Houston Astros 2 – 8 St. Louis Cardinals
9 August 1964 · STL07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Julian Javier | 1 in 107 games |
| 24 | final score 8–2 | 1 in 85 games | |
| 10 | 2 doubles | Dick Groat | 1 in 99 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | 14 | 0 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Spangler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nellie Fox | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gaines | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Walt Bond | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Aspromonte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carroll Hardy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Lillis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerry Grote | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Bob Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Larsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Claude Raymond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bruce | 3.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Don Larsen | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Raymond | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Danny Coombs | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Flood | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Brock | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill White | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ken Boyer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Groat | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 2B |
| Tim McCarver | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Shannon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Julian Javier | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray Sadecki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sadecki | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |