1982 NL Game: Houston @ St.Louis

July 25, 1982

 If you like pitching duels, there was quite a matchup last night in St. Louis. The Houston Astro's Don Sutton lost a tough one to Dave Lapoint and the Cardinals. The game was a scoreless affair until the 11th inning. After 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th, St. Louis was able to scratch out the victory on a Keith Hernandez RBI single. Both pitchers went the distance and Sutton struck out 13 in a losing effort.

BOXSCORE: 1982 Houston Astros At 1982 St. Louis Cardinals           7/25/1982
 
  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Thon SS           5  0  2  0 .232     T.Herr 2B           5  0  1  0 .270  
  T.Scott CF          5  0  0  0 .269     L.Smith LF          4  1  2  0 .317  
  R.Knight 1B         5  0  1  0 .287     K.Hernandez 1B      5  0  2  1 .304  
  J.Cruz LF           5  0  0  0 .267     G.Hendrick RF       4  0  1  0 .295  
  P.Garner 2B         4  0  2  0 .272     D.Porter C          4  0  0  0 .216  
  A.Howe 3B           4  0  1  0 .223     W.McGee CF          4  0  1  0 .317  
  T.Puhl RF           3  0  0  0 .292     K.Oberkfell 3B      4  0  1  0 .279  
  L.Pujols C          4  0  2  0 .178     M.Ramsey SS         4  0  0  0 .250  
A-D.Walling PR        0  0  0  0 .162     D.Lapoint P         3  0  0  0 .045  
B-A.Ashby C           0  0  0  0 .219   C-S.Braun PH          1  0  0  0 .174  
  D.Sutton P          4  0  1  0 .173                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  0  9  0                 Totals      38  1  8  1
 
A-Pinch Ran For Pujols In 10th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Walling In 10th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lapoint In 11th Inning
 
Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 -  0  9  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 -  1  8  0
 
Astros (47-48)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Sutton LOSS(13-5)      10 2/3   8   1   1   1  13   0   2.03
Totals                   10 2/3   8   1   1   1  13   0
 
Cardinals (63-34)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Lapoint WIN(6-4)       11       9   0   0   1   6   0   3.45
Totals                   11       9   0   0   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,562 DATE- Sunday, July 25th 1982 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Lee Weyer, Harry Wendelstedt, Ed Montague, Randy Marsh
T- 3:25
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 7  Cardinals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1  Cardinals: 2
DOUBLES- R.Knight(21st), P.Garner(18th), A.Howe(17th), T.Herr(10th),
         K.Oberkfell(12th)
TRIPLES- W.McGee(3rd)
RBIs- K.Hernandez(63rd)
STOLEN BASES- L.Smith(46th)
CAUGHT STEALING- P.Garner, L.Smith
WALKS- T.Puhl, L.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- D.Thon, J.Cruz, P.Garner, T.Puhl, L.Pujols, D.Sutton, T.Herr-3,
             G.Hendrick, D.Porter-2, W.McGee-2, K.Oberkfell, D.Lapoint-3,
             S.Braun
GIDP- D.Porter
2-out RBI- K.Hernandez
RLISP 2-out- D.Porter-2, L.Pujols, D.Lapoint, A.Howe, T.Puhl, K.Oberkfell,
             L.Smith, D.Thon
TEAM RISP- Astros: 0 for 7  Cardinals: 1 for 7
 
Dave Lapoint recorded a complete game shutout as the St. Louis Cardinals
topped the Houston Astros in 11 innings by a score of 1 to 0 at Busch
Stadium.
 
Neither pitching staff had allowed a run after the regulation nine innings.
Finally, St. Louis prevailed in the 11th inning.  After two were out Lonnie
Smith slapped a single.  Smith was running on the next pitch and he stole
second.  Keith Hernandez then laced a single giving St. Louis the win much to
the delight of the home town crowd.  St. Louis totaled 8 hits on the
afternoon.  
 
Lapoint(6-4) went the distance for the shutout. Don Sutton(13-5) was the
losing pitcher.  While he was the losing pitcher, he still struck out 13
batters in 10 and 2/3 innings.