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July 9, 1972

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Astros 12 16 0
Cardinals 6 10 3
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Astros 12 16 0
Cardinals 6 10 3

Tommy Helms Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .251
OBP .250 .274
At Bats 4 251
Hits 1 63
• Singles 1 50
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 28

John Cumberland Season Stats

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0 5 0
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Busch Stadium - July 9, 1972
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Out
John Cumberland
Ted Simmons
Matty Alou
Ted Sizemore
Joe Torre
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Jose Cruz
Bernie Carbo
Tommy Helms
Larry Howard
Doug Rader
Bob Watson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Helms hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Maxvill fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 John Cumberland now pitching. Larry Howard pinch hits for Johnny Edwards. Howard takes first base on ball four. Rader moves to second.
Top 8 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May scores. Watson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wynn scores. May moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wynn moves to third.
Top 8 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stewart scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore misplays the ball. That's an error on Sizemore. Metzger scores. Stewart moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 There goes Metzger. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Metzger steals second.
Top 8 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Edwards hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Carbo hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Torre hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jimmy Stewart now playing center field. Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rader hits a popup, foul, towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Watson strikes out.
Top 7 There goes May. The throw from Simmons and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Stewart scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 May is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Jimmy Stewart pinch runs for Cesar Cedeno. Diego Segui now pitching. Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stewart moves to third.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Carbo. Cedeno reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 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.
Bottom 6 Wise hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Ray bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 6 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim Ray now pitching. Maxvill hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Carbo hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Dierker covering, for the out. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Torre reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 May hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Metzger 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 4 Wise hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Cedeno is chasing the ball. Maxvill rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Bottom 4 Carbo strikes out.
Top 4 Dierker strikes out.
Top 4 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Alou reaches second base with a double. Brock scores.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Brock. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wise hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Carbo 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 2 Simmons hits a line drive into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Helms fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a fly ball into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 May hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cruz. May reaches second base with a double. There goes Wynn trying to get to home. Cruz throws the ball in to Maxvill who relays the ball to Simmons, who tags Wynn, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 1 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Carbo. Cedeno reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.