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Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals

1977-05-06 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 10737 · night, rain · 2:30

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 8th. Pete Falcone earned the win and Al Hrabosky picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Pete Falcone L: Bo McLaughlin SV: Al Hrabosky

Umpires — HP: Bob Engel · 1B: Jerry Dale · 2B: John McSherry · 3B: Bill Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julio Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	1	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Watson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Ferguson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cliff Johnson	3	0	1	1	0	0
Art Howe	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rob Sperring	1	0	0	0	1	1
Bo McLaughlin	2	0	0	0	0	2
Leon Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wilbur Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Cabell	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	0	0	0	0
Garry Templeton	4	2	2	0	0	1
Tony Scott	3	1	1	0	0	1
Hector Cruz	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ted Simmons	4	1	1	0	0	0
Keith Hernandez	2	0	0	0	2	1
Ken Reitz	3	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Tyson	2	0	1	1	1	0
Pete Falcone	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Mumphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bo McLaughlin	6.0	3	2	4
Ken Forsch	2.0	4	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Falcone	7.0	2	3	5
Al Hrabosky	2.0	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julio Gonzalez: 8
Jose Cruz: 43
Cesar Cedeno: W
Bob Watson: 4/P

Bot 1

Lou Brock: 63
Garry Templeton: 3/G
Tony Scott: 13

Top 2

Joe Ferguson: K
Cliff Johnson: 7
Art Howe: T7
Rob Sperring: W
Bo McLaughlin: K/C

Bot 2

Hector Cruz: 53
Ted Simmons: 31
Keith Hernandez: K

Top 3

Julio Gonzalez: 13
Jose Cruz: 43
Cesar Cedeno: W
Bob Watson: SB2
Bob Watson: 8

Bot 3

Ken Reitz: K/C
Mike Tyson: W
Pete Falcone: 34/SH.1-2
Lou Brock: 43

Top 4

Joe Ferguson: 8
Cliff Johnson: 4/P
Art Howe: 8

Bot 4

Garry Templeton: K
Tony Scott: HP
Hector Cruz: 9
Ted Simmons: POCS2(13624)

Top 5

Rob Sperring: K/C
Bo McLaughlin: K
Julio Gonzalez: S7
Jose Cruz: 6(1)/FO

Bot 5

Ted Simmons: S9
Keith Hernandez: W.1-2
Ken Reitz: 8
Mike Tyson: S7.2-H;1X3(756);B-2(TH3)
Pete Falcone: 3/G

Top 6

Cesar Cedeno: 7
Bob Watson: 4/P
Joe Ferguson: 8

Bot 6

Lou Brock: 7
Garry Templeton: S8.B-3(E8)
Tony Scott: WP.3-H(UR)#
Tony Scott: K/C
Hector Cruz: 7

Top 7

Cliff Johnson: HP
Art Howe: 64(1)3/GDP
Leon Roberts: K/C

Bot 7

Ted Simmons: 3/G
Keith Hernandez: W
Ken Reitz: D8/89.1-3
Mike Tyson: 4/P
Jerry Mumphrey: 53

Top 8

Wilbur Howard: 8/L
Julio Gonzalez: 31
Jose Cruz: 53

Bot 8

Lou Brock: 7
Garry Templeton: S5
Tony Scott: SB2
Tony Scott: S7.2-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Hector Cruz: D7.2-H
Ted Simmons: 9
Keith Hernandez: 31

Top 9

Cesar Cedeno: HP
Bob Watson: SB2
Bob Watson: W
Joe Ferguson: 5(2)3/GDP.1-2
Cliff Johnson: D7.2-H
Art Howe: W
Enos Cabell: 6/L

Notes & reviews

Cesar Cedeno, hit on the left arm, charged the mound; both benches cleared; catcher Ted Simmons jumped on Cedeno; a 10-minute brawl ensued; Astros coach Mel Wright had his glasses broken; Joaquin Andujar and Roger Freed ejected by HP umpire Bob Engel

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