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Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals

1984-09-01 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 27934 · 2:35

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–4. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 6th. Mark Ross earned the win and Dave Smith picked up the save. Tom Nieto went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mark Ross L: Kurt Kepshire SV: Dave Smith

Umpires — HP: Ed Montague · 1B: Steve Rippley · 2B: Dutch Rennert · 3B: Eric Gregg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Doran	4	1	0	0	1	0
Terry Puhl	5	1	1	0	0	1
Denny Walling	5	1	1	2	0	0
Jose Cruz	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jerry Mumphrey	5	2	2	1	0	1
Enos Cabell	2	1	2	0	2	0
Mark Bailey	4	0	0	0	0	2
Craig Reynolds	3	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Knepper	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Pankovits	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Bass	1	0	1	1	0	0
Phil Garner	1	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Pena	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie McGee	5	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Herr	4	0	2	1	0	0
Terry Pendleton	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Hendrick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lonnie Smith	4	0	1	0	0	0
David Green	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ozzie Smith	2	1	1	0	1	0
Tom Nieto	3	1	1	3	0	1
Kurt Kepshire	2	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Rucker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Jorgensen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Porter	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Knepper	4.0	8	1	1
Mark Ross	1.0	0	0	0
Dave Smith	4.0	2	0	4

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kurt Kepshire	5.2	9	2	3
Dave Rucker	1.0	2	1	1
Jeff Lahti	2.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Doran: W
Terry Puhl: K
Denny Walling: HR.1-H
Jose Cruz: 43
Jerry Mumphrey: S9
Enos Cabell: SB2
Enos Cabell: W
Mark Bailey: 6

Bot 1

Willie McGee: 63
Tom Herr: S7
Terry Pendleton: 64(1)/FO
George Hendrick: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Craig Reynolds: S9
Bob Knepper: 24/SH.1-2
Bill Doran: 7
Terry Puhl: 8

Bot 2

Lonnie Smith: 8
David Green: S9
Ozzie Smith: PO1(E3).1-2
Ozzie Smith: S7.2-3
Tom Nieto: SB2
Tom Nieto: HR8/IPHR.3-H;2-H
Kurt Kepshire: K
Willie McGee: S7
Tom Herr: SB2
Tom Herr: S9.2-H
Terry Pendleton: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Denny Walling: 8
Jose Cruz: 63
Jerry Mumphrey: K

Bot 3

George Hendrick: 7
Lonnie Smith: S8
David Green: SB2
David Green: 8.2-3
Ozzie Smith: W
Tom Nieto: 43

Top 4

Enos Cabell: S9
Mark Bailey: 7
Craig Reynolds: 6
Bob Knepper: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Kurt Kepshire: D7
Willie McGee: 63
Tom Herr: 7
Terry Pendleton: 5/FL

Top 5

Jim Pankovits: S7
Bill Doran: 8
Terry Puhl: 43.1-2
Denny Walling: 43

Bot 5

George Hendrick: 9
Lonnie Smith: 63
David Green: 9

Top 6

Jose Cruz: S9
Jerry Mumphrey: 64(1)/FO
Enos Cabell: S8.1-3
Mark Bailey: K
Craig Reynolds: S9.3-H;1-3
Kevin Bass: WP.3-H;1-2
Kevin Bass: T7.2-H
Bill Doran: 43

Bot 6

Ozzie Smith: 63
Tom Nieto: K
Dave Rucker: K

Top 7

Terry Puhl: S8
Denny Walling: E1.1-2
Jose Cruz: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Jerry Mumphrey: S8.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Enos Cabell: IW
Mark Bailey: K
Phil Garner: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(E3)(UR)(NR);1-3
Dave Smith: 6(1)/FO

Bot 7

Willie McGee: 43
Tom Herr: 7/FL
Terry Pendleton: S9
George Hendrick: K

Top 8

Bill Doran: 5/L
Terry Puhl: 7
Denny Walling: 63

Bot 8

Lonnie Smith: 63
David Green: S
Mike Jorgensen: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Jose Cruz: 63
Jerry Mumphrey: 7
Bert Pena: 53

Bot 9

Steve Braun: 43
Darrell Porter: K
Willie McGee: 63

Notes & reviews

Astroturf bounce over Jerry Mumphrey
Ozzie Smith yelled at 1B umpire Steve Rippley as Smith left the field; Lonnie Smith tried to intervene; Ozzie stepped on Rippley's foot and Lonnie's elbow pushed Rippley, who fell; Ozzie ejected by Rippley; Ozzie was suspended and fined

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