Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 13, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 13, 2002 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 1 0 0 0
Berkman cf 2 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 2 0 0 1
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Ensberg 3b 2 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Everett ss 2 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Lugo ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Blum 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 1 2 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 1 3 0
Polanco ss 5 0 2 0
Drew rf 5 1 1 0
Pujols 3b 3 0 1 1
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 0
Matheny c 3 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Renteria ph 1 0 0 0
Marrero lf,c 5 0 2 1
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 1 0
  Hackman p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 11 2
Houston 100 000 000121
St. Louis 100 000 0012110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt   6.0 8 1 1 1 10
  Dotel   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Stone  L (1-1) 0.2 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.2
11
2
2
6
13
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   6.0 1 1 1 3 5
  Hackman   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Isringhausen  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
6
10

  E–Biggio (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (5,off Oswalt).  SH–Biggio (1,off Hackman).  SF–Hidalgo (1,off Kile).  HBP–Biggio (2,by Kile); Hidalgo (3,by Hackman).  IBB–Bagwell (1,by Hackman); Edmonds (5,by Stone).  CS–Bagwell (1,2nd base by Kile/Matheny).  SB–Drew (3,2nd base off Stone/Ausmus).  WP–Oswalt (1).  HBP–Kile (2,Biggio); Hackman (1,Hidalgo).  IBB–Stone (2,Edmonds); Hackman (2,Bagwell).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–3:28.  A–41,552.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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