Houston Astros 5 – 9 St. Louis Cardinals
14 August 1973 · STL09
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | J.R. Richard | 1 in 107 games |
| 27 | final score 9–5 | 1 in 125 games | |
| 14 | 3 walks | Jim Wynn | 1 in 192 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | 9 | 12 | 1 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Wynn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Roger Metzger | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cesar Cedeno | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Watson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Doug Rader | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee May | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Johnny Edwards | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tommy Helms | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| J.R. Richard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tommie Agee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.R. Richard | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Juan Pizarro | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Forsch | 1.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Dierker | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Brock | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ted Sizemore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bernie Carbo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Ted Simmons | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Torre | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Jose Cruz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis Melendez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ken Reitz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim McCarver | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tyson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alan Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bake McBride | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diego Segui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Foster | 5.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Orlando Pena | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diego Segui | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |