St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
April 22, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 2004 at Minute Maid Park. 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 2, Houston Astros 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Anderson 2b,lf 6 0 2 0
Lankford lf 4 1 1 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Taguchi lf 0 0 0 0
  Womack ph 0 0 0 0
  Hart 2b 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 3 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 5 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Sanders rf 5 1 1 0
Matheny c 5 0 1 0
Marquis p 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
  Luna ph 0 0 0 1
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 0 1 1
Everett ss 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 0
Kent 2b 5 0 1 0
Berkman lf 4 0 1 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 5 0 1 0
Lamb 3b 3 1 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro lf 1 0 0 0
Chavez c 2 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 2 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 0 1 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Ensberg 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 1 7 1
St. Louis 000 100 000 001271
Houston 000 000 100 000171
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis   7.0 6 1 1 2 4
  Lincoln   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Isringhausen  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Eldred   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Kline   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Tavarez  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
7
1
1
2
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt   7.0 4 1 1 2 4
  Lidge   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Dotel   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Miceli  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
7
2
1
4
10

  E–Renteria (3), Ausmus (2).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Lankford (5,off Oswalt); Rolen (3,off Oswalt); Anderson 2 (2,off Oswalt,off Dotel); Matheny (5,off Dotel).  SH–Womack (1,off Dotel); Luna (1,off Miceli).  IBB–Pujols (6,by Dotel); Rolen (1,by Dotel).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Sanders (5,2nd base off Miceli/Ausmus).  WP–Oswalt (1).  IBB–Dotel 2 (2,Pujols,Rolen).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–3:34.  A–33,706.
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