Houston Astros 1 – 2 St. Louis Cardinals
8 May 1977 · STL09
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | Willie Crawford | 1 in 497 games |
| 14 | final score 2–1 | 1 in 21 games | |
| 4 | 1 triple | Jerry Mumphrey | 1 in 39 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Gonzalez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Enos Cabell | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Cesar Cedeno | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Willie Crawford | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bob Watson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Cruz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boswell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Lemongello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Art Howe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cliff Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lemongello | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Niekro | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Mumphrey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Bake McBride | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Keith Hernandez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Rader | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Reitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Kessinger | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tyson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John D'Acquisto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel Youngblood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Brock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John D'Acquisto | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Buddy Schultz | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clay Carroll | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |