Houston Astros 6 – 13 St. Louis Cardinals
18 September 1999 · STL09
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 13+ Batters in an Inning · 13 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 in 131 games |
| 41 | final score 13–6 | 1 in 741 games | |
| 12 | 8 strikeouts | Darren Oliver | 1 in 35 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 13 | 13 | 2 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Biggio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Carlos Hernandez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Javier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ryan Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bagwell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lance Berkman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carl Everett | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Caminiti | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Russ Johnson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Daryle Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Eusebio | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ricky Gutierrez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Spiers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hampton | 3.1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Williams | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Wade Miller | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Doug Henry | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Renteria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Willie McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Placido Polanco | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark McGwire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Ray Lankford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fernando Tatis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Eduardo Perez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thomas Howard | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| J.D. Drew | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | HR |
| Alberto Castillo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Joe McEwing | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Darren Oliver | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Oliver | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Manny Aybar | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lance Painter | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Acevedo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mohler | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alan Benes | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |