Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 22, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 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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Houston Astros 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 5 2 2 1
Biggio 2b 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Berkman cf,lf 3 0 0 1
Ward lf 4 0 2 0
  Hunter pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 1 0
Blum 3b 2 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Oswalt p 3 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Ensberg 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 1 1 0
Polanco ss 3 0 0 0
Pujols lf 4 0 2 1
Edmonds cf 4 1 1 0
Martinez 1b 2 0 2 0
Cairo 3b 4 0 0 1
Matheny c 2 0 0 0
  Drew ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Marrero rf,c 2 0 0 0
Kile p 2 0 1 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Houston 101 000 000270
St. Louis 010 000 011383
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt   7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Dotel   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Stone  L (2-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   6.0 6 2 2 4 7
  Timlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Veres  W (3-3) 2.0 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
11

  E–Cairo (1), Marrero (4), Kile (1).  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Houston Bagwell (13,off Kile), St. Louis Edmonds (12,off Oswalt); Vina (14,off Dotel).  HR–Houston Lugo (1,3rd inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Drew (7,9th inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Blum (1,by Veres); Berkman (8,by Veres); Marrero (4,by Oswalt).  SH–Polanco (5,off Dotel).  SB–Hunter (2,2nd base off Veres/Marrero); Lugo (5,2nd base off Veres/Marrero).  CS–Ward (2,3rd base by Kile/Matheny).  WP–Oswalt (2).  IBB–Oswalt (1,Marrero); Veres 2 (3,Blum,Berkman).  U-HP–Brian Runge, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:55.  A–32,481.
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