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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1988-05-31 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 19666 · 70°F, dome, dry · 2:58

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 9–7. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 4th. Larry McWilliams earned the win and Todd Worrell picked up the save. Ozzie Smith went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	1	9	11
HOU	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7	12

W: Larry McWilliams L: Bob Knepper SV: Todd Worrell

Umpires — HP: Charlie Williams · 1B: Bob Engel · 2B: Paul Runge · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vince Coleman	5	2	1	0	0	1
Ozzie Smith	4	2	2	3	0	0
Willie McGee	5	0	1	0	0	1
Tom Brunansky	4	2	2	2	1	2
Tony Pena	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tom Pagnozzi	5	0	2	2	0	1
Jose Oquendo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Alicea	4	1	1	0	0	0
Larry McWilliams	2	1	0	0	0	1
Bob Forsch	1	0	0	0	0	1
Todd Worrell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gerald Young	5	1	2	1	0	0
Billy Hatcher	5	2	2	2	0	0
Jim Pankovits	5	0	0	0	0	1
Glenn Davis	5	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Bass	3	1	2	0	0	0
Rafael Ramirez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Trevino	3	0	1	2	1	0
Chuck Jackson	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Knepper	2	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Walling	2	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Puhl	2	2	2	0	0	0
Alan Ashby	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry McWilliams	5.0	7	1	0
Bob Forsch	1.2	2	0	0
Todd Worrell	2.1	3	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Knepper	6.0	8	2	7
Jeff Heathcock	1.0	2	0	0
Joaquin Andujar	1.1	1	0	0
Juan Agosto	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vince Coleman: 6E3
Ozzie Smith: E4/BG3S/SH.1-2;B-1
Willie McGee: 64(1)43(B)/GDP.2-3
Tom Brunansky: W
Tony Pena: W.1-2
Tom Pagnozzi: S5/G5.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jose Oquendo: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Gerald Young: 63
Billy Hatcher: 7/L7
Jim Pankovits: 63

Top 2

Luis Alicea: 53
Larry McWilliams: K
Vince Coleman: K

Bot 2

Glenn Davis: 53
Kevin Bass: S7/G56
Rafael Ramirez: D7/L7D.1-3;B-2
Alex Trevino: D7/L7L.3-H;2-H;B-2
Chuck Jackson: 43.2-3
Bob Knepper: 43

Top 3

Ozzie Smith: 4/P3DF
Willie McGee: 9/F9
Tom Brunansky: K

Bot 3

Gerald Young: 63
Billy Hatcher: 8/F8S
Jim Pankovits: 8/F8

Top 4

Tony Pena: S7/G56
Tom Pagnozzi: K
Jose Oquendo: 7/F78
Luis Alicea: D7/G5.1-3;B-2
Larry McWilliams: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Vince Coleman: S9/L89S.1-3
Ozzie Smith: HR/F7D.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Willie McGee: K

Bot 4

Glenn Davis: 4/P9LS
Kevin Bass: D7/L7LS
Rafael Ramirez: 63
Alex Trevino: W
Chuck Jackson: S6/G6.2-3;1-2;B-1
Bob Knepper: 53

Top 5

Tom Brunansky: K
Tony Pena: 53
Tom Pagnozzi: 31

Bot 5

Gerald Young: S8/G6M
Billy Hatcher: SB2
Billy Hatcher: HR/F7LD.2-H
Jim Pankovits: 8/F78D
Glenn Davis: 7/L78D
Kevin Bass: 9/F9S

Top 6

Jose Oquendo: S7/G5
Luis Alicea: 6/P6D
Bob Forsch: K
Vince Coleman: 4/G4M

Bot 6

Rafael Ramirez: 2/P1S
Alex Trevino: 8/F8
Denny Walling: 7/F78

Top 7

Ozzie Smith: S7/L6D
Willie McGee: S8/G6M.1-2
Tom Brunansky: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Tony Pena: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
Tom Pagnozzi: S7/L7S.2-H;1-2
Jose Oquendo: 9/F89D.2-3
Luis Alicea: 9/F9L

Bot 7

Terry Puhl: S7/G56
Gerald Young: 7/F7L
Billy Hatcher: S7/G56.1-2
Jim Pankovits: 8/F8
Glenn Davis: S8/L8.2-H;1-3
Alan Ashby: WP.3-H(NR);1-2
Alan Ashby: K

Top 8

Todd Worrell: 8/L8
Vince Coleman: 43
Ozzie Smith: 6/L6M

Bot 8

Rafael Ramirez: 8/F78
Alex Trevino: 63
Denny Walling: 8/F78

Top 9

Willie McGee: 31
Tom Brunansky: HR/F7D
Tony Pena: 63
Tom Pagnozzi: 53

Bot 9

Terry Puhl: D7/G5
Gerald Young: D9/L9LD.2-H
Billy Hatcher: E4/TH.2XH(32);B-1
Jim Pankovits: K
Glenn Davis: 2/P25F

Notes & reviews

when Joaquin Andujar's first pitch came close to Tony Pena, both benches were warned by HP umpire Charlie Williams; when the second pitch was close, Andujar ejected by Williams

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