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June 8, 1969

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Cardinals 1 5 2
Astros 1 8 1
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Cardinals 1 5 2
Astros 2 9 1

Larry Dierker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .150
OBP .250 .150
At Bats 4 40
Hits 1 6
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 6
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Astrodome - June 8, 1969
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Single
Joe Hoerner
Tim McCarver
Bill White
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Steve Huntz
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Vada Pinson
Larry Dierker
Johnny Edwards
Julio Gotay

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 1 5 2 3
Houston Astros 2 9 1 12
Winning Pitcher Larry Dierker
Losing Pitcher Ron Willis
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Larry Dierker
Attendance 25,824
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Dierker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gotay scores. Edwards moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gotay moves to second.
Bottom 11 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Ron Willis now pitching. Gotay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Brock strikes out.
Top 11 Joe Hague pinch hits for Steve Carlton. Hague takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Huntz hits a fly ball into right field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Cesar Geronimo now playing right field. Javier hits a popup towards third. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Don Bryant pinch hits for Norm Miller. Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out. Torres moves to third. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 10 Wynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Martinez bunts in front of the plate. McCarver fields it and throws to first for the out. Torres moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bill White now playing first base. Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Shannon strikes out.
Top 10 Dennis Ribant pinch runs for Joe Torre. McCarver hits a line drive towards right. Miller catches it and throws to first to double up Ribant.
Top 10 Torre takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Dierker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Alou trying to get to home. Flood throws the ball in to Javier who relays the ball to McCarver who tags Alou, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 9 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Gotay is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Flood strikes out.
Top 9 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Miller is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Wynn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Huntz now playing shortstop. Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dave Ricketts pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. Ricketts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Javier bunts towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out. Shannon moves to third.
Top 8 Shannon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Shannon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Torres strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dierker hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes McCarver. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Gotay applying the tag.
Top 7 McCarver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson scores.
Top 7 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to second.
Top 7 Pinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Carlton covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Gotay hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Miller is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 5 Wynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a line drive to right field. Pinson throws towards third. Shannon fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Shannon. Edwards moves to third. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Torres hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dierker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Javier strikes out.
Top 5 Shannon hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCarver hits a popup towards third. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Gotay is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pinson. Rader reaches second base with a double. Wynn scores.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Wynn reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Flood hits a popup in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Torres takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Dierker strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier.
Top 3 Brock strikes out.
Top 3 Carlton strikes out.
Top 3 Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gotay hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Miller is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Javier hits a popup towards third. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shannon strikes out.
Top 2 There go the runners. The throw from Edwards to Martinez. The throw back to home, and McCarver is out at the plate.
Top 2 McCarver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. McCarver reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Wynn. The throw from McCarver and he is safe. Wynn steals second.
Bottom 1 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Martinez 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 Torres hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martinez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader.
Top 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. Brock reaches third base with a triple.