St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
April 7, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2002 at Enron Field. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Astros 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 6 0 1 1
Polanco ss,3b 6 1 1 0
Drew rf 5 0 3 1
Pujols 3b,lf 5 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 4 2 2 2
Martinez 1b 2 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 1 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  DiFelice ph 1 0 0 0
  Hackman p 0 0 0 0
Matheny c 5 0 0 0
Marrero lf,1b 4 2 2 0
Kile p 1 0 0 0
  Stechschulte p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Renteria ph,ss 1 0 1 1
Totals 42 6 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Vizcaino 2b 6 1 2 1
Zaun c 5 1 3 2
Bagwell 1b 6 1 2 1
Berkman cf 2 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 1 2
Ward lf 6 1 2 1
Ensberg 3b 4 1 1 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 1 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
  Hunter ph 1 1 1 0
  Lugo ss 1 0 0 0
Miller p 3 1 2 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Blum 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 15 7
St. Louis 001 200 012 0006110
Houston 002 000 103 0017151
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   5.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Stechschulte   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Matthews   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Veres   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Kline   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Timlin   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Hackman  L (0-1) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.0
15
7
7
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   7.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Dotel   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
  Wagner   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Stone  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
12.0
11
6
5
2
8

  E–Blum (1).  DP–St. Louis 4, Houston 3.  PB–Zaun (1).  2B–St. Louis Renteria (2,off Wagner), Houston Vizcaino (2,off Kile); Miller (1,off Kile); Zaun (1,off Matthews); Bagwell (1,off Timlin).  HR–St. Louis Edmonds (2,4th inning off Miller 1 on, 1 out), Houston Ward (2,12th inning off Hackman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kile (1,off Miller); Cairo (1,off Wagner); Renteria (1,off Stone).  IBB–Marrero (1,by Wagner); Berkman 2 (2,by Timlin,by Hackman).  HBP–Hidalgo 2 (2,by Kile,by Veres).  SB–Drew (2,2nd base off Miller/Zaun); Edmonds (1,Home off Wagner/Zaun); Marrero 2 (2,2nd base off Wagner/Zaun,3rd base off Stone/Zaun); Renteria (1,3rd base off Wagner/Zaun); Ensberg (1,2nd base off Kile/Matheny).  HBP–Kile (1,Hidalgo); Veres (1,Hidalgo).  IBB–Timlin (1,Berkman); Hackman (1,Berkman); Wagner (1,Marrero).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Brian Runge, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:45.  A–28,206.
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