Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 14, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 2004 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Houston Astros 11, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 4 0 3 3
  Lane cf 0 1 0 0
Everett ss 6 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 3
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
Kent 2b 5 2 1 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Berkman lf 3 1 1 3
Hidalgo rf 5 2 3 0
Ensberg 3b 3 1 1 2
Ausmus c 4 1 2 0
Miller p 2 0 0 0
  Bruntlett 2b 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 11 14 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 1 0
Taguchi rf 5 0 1 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 2 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 1
Anderson lf 3 0 0 0
Luna ss 2 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 0 0 0
Carpenter p 1 0 0 0
  Hart ph 0 0 0 0
  Simontacchi p 0 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders ph 1 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
  McKay ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Houston 000 231 20311140
St. Louis 000 000 010151
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  W (2-0) 7.0 2 0 0 7 4
  Stone   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Backe   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
7
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  L (1-1) 5.0 6 5 4 4 3
  Simontacchi   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Eldred   1.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Tavarez   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Isringhausen   1.0 2 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
11
10
8
6

  E–Womack (2).  DP–Houston 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Houston Biggio 2 (7,off Carpenter,off Simontacchi); Ensberg (2,off Carpenter); Hidalgo (3,off Eldred); Bruntlett (1,off Isringhausen), St. Louis Pujols (4,off Stone).  HR–Houston Berkman (3,5th inning off Carpenter 2 on, 1 out); Bagwell (3,9th inning off Isringhausen 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Miller 2 (3,off Carpenter,off Simontacchi).  HBP–Biggio (1,by Carpenter); Luna (1,by Stone).  Team LOB–11.  Team–11.  CS–Hidalgo (1,2nd base by Carpenter/Matheny).  SB–Luna (1,2nd base off Miller/Ausmus); Anderson (1,2nd base off Miller/Ausmus).  HBP–Stone (1,Luna); Carpenter (1,Biggio).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–3:00.  A–26,605.
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