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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1996-08-23 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 35554 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:56

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 1–0. Donovan Osborne earned the win and Dennis Eckersley picked up the save. Ray Lankford went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Donovan Osborne L: Darryl Kile SV: Dennis Eckersley

Umpires — HP: Larry Poncino · 1B: Rich Rieker · 2B: Frank Pulli · 3B: Greg Bonin · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ozzie Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Lankford	4	1	1	1	0	2
Ron Gant	4	0	0	0	0	3
Brian Jordan	3	0	2	0	1	1
John Mabry	4	0	2	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Pagnozzi	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Alicea	3	0	1	0	0	0
Donovan Osborne	2	0	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Brian Hunter	5	0	0	0
Craig Biggio	5	1	0	1
Jeff Bagwell	3	1	2	1
Derek Bell	4	0	0	2
Sean Berry	3	2	1	1
James Mouton	4	0	0	0
Ricky Gutierrez	3	1	1	1
Kirt Manwaring	2	0	1	0
Darryl Kile	2	1	1	1
Bill Spiers	1	1	0	0
Derrick May	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Donovan Osborne	7.0	5	6	6
T. J. Mathews	1.0	2	0	1
Dennis Eckersley	1.0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	8.0	7	1	9
John Hudek	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ozzie Smith: 13/G15
Ray Lankford: K
Ron Gant: K

Bot 1

Brian Hunter: 7/F7S
Craig Biggio: K
Jeff Bagwell: S9/L4D/R6
Derek Bell: K

Top 2

Brian Jordan: S8/L6MD/R6
John Mabry: S9/G34/R6.1-2
Gary Gaetti: K
Tom Pagnozzi: K
Luis Alicea: 7/F7LS

Bot 2

Sean Berry: S8/L89M/R6
James Mouton: 53/G5S.1-2
Ricky Gutierrez: 9/F9LD/R4.2-3
Kirt Manwaring: W
Darryl Kile: K/C

Top 3

Donovan Osborne: 9/L9S
Ozzie Smith: 43/G4M
Ray Lankford: HR/F89XD.B-H
Ron Gant: K/C

Bot 3

Brian Hunter: 9/F9LD
Craig Biggio: S4/G6MD
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Derek Bell: WP.2-3;1-2
Derek Bell: K/C
Sean Berry: W
James Mouton: 53/G56

Top 4

Brian Jordan: S9/L9LS/R4
John Mabry: S8/G4M.1X3(85)
Gary Gaetti: 5/L5
Tom Pagnozzi: 8/F8RD

Bot 4

Ricky Gutierrez: W
Kirt Manwaring: PO1(13)
Kirt Manwaring: 8/F8LXD
Darryl Kile: W
Brian Hunter: 8/L8RS

Top 5

Luis Alicea: 9/F89M
Donovan Osborne: S8/L8RS/R4
Ozzie Smith: 7/F7M/R6
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 5

Craig Biggio: 8/F8RD
Jeff Bagwell: W
Derek Bell: 9/F9LM/R4
Sean Berry: D7/L56D/R4.1-3
James Mouton: 53/G5

Top 6

Ron Gant: K
Brian Jordan: W
John Mabry: 6/P6M
Gary Gaetti: K

Bot 6

Ricky Gutierrez: K
Kirt Manwaring: 9/F9LS
Darryl Kile: S7/L6D/R6
Brian Hunter: 53/G5S

Top 7

Tom Pagnozzi: 9/L9M
Luis Alicea: S8/G4M/R4
Donovan Osborne: 24/SH/BG2R.1-2
Ozzie Smith: 143/G4M

Bot 7

Craig Biggio: 7/F78S
Jeff Bagwell: K
Derek Bell: 8/L89XD

Top 8

Ray Lankford: 8/L8LM
Ron Gant: 7/F7S
Brian Jordan: K

Bot 8

Sean Berry: K
James Mouton: 7/L7M
Ricky Gutierrez: S8/L8LS/R4
Bill Spiers: S8/L8LS/R6.1-2
Derrick May: 8/F78S

Top 9

John Mabry: K
Gary Gaetti: 63/G6
Tom Pagnozzi: 43/G4M

Bot 9

Brian Hunter: 13/G15
Craig Biggio: 7/F7D
Jeff Bagwell: 53/G5