Astros @ Cardinals
August 26, 1975

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Bottom 11 R H E
Astros 9 20 0
Cardinals 9 11 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Astros 9 20 0
Cardinals 9 11 1

Luis Melendez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .257
OBP .000 .290
At Bats 2 261
Hits 0 67
• Singles 0 53
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 24

Jose Sosa Season Stats

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Busch Stadium - August 26, 1975
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Out
Jose Sosa
Cliff Johnson
Bob Watson
Tommy Helms
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger
Greg Gross
Cesar Cedeno
Wilbur Howard
Luis Melendez
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Melendez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Cruz 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 11 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fairly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Cedeno is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Sosa bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 11 There goes Howard. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Howard steals second.
Top 11 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Fairly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howard. Fairly reaches second base with a double. There goes Smith trying to get to home. Howard throws the ball in to Helms who relays the ball to Johnson, who tags Smith, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 10 Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Metzger strikes out.
Top 10 Rader is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Gross bunts towards the mound. Hrabosky fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third. Watson moves to second.
Top 10 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 10 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Hrabosky strikes out.
Bottom 9 McBride 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 9 Tommy Helms now playing second base. Jose Sosa now pitching. Melendez strikes out.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Al Hrabosky now pitching. DaVanon hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz moves to third.
Top 9 Jose Cruz pinch hits for Mike Cosgrove. Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mario Guerrero now playing shortstop. Mike Tyson now playing second base. Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tyson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores.
Bottom 8 Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fairly for the out. Simmons scores. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 8 Buddy Bradford pinch hits for Larry Lintz. Bradford strikes out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gross. Smith reaches second base with a double. Simmons moves to third.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DaVanon tags and scores. Cedeno tags and moves to third.
Top 8 Watson is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garman fields it and throws to first for the out. DaVanon moves to third. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DaVanon moves to second.
Top 8 Ron Fairly now playing first base. Reggie Smith now playing right field. Mike Garman now pitching. DaVanon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Cosgrove now pitching. McBride hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cruz scores.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Cruz reaches third base with a triple. Lintz scores. Fairly scores. Tyson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Wayne Granger now pitching. Tyson takes first base on ball four. Smith scores. Lintz moves to third. Fairly moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ron Fairly pinch hits for Harry Parker. Fairly takes first base on ball four. Simmons scores. Smith moves to third. Lintz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lintz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields the ball and throws to Richard covering. Safe. Simmons moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 7 Smith takes first base on ball four. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Rader scores. Metzger moves to third. Richard moves to second.
Top 7 Richard takes first base on ball four. Rader moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lintz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rader moves to second.
Top 7 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Watson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Luis Melendez now playing left field. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Parker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McBride hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tyson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno is called out on strikes.
Top 6 The ball gets by Simmons for a passed ball. Richard moves to third. DaVanon moves to second.
Top 6 DaVanon takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hector Cruz now playing third base. Harry Parker now pitching. Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Richard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Richard reaches second base with a double. Rader goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Metzger hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Larry Lintz now playing second base. Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Reitz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Sizemore strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gross is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 McBride takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 DaVanon hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Howard hits a popup towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Richard bunts towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out. Metzger moves to second.
Top 4 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Reed hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Tyson. The throw from Johnson and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Tyson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rader is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Gross 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.
Top 3 The ball gets by Simmons for a passed ball. Watson moves to third.
Top 3 Watson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis. Watson reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 DaVanon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis who is chasing the ball. DaVanon reaches third base with a triple. Richard scores.
Top 2 Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Richard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davis. Richard reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 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 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McBride tags and scores.
Bottom 1 McBride hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howard who is chasing the ball. McBride reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Brock strikes out.
Top 1 Rader 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 1 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McBride throws the ball in to Tyson who tags Cedeno trying to catch an extra base, for the out. DaVanon scores.
Top 1 DaVanon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock who is chasing the ball. DaVanon reaches third base with a triple. Howard goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson misplays the ball. That's an error on Tyson.