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July 18, 1972

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Cardinals 3 4 3
Astros 9 10 0
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Cardinals 3 4 3
Astros 9 11 0

Cesar Cedeno Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .349
OBP .500 .409
At Bats 4 295
Hits 2 103
• Singles 1 67
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 2 36

Tony Cloninger Season Stats

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Astrodome - July 18, 1972
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Single
Tony Cloninger
Ted Simmons
Donn Clendenon
Ed Crosby
Joe Torre
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Luis Melendez
Matty Alou
Cesar Cedeno
Roger Metzger
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Tony Cloninger now pitching. Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Metzger moves to third.

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Bottom 8 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky juggles the ball. That's an error on Drabowsky. Edwards scores. Helms goes all the way around to score. Metzger moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 8 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 8 Edwards strikes out.
Top 8 Alou hits a line drive towards first. May reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 7 May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Metzger moves to third.
Bottom 7 There goes Metzger. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Metzger steals second.
Bottom 7 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ted Sizemore pinch hits for Reggie Cleveland. Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clendenon moves to second.
Top 7 Crosby strikes out.
Top 7 Clendenon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Doug Rader now playing third base. Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reuss hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Watson tags and scores. Edwards tags and moves to third.
Bottom 6 Stewart is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Edwards reaches second base with a double. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 May strikes out.
Top 6 Torre strikes out.
Top 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Melendez hits a popup in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Alou is chasing the ball. Cedeno rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run..
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Reuss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reuss fires to first and picks off Brock.
Top 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Cleveland hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Reuss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Edwards is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Simmons hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Brock scores. Melendez scores. Alou goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Torre strikes out.
Top 4 Alou takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to third. Melendez moves to second.
Top 4 Melendez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock moves to second.
Top 4 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby fields it and throws to second for the out. Metzger scores.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metzger moves to third.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Reuss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cleveland strikes out.
Top 3 Maxvill strikes out.
Top 3 Crosby strikes out.
Bottom 2 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stewart hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Watson tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crosby misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosby. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 May strikes out.
Top 2 Clendenon hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Simmons hits a line drive towards center. Cedeno catches it and throws to first to double up Torre.
Top 2 Torre is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Wynn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Metzger strikes out.
Top 1 Alou hits a popup, foul, towards third. Stewart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Melendez strikes out.
Top 1 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.