St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
October 16, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 16, 2004 at Minute Maid Park. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Houston Astros 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 1 1 1
Pujols 1b 4 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 1 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Sanders lf 3 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 0 1 0
  Anderson ph 0 0 0 0
Suppan p 2 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Haren p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 4 0 1 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 2 2 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Berkman rf 4 2 2 2
Kent 2b 3 1 1 2
  Bruntlett ss 0 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
St. Louis 110 000 000250
Houston 300 000 02x580
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Haren  1.1 2.0 1 1 0 1 1
  King  0.1 1.0 1 1 0 1 1
  Eldred  0.1 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
4
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (1-0) 7.0 4 2 2 2 7
  Lidge  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
12

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1 Rolen-Pujols.  2B–Houston Beltran (1,off Suppan).  HR–St. Louis Walker (2,1st inning off Clemens 0 on 1 out); Edmonds (1,2nd inning off Clemens 0 on 0 out), Houston Kent (2,1st inning off Suppan 1 on 2 out); Beltran (3,8th inning off Haren 0 on 0 out); Berkman (2,8th inning off King 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Anderson (1,by Lidge).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  WP–Clemens (1).  HBP–Lidge (1,Anderson).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:57.  A–42,896.
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