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April 28, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 7 13 2
Astros 2 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 7 13 2
Astros 2 10 1

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .133
OBP .250 .286
At Bats 3 45
Hits 1 6
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 3

Moe Drabowsky Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Astrodome - April 28, 1972
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Out
Moe Drabowsky
Jerry McNertney
Joe Hague
Ted Sizemore
Joe Torre
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Jose Cruz
Luis Melendez
Roger Metzger
Jimmy Stewart
Tommy Helms

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 7 13 2 10
Houston Astros 2 10 1 8
Winning Pitcher Reggie Cleveland
Losing Pitcher Larry Dierker
Save Moe Drabowsky
Game Winning RBI Joe Hague
Attendance 35,275
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Stewart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 9 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Luis Melendez now playing right field. Rader is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Maxvill hits a fly ball into left field. Stinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McNertney moves to third.
Top 9 Hague hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores.
Top 9 McNertney takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Torre moves to third.
Top 9 Luis Melendez pinch runs for Matty Alou. Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stinson. Torre reaches second base with a double. Melendez goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bob Stinson now playing left field. Jim York now pitching. Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. May strikes out.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brock strikes out.
Top 8 Shaw bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 8 Maxvill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz bunts in front of the plate. Edwards juggles the ball. That's an error on Edwards. Hague moves to second.
Top 8 Jimmy Stewart now playing right field. Wade Blasingame now pitching. Hague takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Don Shaw now pitching. Jesus Alou pinch hits for Norm Miller. Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Jim Ray. Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dal Maxvill now playing shortstop. Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hague scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out.
Top 7 McNertney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a popup, foul, towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre juggles the ball. That's an error on Torre. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 6 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 6 May hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jerry McNertney now catching. Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jim Ray now pitching. Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crosby scores. Cleveland moves to second.
Top 6 Cleveland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Crosby moves to third.
Top 6 Crosby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz moves to third.
Top 6 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hague hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores.
Top 6 Simmons strikes out.
Top 6 Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. Torre reaches third base with a triple. Sizemore scores. Alou goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sizemore moves to second.
Top 6 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Edwards tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Helms scores. Edwards moves to third.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Edwards reaches second base with a double. Helms moves to third.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brock strikes out.
Top 5 Cleveland strikes out.
Top 5 Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 4 May hits a popup, foul, towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cruz hits a line drive into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hague hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Simmons moves to second.
Top 4 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dierker bunts towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 3 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brock strikes out.
Bottom 2 Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hague scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Watson for the out.
Top 2 Cleveland hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crosby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hague is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simmons hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou moves to second.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sizemore is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.