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August 27, 1973

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Bottom 14 R H E
Cardinals 6 10 0
Astros 3 16 0
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Cardinals 6 10 0
Astros 3 16 0

Bob Watson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .315
OBP .500 .396
At Bats 4 496
Hits 1 156
• Singles 0 118
• Doubles 1 23
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 2 66
RBI’s 0 82

Rich Folkers Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 2
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Astrodome - August 27, 1973
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Rich Folkers
Ted Simmons
Joe Torre
Ted Sizemore
Ken Reitz
Mick Kelleher
Lou Brock
Tommie Agee
Jose Cruz
Bob Watson
Cesar Cedeno
Roger Metzger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 10 0 8
Houston Astros 3 16 0 13
Winning Pitcher Tom Murphy
Losing Pitcher Jim Ray
Save Rich Folkers
Game Winning RBI Ken Reitz
Attendance 8,036
Time of Game 3 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Watson hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 14 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Metzger moves to third.
Bottom 14 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 14 Gallagher hits a line drive towards first. Torre reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Rich Folkers now pitching. Dave Campbell pinch hits for Cecil Upshaw. Campbell strikes out.
Top 14 Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Upshaw fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 14 Jim Crawford now pitching. Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Brock reaches second base with a double. Kelleher scores. Reitz moves to third.
Top 14 Reitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Agee scores. Heintzelman scores. Kelleher moves to second.
Top 14 Kelleher takes first base on ball four. Agee moves to third. Heintzelman moves to second.
Top 14 Heintzelman is walked intentionally.
Top 14 Tom Heintzelman pinch hits for Tom Murphy. There goes Agee. The throw from Jutze and he is safe. Agee steals second.
Top 14 Agee takes first base on ball four.
Top 14 Cruz hits a line drive into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 13 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Top 13 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 13 Brock 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 13 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 There's a wild pitch. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 12 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 12 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Kelleher applying the tag.
Bottom 12 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Kelleher hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Murphy hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Agee hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Gallagher strikes out.
Bottom 11 Ray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Simmons 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 11 Skip Jutze now catching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Skip Jutze pinch hits for Johnny Edwards. Tom Murphy now pitching. Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards second. Sizemore scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 10 Wynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Rader reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Sizemore hits a line drive towards third. Rader reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Brock strikes out.
Top 10 Jim Ray now pitching. Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 9 Ken Reitz now playing third base. Joe Torre now playing first base. Al Hrabosky now pitching. Metzger strikes out.
Bottom 9 Gallagher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Mick Kelleher now playing shortstop. Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Ken Forsch. Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Mike Tyson. Carbo strikes out.
Top 9 McCarver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Agee hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Orlando Pena now pitching. Rader strikes out.
Top 8 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sizemore moves to third.
Top 8 Sizemore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Sizemore reaches second base with a double. Brock scores.
Top 8 Ken Forsch now pitching. There goes Brock. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Top 8 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Luis Melendez pinch hits for Diego Segui. Melendez hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simmons throws to Tyson, and they have Cedeno in a rundown. The throw to Torre, who applies the tag, and Cedeno is out.
Bottom 7 Watson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 7 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Metzger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Tommie Agee now playing center field. Gallagher strikes out.
Top 7 Tyson strikes out.
Top 7 McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Juan Pizarro now pitching. Tommie Agee pinch hits for Bake McBride. Agee hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lee May pinch hits for Tom Griffin. Diego Segui now pitching. May strikes out.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rader scores. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out. Rader moves to third.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metzger scores. Watson scores.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Watson reaches second base with a double. Metzger moves to third.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gallagher hits a popup towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brock 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 5 Nagy strikes out.
Top 5 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McCarver 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 McBride hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sizemore scores. Torre moves to second.
Top 4 Simmons strikes out.
Top 4 Torre takes first base on ball four. Sizemore moves to second.
Top 4 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gallagher moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gallagher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brock strikes out.
Top 3 Nagy strikes out.
Top 3 Tyson hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Griffin hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McBride strikes out. There goes Cruz. The throw from Edwards to Metzger, and Cruz is out.
Top 2 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Simmons hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 1 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno bunts towards first. McCarver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cedeno for the out. Gallagher moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarver fields the ball and throws to Nagy covering. Safe. Gallagher moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sizemore hits a fly ball into left field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brock strikes out.