Astros @ Cardinals
April 12, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 4 13 1
Cardinals 5 10 1
Top 9 R H E
Astros 4 13 1
Cardinals 5 10 1

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .208
OBP .333 .296
At Bats 3 24
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 0

Frank Linzy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Busch Stadium - April 12, 1971
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Out
Frank Linzy
Ted Simmons
Joe Hague
Dick Schofield
Joe Torre
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Matty Alou
Jose Cardenal
Roger Metzger
Johnny Edwards
Bob Watson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 4 13 1 13
St. Louis Cardinals 5 10 1 8
Winning Pitcher Steve Carlton
Losing Pitcher Wade Blasingame
Save Frank Linzy
Game Winning RBI Joe Torre
Attendance 11,270
Time of Game 2 hours 38 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Schofield fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it and throws to second for the out. Watson moves to third.
Top 9 Frank Linzy now pitching. Rader is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 9 Joe Hague now playing first base. Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brunet hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 8 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Fred Gladding now pitching. Johnny Edwards now catching. Beauchamp hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 George Brunet now pitching. Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miller scores. Alou moves to third.
Top 8 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Norm Miller pinch hits for Jim Ray. Miller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cardenal. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Beauchamp scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabowsky covering, for the out.
Top 8 Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Jack Hiatt. Edwards strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Schofield strikes out.
Top 7 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Menke is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morgan moves to second.
Top 7 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 7 Dick Schofield now playing second base. Dal Maxvill now playing shortstop. Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carlton hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Simmons reaches third base with a triple. Beauchamp scores.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Beauchamp moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Beauchamp. The throw from Hiatt and he is safe. Beauchamp steals second.
Bottom 6 Jim Ray now pitching. Beauchamp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cesar Geronimo pinch runs for Jim Wynn. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Jim Wynn pinch hits for Wade Blasingame. Wynn is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Metzger bunts towards first. Beauchamp scoops it up and throws to first, with Javier covering, for the out. Rader moves to third. Hiatt moves to second.
Top 6 Hiatt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rader moves to second.
Top 6 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre juggles the ball. That's an error on Torre.
Bottom 5 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hiatt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. There goes Brock trying to get to third. Watson throws the ball in to Rader, who tags Brock for the out. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Menke strikes out.
Top 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 4 Carlton hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alou strikes out.
Top 4 Blasingame bunts towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. Hiatt moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 4 Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hiatt moves to second.
Top 4 Hiatt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Beauchamp strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 3 Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Javier tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Javier moves to third. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Javier moves to second.
Bottom 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.
Top 3 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Watson moves to second.
Top 3 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third.
Top 3 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Menke scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carlton for the out. Simmons moves to third.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Simmons reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hiatt strikes out. There goes Menke. The throw from Simmons and Menke is out.
Top 2 Rader takes first base on ball four. Menke moves to second.
Top 2 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 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 1 Beauchamp hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cardenal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock scores.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Brock reaches second base with a double. Javier goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 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.
Top 1 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.