1.36 -0.17 K Dayley 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2.17 8 - · · 3· 1· 0· 1 1-0 0.64 0.07 Totals 9 11 3 3 2 6 1 39 - · · 10·10· 0·11 1-0
Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Bill Doran 2B 1. Vince Coleman LF 2. Craig Reynolds SS 2. Willie McGee CF 3. Denny Walling 3B 3. Tom Herr 2B 4. Jose Cruz LF 4. Cesar Cedeno 1B 5. Jerry Mumphrey RF 5. Tito Landrum RF 6. Glenn Davis 1B 6. Brian Harper 3B 7. Kevin Bass CF 7. Ozzie Smith SS 8. Mark Bailey C 8. Tom Nieto C 9. Bob Knepper P 9. Danny Cox P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| t8 | 0 | 1-- | 19% | 76% | 1-1 | HOU | D. Walling | D. Cox | Single; Reynolds to 3B | ||
| b8 | 1 | 12- | OO | 17% | 93% | 1-3 | STL | T. Pendleton | B. Knepper | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B | |
| t8 | 0 | 1-3 | RR | 15% | 91% | 1-1 | HOU | J. Cruz | D. Cox | Double; Reynolds Scores; Walling Scores/Adv on E7 | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | R | 14% | 61% | 0-0 | HOU | G. Davis | D. Cox | Home Run | |
| b6 | 0 | --- | -11% | 51% | 0-1 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Double |
| 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' Danny Cox facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | HOU | B. Doran | D. Cox | Single | ||
| t1 | 0 | 1-- | 3% | 56% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | D. Cox | Doran Steals 2B | ||
| t1 | 0 | -2- | O | -4% | 52% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | D. Cox | Strikeout | |
| t1 | 1 | -2- | O | -3% | 49% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Walling | D. Cox | Flyball: LF | |
| t1 | 2 | -2- | O | -3% | 45% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | D. Cox | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 48% | 0-0 | STL | V. Coleman | B. Knepper | Flyball: SS | |
| b1 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 49% | 0-0 | STL | W. McGee | B. Knepper | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b1 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Danny Cox facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | D. Cox | Single | ||
| t2 | 0 | 1-- | 6% | 60% | 0-0 | HOU | G. Davis | D. Cox | Single; Mumphrey to 2B | ||
| t2 | 0 | 12- | O | -6% | 54% | 0-0 | HOU | K. Bass | D. Cox | Flyball: 2B | |
| t2 | 1 | 12- | O | -5% | 50% | 0-0 | HOU | M. Bailey | D. Cox | Strikeout | |
| t2 | 2 | 12- | O | -4% | 45% | 0-0 | HOU | B. Knepper | D. Cox | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | C. Cedeno | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| b2 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | STL | T. Landrum | B. Knepper | Flyball: CF | |
| b2 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | B. Harper | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Danny Cox facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 48% | 0-0 | HOU | B. Doran | D. Cox | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| t3 | 1 | --- | O | -2% | 46% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | D. Cox | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t3 | 2 | --- | 3% | 48% | 0-0 | HOU | D. Walling | D. Cox | Double | ||
| t3 | 2 | -2- | O | -4% | 45% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | D. Cox | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | -4% | 41% | 0-0 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Single | ||
| b3 | 0 | 1-- | O | 6% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Smith Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS) | |
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b3 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | D. Cox | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Danny Cox facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | D. Cox | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | R | 14% | 61% | 0-0 | HOU | G. Davis | D. Cox | Home Run | |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 60% | 1-0 | HOU | K. Bass | D. Cox | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t4 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 59% | 1-0 | HOU | M. Bailey | D. Cox | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 62% | 0-1 | STL | V. Coleman | B. Knepper | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b4 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 64% | 0-1 | STL | W. McGee | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| b4 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 65% | 0-1 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals' Danny Cox facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | -2% | 63% | 1-0 | HOU | B. Knepper | D. Cox | Foul Flyball: C | |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | -1% | 61% | 1-0 | HOU | B. Doran | D. Cox | Flyball: RF | |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | -1% | 60% | 1-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | D. Cox | Flyball: RF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 3% | 63% | 0-1 | STL | C. Cedeno | B. Knepper | Lineout: 3B | |
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | 2% | 66% | 0-1 | STL | T. Landrum | B. Knepper | Lineout: SS | |
| b5 | 2 | --- | O | 2% | 67% | 0-1 | STL | B. Harper | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals' Danny Cox facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | 4% | 71% | 1-0 | HOU | D. Walling | D. Cox | Walk | ||
| t6 | 0 | 1-- | 5% | 77% | 1-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | D. Cox | Single; Walling to 2B | ||
| t6 | 0 | 12- | O | -5% | 71% | 1-0 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | D. Cox | Foul Flyball: LF | |
| t6 | 1 | 12- | OO | -9% | 62% | 1-0 | HOU | G. Davis | D. Cox | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | -11% | 51% | 0-1 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Double | ||
| b6 | 0 | -2- | O | 2% | 53% | 0-1 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Groundout: 2B-1B; Smith to 3B | |
| b6 | 1 | --3 | RO | -5% | 48% | 0-1 | STL | D. Cox | B. Knepper | Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Smith Scores | |
| b6 | 2 | --- | O | 2% | 50% | 1-1 | STL | V. Coleman | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Astros Batting, Tied 1-1, Cardinals' Danny Cox facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | 6% | 56% | 1-1 | HOU | K. Bass | D. Cox | Single | ||
| t7 | 0 | 1-- | O | -6% | 50% | 1-1 | HOU | M. Bailey | D. Cox | Flyball: CF | |
| t7 | 1 | 1-- | O | -3% | 48% | 1-1 | HOU | B. Knepper | D. Cox | Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Bass to 2B | |
| t7 | 2 | -2- | O | -6% | 42% | 1-1 | HOU | B. Doran | D. Cox | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 1-1, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | 4% | 45% | 1-1 | STL | W. McGee | B. Knepper | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| b7 | 1 | --- | O | 3% | 48% | 1-1 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| b7 | 2 | --- | -4% | 44% | 1-1 | STL | C. Cedeno | B. Knepper | Double | ||
| b7 | 2 | -2- | O | 6% | 50% | 1-1 | STL | T. Landrum | B. Knepper | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Astros Batting, Tied 1-1, Cardinals' Danny Cox facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | 7% | 57% | 1-1 | HOU | C. Reynolds | D. Cox | Single | ||
| t8 | 0 | 1-- | 19% | 76% | 1-1 | HOU | D. Walling | D. Cox | Single; Reynolds to 3B | ||
| t8 | 0 | 1-3 | RR | 15% | 91% | 1-1 | HOU | J. Cruz | D. Cox | Double; Reynolds Scores; Walling Scores/Adv on E7 | |
| Ken Dayley replaces Tito Landrum (RF) pitching and batting 5th; Andy Van Slyke replaces Danny Cox (P) playing RF batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | -2- | O | -2% | 89% | 3-1 | HOU | J. Mumphrey | K. Dayley | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t8 | 1 | -2- | 1% | 90% | 3-1 | HOU | G. Davis | K. Dayley | Intentional Walk | ||
| Phil Garner pinch runs for Glenn Davis (1B) batting 6th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 1 | 12- | O | -2% | 88% | 3-1 | HOU | K. Bass | K. Dayley | Flyball: RF | |
| t8 | 2 | 12- | O | -2% | 85% | 3-1 | HOU | M. Bailey | K. Dayley | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| Denny Walling moves from 3B to 1B; Phil Garner moves from PR to 3B | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | 4% | 89% | 1-3 | STL | B. Harper | B. Knepper | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| b8 | 1 | --- | -5% | 84% | 1-3 | STL | O. Smith | B. Knepper | Single | ||
| b8 | 1 | 1-- | -8% | 77% | 1-3 | STL | T. Nieto | B. Knepper | Single; Smith to 2B | ||
| Terry Pendleton pinch hits for Andy Van Slyke (RF) batting 9th; Tom Lawless pinch runs for Tom Nieto (C) batting 8th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 1 | 12- | OO | 17% | 93% | 1-3 | STL | T. Pendleton | B. Knepper | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B | |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Cardinals' Ken Dayley facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Darrell Porter replaces Tom Lawless (PR) playing C batting 8th; Terry Pendleton moves from PH to 3B; Brian Harper moves from 3B to RF | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | -1% | 93% | 3-1 | HOU | B. Knepper | K. Dayley | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| t9 | 1 | --- | 1% | 94% | 3-1 | HOU | B. Doran | K. Dayley | Double | ||
| t9 | 1 | -2- | O | -1% | 93% | 3-1 | HOU | C. Reynolds | K. Dayley | Strikeout | |
| t9 | 2 | -2- | O | -1% | 92% | 3-1 | HOU | D. Walling | K. Dayley | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Astros' Bob Knepper facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | O | 4% | 96% | 1-3 | STL | V. Coleman | B. Knepper | Strikeout | |
| b9 | 1 | --- | O | 3% | 99% | 1-3 | STL | W. McGee | B. Knepper | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| b9 | 2 | --- | O | 1% | 100% | 1-3 | STL | T. Herr | B. Knepper | Flyball: LF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 1. | |||||||||||
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