St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 27, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2002 at Enron Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 0 1 0
Polanco 3b 5 2 3 0
Pujols lf 4 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 2 0 1 1
Martinez 1b 4 1 2 2
Renteria ss 3 0 0 1
Marrero rf 4 0 1 0
Matheny c 3 0 0 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
  Stechschulte p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Drew ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 5 0 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Berkman cf 4 2 2 3
Bagwell 1b 2 0 1 0
Ward lf 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 2 0
Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
  Zaun ph 0 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 0 0 0 0
  Hunter pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
St. Louis 000 100 030490
Houston 000 001 0203100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   6.0 8 1 1 1 4
  Stechschulte  W (6-1) 1.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Veres   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Isringhausen  SV (14) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  L (5-3) 7.1 9 4 4 1 4
  Stone   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
6

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Polanco (6,off Oswalt), Houston Hidalgo (7,off Kile); Bagwell (15,off Kile).  HR–St. Louis Martinez (6,8th inning off Oswalt 1 on, 1 out), Houston Berkman 2 (17,6th inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Stechschulte 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Matheny (2,off Oswalt); Zaun (2,off Isringhausen).  SF–Renteria (1,off Oswalt); Edmonds (1,off Oswalt).  IBB–Edmonds (7,by Oswalt).  HBP–Oswalt (1,by Kile).  SB–Vina (10,2nd base off Dotel/Ausmus).  HBP–Kile (7,Oswalt).  IBB–Oswalt (2,Edmonds).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Mark Barron, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:11.  A–30,543.
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