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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1972-04-29 · Night game · Astrodome · 11 innings · Att: 24614 · night · 2:49

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 4–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Al Santorini earned the win. Joe Torre went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12
HOU	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9

W: Al Santorini L: Ken Forsch SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John McSherry · 1B: Frank Pulli · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Bill Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ted Sizemore	5	0	1	0	0	1
Matty Alou	5	1	4	0	0	0
Joe Torre	5	2	3	2	0	0
Joe Hague	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry McNertney	4	0	2	1	0	2
Ed Crosby	5	0	0	0	0	0
Scipio Spinks	3	0	1	0	0	1
Al Santorini	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roger Metzger	5	0	0	0	0	1
Cesar Cedeno	4	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Wynn	5	1	1	1	0	2
Lee May	4	0	3	1	1	1
Bob Watson	4	0	1	0	1	0
Doug Rader	4	0	1	0	1	1
Tommy Helms	5	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Edwards	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ken Forsch	4	0	1	0	0	3
Norm Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scipio Spinks	7.1	8	4	7
Al Santorini	3.2	1	1	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Forsch	10.0	11	1	5
Wade Blasingame	0.1	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	0.2	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K/C
Ted Sizemore: 9
Matty Alou: 5/P

Bot 1

Roger Metzger: K/C
Cesar Cedeno: S1
Jim Wynn: 63.1-2
Lee May: S8.2-H
Bob Watson: S1.1-2
Doug Rader: WP.2-3;1-2
Doug Rader: W
Tommy Helms: 53

Top 2

Joe Torre: S8
Joe Hague: 9
Jose Cruz: 6/P
Jerry McNertney: K

Bot 2

Johnny Edwards: K
Ken Forsch: K23
Roger Metzger: 7

Top 3

Ed Crosby: 31
Scipio Spinks: S8
Lou Brock: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Cesar Cedeno: 63
Jim Wynn: HR/7
Lee May: D7
Bob Watson: 3/G
Doug Rader: K

Top 4

Ted Sizemore: 53
Matty Alou: D9
Joe Torre: HR/8.2-H
Joe Hague: 31
Jose Cruz: 43

Bot 4

Tommy Helms: S7
Johnny Edwards: 8
Ken Forsch: S3/BG.1-2
Roger Metzger: 13.2-3;1-2
Cesar Cedeno: W
Jim Wynn: 5(2)/FO

Top 5

Jerry McNertney: D7
Ed Crosby: 7
Scipio Spinks: K
Lou Brock: 3/G

Bot 5

Lee May: K
Bob Watson: 3/G
Doug Rader: 13

Top 6

Ted Sizemore: 63
Matty Alou: S8
Joe Torre: 4/P
Joe Hague: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Tommy Helms: 53
Johnny Edwards: W
Ken Forsch: CS2(26)
Ken Forsch: K/C

Top 7

Jose Cruz: S8
Jerry McNertney: 14/SH.1-2
Ed Crosby: WP.2-3
Ed Crosby: FC6.3XH(62);B-1
Scipio Spinks: 6(1)/FO

Bot 7

Roger Metzger: 53
Cesar Cedeno: 63
Jim Wynn: K

Top 8

Lou Brock: 63
Ted Sizemore: S9
Matty Alou: S7.1-2
Joe Torre: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Lee May: W
Bob Watson: 64(1)/FO
Doug Rader: S9.1-3
Tommy Helms: 1/BP
Johnny Edwards: 9

Top 9

Joe Hague: 31
Jose Cruz: 6/P
Jerry McNertney: K

Bot 9

Ken Forsch: K
Roger Metzger: 31
Cesar Cedeno: 9

Top 10

Ed Crosby: 43
Al Santorini: 43
Lou Brock: W
Ted Sizemore: SB2
Ted Sizemore: K

Bot 10

Jim Wynn: K
Lee May: S7
Bob Watson: CS2(26)
Bob Watson: W
Doug Rader: 7

Top 11

Matty Alou: S1
Joe Torre: S8.1-2
Joe Hague: E1/SH.2-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Jose Cruz: 3/G
Jerry McNertney: S7.3-H;2XH(72)
Ed Crosby: WP.1-2
Ed Crosby: 3/FL

Bot 11

Tommy Helms: 53
Johnny Edwards: 1/G
Norm Miller: 63