In a game that saw two brothers pitch against each other, Bob Forsch hurled the Cardinals to a 9-1 victory over the Astros, who used Ken Forsch as one of their relievers. Bob scattered eight hits and gave up the Astros' lone run in the first inning on a double by Cesar Cedeno and single by Bob Watson. Ken worked the last two innings and yielded four hits and three runs, one run coming on an inside-the-park homer by Jose Cruz. The Cardinals also had a homer by Ken Reitz off Larry Dierker, who was the Astros' starter and loser. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      21, 1974 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Cardinals    1  2  0    0  0  3    1  2  x  -   9 14  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Brock lf              4   1   3   1     0   0   .316
Metzger ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Cruz lf             1   1   1   2     0   0   .254
Cedeno cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .299      DaVanon 2b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .211
Watson lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .299      McBride cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .292
L. May 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Smith rf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .321
M. May c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .287      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .254      Torre 1b              2   2   1   0     2   1   .289
Helms 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .292      Reitz 3b              4   2   2   2     0   0   .292
Dierker p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Tyson ss              4   1   3   2     0   0   .207
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Forsch p              2   1   0   0     0   0   .111
  Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .176
  Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  C. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .244

Totals               34   1   8   1     2   3             Totals               33   9  14   8     2   1

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 15,006
Left on Base: Astros 8, Cardinals 5
DP: Astros 2, Cardinals 2
Errors: Torre
Doubles: Cedeno (21), Dierker (3), L. May (16), Tyson (7), DaVanon (1)
Triples: Tyson (2)
Home Runs: Reitz (3), Cruz (4)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (60), Smith (3)
Caught Stealing: Brock (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Forsch 2 (2)
GIDP: Rader (10), Gross (8), Smith 2 (11)
Hit by Pitch: Simmons (5,by Forsch)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker L(6-6)          5.2   9   6   6   2   0   1  27   2.61
Scherman                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.47
Forsch                  2     4   3   3   0   1   1  10   3.60
Totals                  8    14   9   9   2   1   2  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(2-2)           9     8   1   1   2   3   0  36   3.55
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   3   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Forsch (4)
Wild Pitches: Dierker (5)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Satch Davidson


ASTROS 1ST: Gross flied out to center; Metzger grounded out
(first to pitcher); Cedeno doubled to left; Watson singled to
left [Cedeno scored]; L. May grounded out (pitcher to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; On a
bunt DaVanon singled [Brock to third]; McBride popped to third
in foul territory; Smith forced DaVanon (second to shortstop)
[Brock scored]; Smith stole second; Simmons flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 1.

ASTROS 2ND: M. May grounded out (first to second to pitcher);
Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre walked; Reitz singled to center [Torre to
second]; Dierker threw a wild pitch [Torre to third, Reitz to
second]; Tyson doubled to right [Torre scored, Reitz scored];
Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to
third]; Brock singled to pitcher [Tyson stayed at third]; Brock
stole second; DaVanon popped to first; McBride flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Dierker doubled to left; Gross grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Dierker to third]; Metzger grounded out (shortstop
to first); Cedeno popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Smith flied out to center; Simmons popped to
catcher in foul territory; Torre walked; Reitz flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson was called out on strikes; L. May doubled to
left; M. May walked; Rader grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [M. May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Tyson flied to right in foul territory; Forsch
grounded out (second to first); Brock popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Helms singled to left; Dierker forced Helms (pitcher
to shortstop); Gross flied out to left; Metzger reached on an
error by Torre [Dierker to third, Metzger to second]; Cedeno
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: DaVanon grounded out (third to first); McBride
singled to pitcher; Smith grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [McBride out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson popped to third; L. May grounded out (second
to first); M. May singled to right; Rader forced M. May
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons lined to right; Torre singled to left;
Reitz homered [Torre scored]; Tyson singled to left; Forsch out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Tyson to second];
SCHERMAN REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Brock singled to left
[Tyson scored]; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 6.

ASTROS 7TH: Helms singled to left; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR
SCHERMAN; Gallagher struck out; Gross grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Helms out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: FORSCH REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); DaVanon
doubled to right; On a bunt McBride singled [DaVanon to third];
Smith grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[DaVanon scored (no RBI), McBride out at second]; Simmons was
hit by a pitch; Torre struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
1, Cardinals 7.

ASTROS 8TH: CRUZ REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Metzger grounded
out (second to first); Cedeno singled to center; Watson flied
out to center; L. May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz grounded out (second to first); Tyson
tripled to left; Forsch reached on a fielder's choice [Tyson out
at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Cruz hit an inside the park
homer to center [Forsch scored]; DaVanon grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Cardinals 9.

ASTROS 9TH: M. May flied out to left; Rader walked; Helms flied
out to left; C. JOHNSON BATTED FOR FORSCH; C. Johnson popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1,
Cardinals 9.