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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1996-08-25 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 31609 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:47

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–1. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 1st. Donne Wall earned the win and Xavier Hernandez picked up the save. Jeff Bagwell went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Donne Wall L: Alan Benes SV: Xavier Hernandez

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
John Cangelosi	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Biggio	4	1	1	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	2	3	2	0
Derek Bell	4	0	0	0	1
Sean Berry	3	0	0	0	0
Brian Hunter	3	0	1	2	0
Orlando Miller	3	0	0	0	1
Kirt Manwaring	3	0	0	0	1
Donne Wall	2	0	0	0	2
James Mouton	3	1	3	0	0
Derrick May	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Alan Benes	6.0	5	4
Cory Bailey	1.0	3	1
Mark Petkovsek	1.0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Donne Wall	7.0	3	2	7
Xavier Hernandez	2.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ozzie Smith: S7/L56D/R6
Ray Lankford: HP.1-2
Ron Gant: 7/L78M/R6
Brian Jordan: 8/L78D/R6
Gary Gaetti: 7/F7S

Bot 1

John Cangelosi: HP
Craig Biggio: 64(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Jeff Bagwell: S7/L6D/R6.1-2
Derek Bell: K/C
Sean Berry: HP.2-3;1-2
Brian Hunter: S8/G6M/R3.3-H;2-H;1-2
Orlando Miller: 7/L7LD

Top 2

John Mabry: 8/P4MD
Tom Pagnozzi: 9/F89XD
Luis Alicea: K

Bot 2

Kirt Manwaring: K
Donne Wall: K
James Mouton: S9/L9S/R6
Craig Biggio: CS2(26)

Top 3

Alan Benes: K
Ozzie Smith: K
Ray Lankford: 8/F8RD

Bot 3

Craig Biggio: 8/F8RM
Jeff Bagwell: HR/F78XD.B-H
Derek Bell: 7/L78XD
Sean Berry: 9/F9D

Top 4

Ron Gant: 3/P3S
Brian Jordan: 8/F8RM
Gary Gaetti: D7/L6MD/R6
John Mabry: 41/G34D

Bot 4

Brian Hunter: 3/P3F
Orlando Miller: 63/G6M
Kirt Manwaring: 8/F8RXD

Top 5

Tom Pagnozzi: 53/G5L
Luis Alicea: K/C
Alan Benes: 13/BG25

Bot 5

Donne Wall: K
James Mouton: S8/L6MD/R4
Craig Biggio: CS2(26)
Craig Biggio: 7/L78D

Top 6

Ozzie Smith: 63/G6
Ray Lankford: W
Ron Gant: K+SB2/R4
Brian Jordan: W
Gary Gaetti: S8/L8RM/R4.2-H;1-3
John Mabry: 5/P5F

Bot 6

Jeff Bagwell: E6/G6M.B-1
Derek Bell: 4/P34
Sean Berry: 8/L89XD/R6
Brian Hunter: 4/P4D

Top 7

Tom Pagnozzi: 4/L4MD
Luis Alicea: K
Mark Sweeney: K

Bot 7

Orlando Miller: K
Kirt Manwaring: 8/F89M
Derrick May: 31/G3L

Top 8

Ozzie Smith: E5/G5L.B-2(E7)
Ray Lankford: 3/G3L.2-3
Ron Gant: 3/P23F
Brian Jordan: 53/G5L

Bot 8

James Mouton: S9/L34D/R4
Craig Biggio: S7/G56/R5.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: S7/L6D/R6.2-H;1-3
Derek Bell: 9/F89S/R2
Sean Berry: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 9

Gary Gaetti: 3/P3SF
John Mabry: K23
Tom Pagnozzi: 63/G6