The St. Louis Cardinals couldn't pull it off against the Houston Astros, 7 to 6, on July 22, 1979.

1979 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

HOU

Astros

55-44

7

STL

Cardinals

45-45

6

HOU

STL

1

0

3

2

2

3

3

2

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

2

0

8

0

0

9

1

0

R

7

6

H

14

9

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

HOU

STL

Cardinals

Single by George Hendrick; Jerry Mumphrey scored.

0

1

Cardinals

Sacrifice fly by Tony Scott; Keith Hernandez scored.

0

2

Cardinals

Single by Ken Reitz; George Hendrick scored.

0

3

Top 2nd

HOU

STL

Astros

Art Howe ground ball; Error by Mike Phillips; Enos Cabell scored.

1

3

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Alan Ashby; Jeffrey Leonard scored.

2

3

Bottom 2nd

HOU

STL

Cardinals

Home run by Jerry Mumphrey; Bob Forsch scored.

2

5

Cardinals

Single by George Hendrick; Keith Hernandez scored.

2

6

Top 3rd

HOU

STL

Astros

Home run by Terry Puhl.

3

6

Astros

Single by Jeffrey Leonard; Enos Cabell scored.

4

6

Top 7th

HOU

STL

Astros

Double by Jose Cruz; Terry Puhl scored.

5

6

Astros

Single by Enos Cabell; Jose Cruz scored.

6

6

Top 9th

HOU

STL

Astros

Single by Jose Cruz; Julio Gonzalez scored.

7

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Julio Gonzalez 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Terry Puhl CF 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Jose Cruz LF 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
Enos Cabell 1B 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jeffrey Leonard RF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Art Howe 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Alan Ashby C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Randy Niemann P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Williams P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank LaCorte P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Throop P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesus Alou PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 14 6 1 2 1 0 1 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Randy Niemann 0.2 3 3 3 1 1 0
Rick Williams 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 1
Frank LaCorte 3.1 1 0 0 3 1 0
George Throop 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 9 6 6 4 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Mumphrey LF 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 5
Ken Oberkfell 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Garry Templeton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Keith Hernandez 1B 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
George Hendrick RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tony Scott CF 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Reitz 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Swisher C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Mike Phillips SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Forsch P 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Lou Brock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Thomas P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Freed PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Silvio Martinez PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will McEnaney P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6 1 4 4 2 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Forsch 5.0 7 4 3 1 1 1
Roy Thomas 3.0 5 2 2 1 0 0
Will McEnaney (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 14 7 6 2 1 1

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HR

4

Gorman

Nolan Gorman

RBI

12

Donovan

Brendan Donovan

AVG

.313

Winn

Masyn Winn

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Helsley

Ryan Helsley

K

26

Lynn

Lance Lynn

ERA

1.04

Gray

Sonny Gray

Team Rankings

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HR

18

29th

R

91

26th

SO

217

20th

ERA

4.03

19th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
17 8 .680
Cubs Cubs
17 9 .654 0.5
Reds Reds
14 12 .538 3.5
Pirates Pirates
13 14 .481 5.0
Cardinals Cardinals
12 14 .462 5.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Wed
5/1
STL STL
@
DET DET
1:10 PM

Last Game

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NYM Mets

13-12

2

Final

4

STL Cardinals

12-14

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

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.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

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40

Ohtani

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37

Kwan

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28

Betts

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24

Cruz

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24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

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SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

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337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM