Busch Stadium II

Busch Stadium II,,St. Louis,MO,US

Ball Park First Game
Date – 05/12/1966 (1)
Starting Pitchers – vs. Braves: 05/12/1966
Final Score 4-3 (SLN)
Attendance – 46,048
Starting Pitchers Ray Washburn (SLN); Wade Blasingame (ATL)
First Batter – Felipe Alou (ATL) Result – Grounded to 2B
First Hits – Gary Geiger (ATL),Singled to RF (1st)
First Run – Jerry Buchek (SLN)
First RBI – Mike Shannon (SLN)
First Homerun – Felipe Alou (ATL) vs. Ray Washburn (SLN) on 05/12/1966 (6th inning)
First Grandslam – Curt Flood (SLN) vs. Bill Faul (CHI) on 05/25/1966 (7th inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Orlando Cepeda (SLN) vs. Claude Osteen (LAN) on 06/09/1967 (4th inning)
First No Hitter – Bob Forsch (SLN) vs. Phillies on 04/16/1978

Ball Park Lasts
Last Game – vs. Astros: 10/19/2005 (NLCS Game 6), Final Score – 5-1 (HOU)
Attendance – 52,438
Starting Pitchers – Mark Mulder (SLN); Roy Oswalt (HOU), Winning Pitcher – Roy Oswalt (HOU) Losing Pitcher – Mark Mulder (SLN)
Last Batter – Yadier Molina (SLN), result – Flied to RF
Last Hit – Albert Pujols (SLN), Singled to 3B (8)
Last Run – Abraham Nunez (SLN), Last RBI – David Eckstein (SLN)
Last HR – Chris Duncan (SLN) vs. Brandon Claussen (CIN) on 10/02/2005 ( 5th inning)
Last Grand Slam – Reggie Sanders (SLN) vs. Jake Peavy (SDN) on 10/04/2005 (5th inning)
Last Inside The Park Homerun – Brant Brown (PIT) vs. Manny Aybar (SLN) on 05/09/1999 (4th inning)
Last No Hitter – Bob Forsch (SLN) vs. Expos on 09/26/1983

TRIVIA –
Felipe Alou hit the first two homers at Busch Stadium II, in the sixth and eighth innings on May 12,1966. The last homer ever hit at Busch Stadium II was the first of Chris Duncan’s career.