The St. Louis Cardinals were defeated by the Houston Astros, 6 to 5, on April 30, 1979.

1979 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

HOU

Astros

15-6

6

STL

Cardinals

9-10

5

HOU

STL

1

2

0

2

0

2

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

4

1

R

6

5

H

10

11

E

0

0

Top 1st

HOU

STL

Astros

Double by Jose Cruz; Terry Puhl scored.

1

0

Astros

Single by Bob Watson; Jose Cruz scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

HOU

STL

Cardinals

Double by Tony Scott; George Hendrick scored.

2

1

Cardinals

Double by Mike Tyson; Tony Scott scored.

2

2

Bottom 5th

HOU

STL

Cardinals

Home run by Ken Reitz.

2

3

Bottom 8th

HOU

STL

Cardinals

Single by George Hendrick; Lou Brock scored.

2

4

Top 9th

HOU

STL

Astros

Single by Art Howe; Enos Cabell scored.

3

4

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Jeffrey Leonard; Jimmy Sexton scored.

4

4

Astros

Home run by Terry Puhl; Art Howe scored.

6

4

Bottom 9th

HOU

STL

Cardinals

Sacrifice fly by Bernie Carbo; Ken Oberkfell scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl RF 5 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Cesar Cedeno CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Jose Cruz LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Enos Cabell 3B,1B 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
Bob Watson 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jimmy Sexton PR,2B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Howe 2B,3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alan Ashby C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joaquin Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Ruhle P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Bochy PH,C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6 1 3 6 2 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Ruhle 6.0 6 3 3 0 0 1
Joe Sambito (W) 2.0 3 1 1 2 1 0
Joaquin Andujar (S) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 3 2 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Garry Templeton SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lou Brock LF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Tom Bruno P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Schultz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernie Carbo PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Hernandez 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Simmons C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
George Hendrick RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tony Scott CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ken Reitz 3B 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Ken Oberkfell PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Tyson 2B 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Dane Iorg PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Forsch P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darold Knowles P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Mumphrey LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5 1 3 2 0 1 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Forsch 6.2 6 2 2 3 4 0
Darold Knowles 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Bruno (L) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0
Buddy Schultz 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 10 6 6 3 6 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Contreras

Willson Contreras

RBI

20

Arenado

Nolan Arenado

AVG

.280

Contreras

Willson Contreras

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Mikolas

Miles Mikolas

K

44

Gray

Sonny Gray

ERA

1.33

Romero

JoJo Romero

Team Rankings

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HR

29

29th

R

136

29th

SO

333

20th

ERA

4.25

21st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
24 16 .600
Cubs Cubs
24 18 .571 1.0
Pirates Pirates
18 23 .439 6.5
Reds Reds
17 23 .425 7.0
Cardinals Cardinals
16 24 .400 8.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
5/13
STL STL
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Tue
5/14
STL STL
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Wed
5/15
STL STL
@
LAA LAA
9:07 PM
Fri
5/17
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
8:15 PM
Sat
5/18
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
7:15 PM

Last Game

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MIL Brewers

24-16

3

Final

4

STL Cardinals

16-24

Sun 12 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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13

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

12

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

12

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI Leaders

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40

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

34

Soto

Juan Soto

33

Ramírez

José Ramírez

Batting Average Leaders

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.353

Kwan

Steven Kwan

.352

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.346

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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56

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

56

Betts

Mookie Betts

54

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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37

Contreras

William Contreras

37

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

33

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

OBP Leaders

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.441

Betts

Mookie Betts

.429

Contreras

William Contreras

.423

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.667

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.636

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.617

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

SB Leaders

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25

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

17

Caballero

José Caballero

16

Turang

Brice Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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7

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

6

Lugo

Seth Lugo

6

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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73

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

65

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

64

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

ERA Leaders

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0.96

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.34

López

Reynaldo López

1.50

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

WHIP Leaders

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0.72

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.75

Cease

Dylan Cease

0.86

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K/9 Leaders

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12.34

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.69

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

11.65

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

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10.50

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.00

Kirby

George Kirby

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

5

Kirby

George Kirby

6

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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635.1

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

610.7

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

605.1

Betts

Mookie Betts

DraftKings Points Leaders

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487

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

468

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

462

Betts

Mookie Betts

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
Sun
5/12
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
0-2
Sun
5/12
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
5-6
Sun
5/12
TOR TOR
@
BAL BAL
3-2
Sun
5/12
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
5-3
Sat
5/11
TEX TEX
@
COL COL
1-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
5/13
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Mon
5/13
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
7:40 PM
Mon
5/13
CLE CLE
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Mon
5/13
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Mon
5/13
STL STL
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM