Astros @ Cardinals
May 8, 1976

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Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 1 9 0
Cardinals 5 12 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 1 9 0
Cardinals 5 12 0

Don Kessinger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .267
OBP .667 .309
At Bats 3 90
Hits 2 24
• Singles 2 18
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 6

Mike Barlow Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Busch Stadium - May 8, 1976
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Intentional Walk
Mike Barlow
Cliff Johnson
Bob Watson
Larry Milbourne
Enos Cabell
Roger Metzger
Wilbur Howard
Jose Cruz
Greg Gross
Don Kessinger
Mike Anderson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Kessinger is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Anderson. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Anderson steals second.
Bottom 8 Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gross moves to third.
Top 8 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Barlow now pitching. Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Top 7 There goes Cabell. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 7 Cabell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Luis Melendez now playing center field. Ken Boswell pinch hits for Jose Sosa. Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Luis Melendez pinch hits for Bake McBride. Melendez hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McGlothen bunts towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGlothen for the out. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Metzger hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out. Watson scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 6 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Watson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Watson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sosa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Jose Sosa now pitching. Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crawford scores.
Bottom 5 Crawford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Crawford reaches third base with a triple. Harris scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. McBride scores. Harris moves to third.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Harris reaches second base with a double. Hernandez scores. Kessinger scores. McBride moves to third.
Bottom 5 McBride takes first base on ball four. Hernandez moves to third. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 5 McGlothen strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Milbourne hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cosgrove bunts towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Harris covering, for the out. Metzger moves to second.
Top 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields the ball and throws to McGlothen covering. Safe.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cosgrove fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Crawford hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Harris hits a line drive into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McBride hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. McBride reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 McGlothen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Harris fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Milbourne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cosgrove hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Metzger is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford. Howard reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Gross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Anderson throws the ball in to Harris who tags Gross, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Crawford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harris moves to third.
Bottom 1 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 McBride hits a line drive into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Milbourne takes first base on ball four.