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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1993-07-04 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 24737 · dome · 2:21

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 9–4. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 2nd. Doug Drabek earned the win. Ed Taubensee went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4	8
HOU	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	0		9	14

W: Doug Drabek L: Rene Arocha SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mark Hirschbeck · 1B: Bruce Froemming · 2B: Ed Montague · 3B: Mike Winters · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Geronimo Pena	4	0	0	0	1
Ozzie Smith	4	0	0	0	0
Gregg Jefferies	4	0	0	0	1
Todd Zeile	4	2	2	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	4	1	1	0	2
Brian Jordan	4	1	1	2	2
Rod Brewer	4	0	3	2	1
Tom Pagnozzi	3	0	0	0	0
Rene Arocha	1	0	0	0	0
Gerald Perry	1	0	0	0	1
Jose Oquendo	1	0	1	0	0
Erik Pappas	1	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Casey Candaele	5	2	2	0	0	1
Luis Gonzalez	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Caminiti	1	2	1	2	2	0
Eric Anthony	4	0	2	2	0	0
Andujar Cedeno	4	1	3	1	0	1
Ed Taubensee	4	2	2	3	0	0
Steve Finley	4	0	2	0	0	0
Doug Drabek	4	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rene Arocha	4.0	8	1	3
Lee Guetterman	2.2	5	1	0
Mike Perez	0.1	1	0	0
Lee Smith	1.0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doug Drabek	9.0	8	0	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Geronimo Pena: K
Ozzie Smith: 13/G1S
Gregg Jefferies: 3/G3L

Bot 1

Casey Candaele: 63/G6
Luis Gonzalez: S8/L8LS
Jeff Bagwell: SB2
Jeff Bagwell: 53/G5.2-2
Ken Caminiti: S8/G4M.2-H
Eric Anthony: 43/G34D

Top 2

Todd Zeile: K
Bernard Gilkey: K
Brian Jordan: K

Bot 2

Andujar Cedeno: S4/G4MD
Ed Taubensee: HR/F89XD.1-H
Steve Finley: S8/G4M
Doug Drabek: 16(1)3/GDP/G15
Casey Candaele: K

Top 3

Rod Brewer: K
Tom Pagnozzi: 8/P89S
Rene Arocha: 43/G4MD

Bot 3

Luis Gonzalez: 43/G4
Jeff Bagwell: 63/G6D
Ken Caminiti: W
Eric Anthony: D8/G4.1-H;BX3(845)

Top 4

Geronimo Pena: 53/G5S
Ozzie Smith: 7/L7
Gregg Jefferies: K

Bot 4

Andujar Cedeno: K
Ed Taubensee: HR/L9D
Steve Finley: S9/G34
Doug Drabek: CS2(26)
Doug Drabek: K

Top 5

Todd Zeile: S7/G56
Bernard Gilkey: S7/F78S.1-2
Brian Jordan: T8/L7.2-H;1-H
Rod Brewer: D9/L9D.3-H
Tom Pagnozzi: 53/G5S.2-2
Gerald Perry: K
Geronimo Pena: 8/L8RXD

Bot 5

Casey Candaele: D7/G5L
Luis Gonzalez: S9/L9.2-H(E9/TH)(NR);B-2
Jeff Bagwell: 63/G6M.2-3
Ken Caminiti: 8/SF/F8RD.3-H(UR)
Eric Anthony: 9/F9LF

Top 6

Ozzie Smith: 63/G6M
Gregg Jefferies: 13/G13S
Todd Zeile: 63/G6

Bot 6

Andujar Cedeno: S5/G56S
Ed Taubensee: 46(1)/FO/G34
Steve Finley: 9/F9
Doug Drabek: 13/G15

Top 7

Bernard Gilkey: K
Brian Jordan: 5/L56
Rod Brewer: S8/L8RM
Tom Pagnozzi: 7/L7

Bot 7

Casey Candaele: S8/L8RM
Luis Gonzalez: 7/P7S
Jeff Bagwell: SB2
Jeff Bagwell: 6/L6
Ken Caminiti: I
Eric Anthony: S8/L4.2-H;1-3
Andujar Cedeno: D9/L3D.3-H;1-3
Ed Taubensee: 43/G34

Top 8

Jose Oquendo: S8/L4MD
Geronimo Pena: 8/F78D
Ozzie Smith: 36(1)/FO/G3
Gregg Jefferies: 7/P78S

Bot 8

Steve Finley: 6/P6MS
Doug Drabek: K
Casey Candaele: 9/F89D

Top 9

Todd Zeile: S7/L7
Bernard Gilkey: 8/L8LD
Brian Jordan: K+WP.1-2
Rod Brewer: S9/L89.2-H
Erik Pappas: 54(1)/FO/G56