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Cardinals
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 20, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 20, 1970 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | May 20, 1970 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 20, 1970 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Torrez |
Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Griffin |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 13,977 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Nick Colosi 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Mel Steiner 3B: Bill Williams |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Cardenal | Center Fielder |
Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
Dick Allen | First Baseman |
Joe Torre | Catcher |
Joe Hague | Left Fielder |
Leron Lee | Right Fielder |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
Mike Torrez | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
Jesus Alou | Right Fielder |
Jim Wynn | Center Fielder |
Tommy Davis | Left Fielder |
Denis Menke | Shortstop |
Joe Pepitone | First Baseman |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
Tom Griffin | Pitcher |
Harry Walker | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 20, 1970
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Griffin
Cardenal hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Griffin
Maxvill is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Griffin
Allen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Torrez
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Torrez
Alou hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Javier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Torrez
Wynn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lee. Wynn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Torrez
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Griffin
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hague vs. Griffin
Hague hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Griffin
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Torrez
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Torrez
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Torrez
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Torrez
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Griffin
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Griffin
Shannon hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torrez vs. Griffin
Torrez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Torrez
Griffin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Torrez
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Torrez
Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wynn vs. Torrez
Wynn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lee. Wynn reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. There goes Alou trying to get to home. Lee throws the ball in to Javier who relays the ball to Torre, who tags Alou, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Torrez
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Griffin
Cardenal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Griffin
There goes Cardenal. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Cardenal steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxvill vs. Griffin
Maxvill strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allen vs. Griffin
Allen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cardenal scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Griffin
Torre takes first base on ball four. Allen moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hague vs. Griffin
Hague hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hague for the out. Allen moves to third. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lee vs. Griffin
Lee hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Torrez
Menke hits a fly ball into right field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Torrez
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Torrez
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Torrez
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Griffin
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Griffin
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torrez vs. Griffin
Torrez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Torrez
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Torrez covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Torrez
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Torrez
There goes Morgan. The throw from Torre and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alou vs. Torrez
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wynn vs. Torrez
Wynn is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Davis vs. Torrez
Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Griffin
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenal for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Griffin
Maxvill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Griffin
Allen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Allen reaches second base with a double. Maxvill moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Torre vs. Griffin
Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxvill scores. Allen scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hague vs. Cook
Ron Cook now pitching.
Hague hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lee vs. Cook
Lee strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Cook
Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Torre trying to get to home. Menke throws to Edwards who tags Torre for the out. Hague moves to second. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Torrez
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Torrez
Pepitone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Torrez
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Torrez
Edwards hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Cook
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torrez vs. Cook
Torrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. Cook
Cardenal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Torrez
Norm Miller pinch hits for Ron Cook.
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Torrez
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Torrez
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Ray
Norm Miller now playing right field. Jim Ray now pitching.
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Ray
Allen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Allen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torre vs. Ray
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hague vs. Ray
Hague takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lee vs. Ray
Vic Davalillo pinch runs for Joe Hague.
Lee strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Torrez
Vic Davalillo now playing left field.
Wynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davalillo. Wynn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Torrez
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Menke vs. Torrez
Menke strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pepitone vs. Torrez
Pepitone hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Ray
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Ray
Shannon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torrez vs. Ray
Torrez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Torrez
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Taylor
Chuck Taylor now pitching.
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Taylor
Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rader scores. Edwards moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Taylor
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lampard vs. Taylor
Keith Lampard pinch hits for Jim Ray.
Lampard hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wynn vs. Taylor
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/20/1970 -- St.Louis at Houston (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Cardenal J, cf 4 1 1 0 Morgan J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 3 1 0 0 Alou J, rf 4 0 1 0 Allen D, 1b 4 1 3 1 Ray J, p 0 0 0 0 Torre J, c 3 0 1 2 Lampard K, ph 1 0 0 0 Hague J, lf 3 0 1 0 Wynn J, cf 4 0 3 1 Davalillo V, pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Davis T, lf 4 0 0 0 Lee L, rf 4 0 0 0 Menke D, ss 4 0 0 0 Javier J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Pepitone J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Shannon M, 3b 4 0 0 0 Rader D, 3b 2 1 1 0 Torrez M, p 4 0 0 0 Edwards J, c 4 0 0 0 Taylor C, p 0 0 0 0 Griffin T, p 2 0 0 0 Cook R, p 0 0 0 0 Miller N, ph-rf 1 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 3 7 3 32 2 6 2 St.Louis 000 102 000 -- 3 Houston 001 000 001 -- 2 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Torrez M (W)* 8.0 5 2 1 7 2 Taylor C (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Griffin T (L) 5.1 4 3 3 2 4 Cook R 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 Ray J 2.0 1 0 0 1 4 * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th E -- Torre J, Javier J DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- St.Louis 6, Houston 10 2B -- Wynn J 3, Allen D 2 SB -- Cardenal J, Morgan J T -- 2:35 A -- 13977
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