Astros @ Cardinals
August 9, 1976

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 13 14 1
Cardinals 4 7 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 13 14 1
Cardinals 4 7 4

Jerry Mumphrey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .258
OBP .500 .333
At Bats 3 163
Hits 1 42
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 8

Dan Larson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 0
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Busch Stadium - August 9, 1976
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Out
Dan Larson
Ed Herrmann
Bob Watson
Rob Andrews
Ken Boswell
Roger Metzger
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Greg Gross
Jerry Mumphrey
Ron Fairly

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 13 14 1 5
St. Louis Cardinals 4 7 4 6
Winning Pitcher Dan Larson
Losing Pitcher Bob Forsch
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Cesar Cedeno
Attendance 12,395
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mumphrey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fairly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boswell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Larson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Ron Fairly now playing first base. John Curtis now pitching. Herrmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ferguson takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rob Andrews now playing second base. Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Templeton tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon misplays the ball. That's an error on DaVanon. Mumphrey scores. Templeton moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Templeton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mumphrey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mumphrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ron Fairly pinch hits for Eddie Solomon. Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Boswell hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cedeno scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Watson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field. Ferguson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ferguson. Gross scores. DaVanon goes all the way around to score. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 8 Eddie Solomon now pitching. DaVanon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Larson scores. Gross moves to third.
Top 8 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herrmann scores. Metzger scores. Larson moves to third.
Top 8 Larson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boswell scores. Herrmann moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 8 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Boswell moves to third. Herrmann moves to second.
Top 8 Mike Wallace now pitching. Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez juggles the ball. That's an error on Hernandez. Boswell moves to second.
Top 8 Boswell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cedeno scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Herrmann scores. Larson scores. DaVanon goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned.
Top 7 DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Herrmann moves to third. Larson moves to second.
Top 7 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Larson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton misplays the ball. That's an error on Templeton. Herrmann moves to second.
Top 7 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Joe Ferguson now playing right field. Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Forsch covering, for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a popup towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Forsch hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Templeton fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Gross is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Larson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out. Hernandez moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Hernandez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boswell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Herrmann strikes out.
Top 4 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Forsch covering, for the out. Cruz moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Cruz. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Top 4 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Larson covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Herrmann for a passed ball. Templeton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards second base. DaVanon fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Mumphrey takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Forsch spins and fires to second, and Gross is picked off.
Top 3 DaVanon takes first base on ball four. Gross moves to second.
Top 3 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Larson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Kessinger reaches second base with a double. Crawford scores. Hernandez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Crawford moves to second.
Bottom 2 Crawford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Larson covering, for the out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Templeton hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a line drive towards third. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive for a triple. There's an error on the play. Cedeno moves all the way to home. That run is unearned.
Top 1 DaVanon strikes out.
Top 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.