St. Louis Cardinals 2, Houston Astros 1 (Game 2) Game Played on Saturday, June 3, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome Cardinals 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Puhl cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .316 Templeton ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Sexton ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Cabell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .293 Simmons c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .333 Cruz rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Walling lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .189 Morales rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .226 Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .095 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .254 Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Phillips 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .265 Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Vuckovich p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Metzger 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Herrmann c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .111 Dixon p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Alou ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Andujar pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 6 2 0 7 Totals 30 1 5 1 1 4 Time of Game: 1:47 Attendance: 27,822 Left on Base: Cardinals 3, Astros 4 DP: Cardinals 1, Astros 0 Doubles: Morales (10), Herrmann (1), Cruz (9) Home Runs: Simmons (6) Stolen Bases: Brock (8) Caught Stealing: Hernandez (3) Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (2), Puhl (2) GIDP: Puhl (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich W(2-4) 9 5 1 1 1 4 0 32 2.21 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 4 0 32 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dixon L(2-2) 8 6 2 2 0 6 1 29 2.27 Sambito 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.60 Totals 9 6 2 2 0 7 1 32 Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Templeton flied out to right; Hendrick flied out to left; Simmons flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl grounded out (third to first); Sexton grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez flied out to right; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to left; Walling grounded out (pitcher to first); Bergman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Phillips grounded out (first to pitcher); Vuckovich was called out on strikes; Brock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); Herrmann flied out to center; Dixon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons homered; Hernandez singled to center; Hernandez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Puhl struck out; Sexton made an out to shortstop; Cabell singled to right; Cruz made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Morales doubled to right; Reitz singled to left [Morales to third]; Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to center [Morales scored]; On a bunt Vuckovich struck out; Brock grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Walling grounded out (first to pitcher); Bergman struck out; Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton singled to left; Hendrick popped to catcher in foul territory; Simmons struck out; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Herrmann doubled to right; Dixon grounded out (shortstop to first) [Herrmann to third]; Puhl hit a sacrifice fly to right [Herrmann scored]; Sexton made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Morales struck out; Reitz flied out to right; Phillips flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cruz doubled to right; Walling walked; Bergman struck out; WATSON BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: METZGER REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 2B); Vuckovich was called out on strikes; Brock flied out to left; Templeton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Herrmann flied out to right; ALOU BATTED FOR DIXON; Alou singled to left; ANDUJAR RAN FOR ALOU; Puhl grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Andujar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 9TH: SAMBITO REPLACED ANDUJAR (PITCHING); Hendrick struck out; Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: Sexton grounded out (second to first); Cabell singled to center; Cruz forced Cabell (pitcher to shortstop); Walling struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1.

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