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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1965-09-30 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 7494 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:49

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 19–8. St. Louis Cardinals put up 6 in the 1st. Nelson Briles earned the win and Dennis Aust picked up the save. Jerry Buchek went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	6	0	0	1	2	4	3	1	2	19	19
HOU	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	8	11

W: Nelson Briles L: Jim Ray SV: Dennis Aust

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Ed Sudol · 2B: Bill Williams · 3B: Bob Engel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	6	3	4	1	0	0
Curt Flood	6	4	4	1	0	0
George Kernek	6	2	3	2	0	0
Mike Shannon	4	4	2	1	2	0
Phil Gagliano	4	2	1	3	1	0
Tim McCarver	3	0	0	1	0	1
Jerry Buchek	5	2	2	5	1	0
Dal Maxvill	5	1	1	3	1	0
Nelson Briles	4	0	2	2	0	1
Ted Savage	0	1	0	0	2	0
Bob Skinner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis Aust	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Morgan	5	2	2	0	0	0
Norm Miller	5	2	2	1	0	1
Rusty Staub	4	1	1	2	0	0
Chuck Harrison	5	0	3	3	0	0
Jim Wynn	3	1	0	0	2	1
Bob Aspromonte	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Kasko	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dave Adlesh	2	1	0	1	1	0
Danny Coombs	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Gentile	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Hoffman	2	0	1	1	0	1
Turk Farrell	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nelson Briles	7.0	8	4	1
Dennis Aust	2.0	3	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Ray	0.2	3	3	1
Danny Coombs	3.1	4	0	0
Dave Giusti	2.0	6	1	1
Bruce Von Hoff	1.0	3	2	0
Turk Farrell	2.0	3	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: S
Curt Flood: SB2
Curt Flood: S4.2-3
George Kernek: S.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Mike Shannon: W
Phil Gagliano: 8/SF.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tim McCarver: K/C
Jerry Buchek: W
Dal Maxvill: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Nelson Briles: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Lou Brock: S.3-H;1-2
Curt Flood: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Joe Morgan: 8
Norm Miller: T
Rusty Staub: 8/SF.3-H
Chuck Harrison: S
Jim Wynn: W.1-2
Bob Aspromonte: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

George Kernek: 5
Mike Shannon: 53
Phil Gagliano: 63

Bot 2

Eddie Kasko: S
Dave Adlesh: 3/FL
Danny Coombs: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Tim McCarver: 43
Jerry Buchek: 63
Dal Maxvill: 63

Bot 3

Joe Morgan: S
Norm Miller: K
Rusty Staub: 6
Chuck Harrison: 7

Top 4

Nelson Briles: 63
Lou Brock: 7
Curt Flood: S
George Kernek: D.1-H
Mike Shannon: 8

Bot 4

Jim Wynn: W
Bob Aspromonte: SB2
Bob Aspromonte: W
Eddie Kasko: 53.2-3;1-2
Dave Adlesh: 63.3-H;2-3
Jim Gentile: 43

Top 5

Phil Gagliano: E5
Tim McCarver: 8
Jerry Buchek: HR.1-H(UR)
Dal Maxvill: 2/FL
Nelson Briles: S
Lou Brock: 5/L

Bot 5

Joe Morgan: 3/G
Norm Miller: 9/FL
Rusty Staub: 31

Top 6

Curt Flood: S
George Kernek: S.1-3#
Mike Shannon: S.3-H;1-3
Phil Gagliano: W.1-2
Tim McCarver: 8/SF.3-H
Jerry Buchek: 53.2-3;1-2
Dal Maxvill: S.3-H;2-H
Nelson Briles: K

Bot 6

Chuck Harrison: 5/FL
Jim Wynn: 7
Bob Aspromonte: 3/L

Top 7

Lou Brock: S
Curt Flood: S.1-2
George Kernek: 3/FL.2-3(E3);1-2#
Mike Shannon: W
Phil Gagliano: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ted Savage: W.1-2
Jerry Buchek: 5(2)/FO.3-H;1-2
Dal Maxvill: 8

Bot 7

Eddie Kasko: S
Dave Adlesh: W.1-2
John Hoffman: S.2-H;1-2
Joe Morgan: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Norm Miller: S.3-H;1-2
Rusty Staub: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Chuck Harrison: D.3-H;2-H
Jim Wynn: 8

Top 8

Bob Skinner: K
Lou Brock: T
Curt Flood: 43.3-H
George Kernek: 4

Bot 8

Bob Aspromonte: 4
Eddie Kasko: 13
Turk Farrell: 13

Top 9

Mike Shannon: S
Phil Gagliano: 13.1-2
Ted Savage: W
Jerry Buchek: D.2-H;1-H
Dal Maxvill: 3
Dennis Aust: K

Bot 9

John Hoffman: K
Joe Morgan: S1
Norm Miller: 8
Rusty Staub: D.1-H
Chuck Harrison: S.2-H
Jim Wynn: K

Notes & reviews

xKernek may have went to 2nd on throw
xHOU scoresheet shows Harrison error, SLN does not-I took a guess

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