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May 15, 1971

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Cardinals 4 9 0
Astros 0 6 0
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Cardinals 4 9 0
Astros 1 7 0

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .240
OBP .500 .288
At Bats 2 129
Hits 1 31
• Singles 1 27
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 6

Steve Carlton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 0
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Astrodome - May 15, 1971
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Single
Steve Carlton
Ted Simmons
Jim Beauchamp
Julian Javier
Joe Torre
Ted Sizemore
Lou Brock
Matty Alou
Jose Cardenal
Roger Metzger
Jesus Alou
Doug Rader
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rader scores. Alou moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Marty Martinez pinch hits for Jim Ray. Martinez hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cardenal hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou moves to second.
Top 5 Simmons hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Brock trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 5 There goes Brock. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Top 5 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jim Ray now pitching. Carlton hits a line drive towards third. Rader reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beauchamp scores. Sizemore moves to second.
Top 4 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cardenal tags and scores.
Top 4 There goes Beauchamp. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Beauchamp steals second.
Top 4 Beauchamp is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Cardenal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Cardenal reaches third base with a triple. Simmons scores. Torre goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.
Top 4 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards short. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carlton hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Sizemore reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Beauchamp hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Carlton fires to first and has Metzger trapped. There's the throw to Sizemore who tags Metzger for the out.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out.