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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1996-05-22 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 15353 · 68°F, dome, dry · 2:31

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 5–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Alan Benes earned the win and T.J. Mathews picked up the save. Brian Jordan went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Alan Benes L: Darryl Kile SV: T.J. Mathews

Umpires — HP: Brian Gorman · 1B: Randy Marsh · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Rich Rieker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie McGee	4	1	2	1	1	1
Royce Clayton	4	0	0	0	1	3
Brian Jordan	5	1	2	3	0	1
Ray Lankford	4	0	1	0	1	0
Gary Gaetti	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Mabry	5	1	2	1	0	0
Tom Pagnozzi	5	1	1	0	0	1
Luis Alicea	3	0	2	0	1	1
Alan Benes	2	1	1	0	1	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sean Berry	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Derek Bell	4	1	0	0	0	1
Derrick May	3	0	1	1	1	0
Orlando Miller	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rick Wilkins	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Hunter	3	0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Kile	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Cangelosi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Simms	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alan Benes	8.2	5	2	4
T. J. Mathews	0.1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	6.0	6	5	5
Dean Hartgraves	2.0	2	0	2
Greg Swindell	1.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Willie McGee: 3/G3
Royce Clayton: 8/F89D
Brian Jordan: 8/F8RXD

Bot 1

Craig Biggio: HP
Sean Berry: 46(1)/FO/G34/R3
Jeff Bagwell: 8/F8LS
Derek Bell: CS2(24)

Top 2

Ray Lankford: 8/F8RD
Gary Gaetti: 7/L7D
John Mabry: 7/F78S

Bot 2

Derek Bell: 3/P3DF
Derrick May: W
Orlando Miller: K
Rick Wilkins: BK.1-2
Rick Wilkins: K

Top 3

Tom Pagnozzi: K
Luis Alicea: S9/G34
Alan Benes: K
Willie McGee: D7/L7LM.1-3
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 3

Brian Hunter: 43/G4M
Darryl Kile: K
Craig Biggio: 9/F9LMF

Top 4

Brian Jordan: 13/G15S
Ray Lankford: 7/F7D
Gary Gaetti: HP
John Mabry: 8/F8RD

Bot 4

Sean Berry: 2/P2RF
Jeff Bagwell: 8/F8LS
Derek Bell: K

Top 5

Tom Pagnozzi: D8/L89D/R4
Luis Alicea: K
Alan Benes: W
Willie McGee: D8/L89XD/R4.2-H;1-3
Royce Clayton: W
Brian Jordan: D7/G5L.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ray Lankford: I
Gary Gaetti: 9/F9M/FDP.3XH(92)

Bot 5

Derrick May: 43/G4
Orlando Miller: 9/L9M
Rick Wilkins: S49/G4M
Brian Hunter: 4(1)/FO/G4M

Top 6

John Mabry: HR/L9D
Tom Pagnozzi: 7/F7M
Luis Alicea: W
Alan Benes: 14/SH/BG23.1-2
Willie McGee: I
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 6

John Cangelosi: 8/F8LD
Craig Biggio: 9/F9M
Sean Berry: S7/L6D
Jeff Bagwell: 7/L7M

Top 7

Brian Jordan: K
Ray Lankford: 43/G4D
Gary Gaetti: 9/F89M

Bot 7

Derek Bell: 63/G6M
Derrick May: 9/F89XD
Orlando Miller: 53/G5

Top 8

John Mabry: 3/G3
Tom Pagnozzi: 9/L9M
Luis Alicea: S8/L4MD
Alan Benes: S7/G5.1-2
Willie McGee: K

Bot 8

Rick Wilkins: 8/L8RD
Brian Hunter: 8/L8LM
Mike Simms: 3/P3DF

Top 9

Royce Clayton: K
Brian Jordan: HR/L7D
Ray Lankford: S8/G4M
Gary Gaetti: 7/F7D
John Mabry: DGR/L5D.1-3
Tom Pagnozzi: 53/G56

Bot 9

Craig Biggio: S7/L56D
Sean Berry: 36(1)/FO/G3S/R1
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Derek Bell: 64(1)/FO/G4M.2-H(E4/TH);B-2
Derrick May: S6/P7S.2-H
Orlando Miller: D7/L7LS.1-3
Rick Wilkins: 7/F7M