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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1997-04-05 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 25957 · 68°F, dome, dry · Wind to LF · 2:54

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–2. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 4th. Sid Fernandez earned the win and Ramon Garcia picked up the save. James Mouton went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sid Fernandez L: Donovan Osborne SV: Ramon Garcia

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	2	1	1	1	0	0
Ron Gant	4	0	0	0	0	2
Royce Clayton	4	0	2	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dmitri Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Gaetti	3	1	0	0	1	2
Mike Difelice	2	0	0	0	1	0
Roberto Mejia	4	0	1	1	0	1
Donovan Osborne	2	0	0	0	0	2
David Bell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Sweeney	2	0	1	0	0	1
John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	1	1	0	0	0
James Mouton	4	2	2	1	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Derek Bell	3	0	0	0	1	2
Sean Berry	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Abreu	4	0	1	1	0	1
Tony Eusebio	4	0	1	2	0	0
Pat Listach	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Fernandez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Montgomery	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ramon Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Spiers	0	2	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Donovan Osborne	6.0	7	0	6
Rich Batchelor	2.0	0	2	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sid Fernandez	5.0	4	2	3
Ramon Garcia	4.0	3	0	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: HR/F9D
Ron Gant: 63/G6
Royce Clayton: 9/L9
Brian Jordan: 7/F7D

Bot 1

Craig Biggio: T9/F9LD
James Mouton: 2/P2LF
Jeff Bagwell: 63/G6M.3-H
Derek Bell: K

Top 2

Dmitri Young: 9/L9
Gary Gaetti: W
Mike Difelice: 8/L8RD
Roberto Mejia: SB2
Roberto Mejia: D7/L7D.2-H
Donovan Osborne: K

Bot 2

Sean Berry: K
Bobby Abreu: K
Tony Eusebio: 53/G5

Top 3

Delino DeShields: 13/BG23
Ron Gant: K
Royce Clayton: S5/G56
Brian Jordan: 7/F78D

Bot 3

Pat Listach: 7/F7S
Sid Fernandez: K
Craig Biggio: 7/F7M

Top 4

Dmitri Young: S8/L8LM
Gary Gaetti: 8/F8RD
Mike Difelice: SB2
Mike Difelice: W
Roberto Mejia: 9/F9LM
Donovan Osborne: K

Bot 4

James Mouton: S8/L8LS
Jeff Bagwell: S7/L7S.1-2
Derek Bell: K
Sean Berry: E4/G6.1-2;2-3
Bobby Abreu: S9/L9S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tony Eusebio: 54(1)/FO/G4/R3.3-H(UR);2-3
Pat Listach: 5/L5L

Top 5

David Bell: 8/F8LM
Ron Gant: 8/F8RD
Royce Clayton: 6/P6MD

Bot 5

Ray Montgomery: K
Craig Biggio: 3/G3
James Mouton: HR/F7LD
Jeff Bagwell: 63/G6

Top 6

Brian Jordan: S5/G25
Dmitri Young: 13/G13.1-2
Gary Gaetti: K
Mike Difelice: 9/F9M

Bot 6

Derek Bell: 63/G6M
Sean Berry: D8/G6
Bobby Abreu: 13/G15.2-3
Tony Eusebio: S9/G34.3-H
Pat Listach: 3/G3

Top 7

Roberto Mejia: 63/G6M
Mark Sweeney: S9/G34
David Bell: 5/P5SF
Ron Gant: K

Bot 7

Ramon Garcia: 8/F8LS
Craig Biggio: E1/G13S/U4.B-2
James Mouton: 63/G6
Jeff Bagwell: K

Top 8

Royce Clayton: S9/L89S
Brian Jordan: 8/F8RD
Dmitri Young: 7/F78D
Gary Gaetti: SB2
Gary Gaetti: K

Bot 8

Derek Bell: W
Bill Spiers: CS2(26)
Bill Spiers: W
Bobby Abreu: 63/G6.1-2
Tony Eusebio: PB.2-3
Tony Eusebio: E5/G5.3-H(UR)(NR)
Pat Listach: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 9

John Mabry: 9/F9D
Roberto Mejia: K
Mark Sweeney: K