Astros @ Cardinals
July 9, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 5 8 1
Cardinals 9 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Astros 5 8 1
Cardinals 9 11 0

Doug Rader Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .236
OBP .500 .299
At Bats 3 280
Hits 1 66
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 1 26
RBI’s 1 28

Moe Drabowsky Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 0 4
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Busch Stadium - July 9, 1971
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Out
Moe Drabowsky
Ted Simmons
Jim Beauchamp
Julian Javier
Joe Torre
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Jose Cruz
Luis Melendez
Doug Rader
Bob Watson
Joe Morgan
Jesus Alou

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 5 8 1 9
St. Louis Cardinals 9 11 0 9
Winning Pitcher Jerry Reuss
Losing Pitcher Wade Blasingame
Save Moe Drabowsky
Game Winning RBI Julian Javier
Attendance 24,748
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Beauchamp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Watson takes first base on ball four. Alou moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Beauchamp settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Morgan pinch hits for Roger Metzger. Morgan takes first base on ball four. Alou moves to second.
Top 9 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Jose Cruz now playing center field. Luis Melendez now playing right field. Rich Chiles pinch hits for Denny Lemaster. Chiles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jose Cruz pinch hits for Jose Cardenal. Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 8 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader.
Bottom 8 Beauchamp hits a line drive towards the mound. Lemaster catches it and throws to first to double up Javier.
Bottom 8 Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemaster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 7 Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rader strikes out.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 Cedeno 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 6 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cardenal hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Torre reaches second base with a double. Beauchamp scores.
Bottom 6 Beauchamp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Beauchamp reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Chuck Taylor now pitching. Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Alou takes first base on ball four. Lemaster moves to second.
Top 6 Lemaster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 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.
Top 6 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.
Top 6 Wynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Rader takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Top 6 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reuss bunts towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Denny Lemaster now pitching. Marty Martinez now playing second base. Melendez hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schlueter moves to third.
Top 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schlueter moves to second.
Top 5 JayD Schlueter pinch hits for Buddy Harris. Schlueter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cardenal hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Torre hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Edwards is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Menke hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Beauchamp hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Harris Javier scores.
Bottom 3 Javier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn who is chasing the ball. Javier reaches third base with a triple. Maxvill scores. Reuss scores. Brock goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Brock takes first base on ball four. Maxvill moves to third. Reuss moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reuss takes first base on ball four. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 3 Maxvill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Melendez hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Javier scores. Beauchamp moves to third.
Bottom 2 Buddy Harris now pitching. Beauchamp takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Javier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn who is chasing the ball. Javier reaches third base with a triple. Maxvill scores.
Bottom 2 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Melendez scores.
Bottom 2 Reuss bunts towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Menke covering, for the out. Melendez moves to third. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Melendez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Melendez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 2 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alou is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Menke scores. Edwards moves to second.
Top 2 Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke moves to third.
Top 2 Menke hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Melendez. Menke reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Wynn hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rader hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Beauchamp strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Javier. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Javier steals second.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 1 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields it and throws to first for the out.