St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
October 17, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 17, 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 5, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 1 0 0
Walker rf 3 1 1 0
Pujols 1b 4 2 3 3
Rolen 3b 5 1 2 0
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 1
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Matheny c 0 0 0 0
Mabry lf 3 0 1 1
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Luna ss 1 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 1 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Marquis p 2 0 1 0
  Taguchi lf 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 4 0 1 0
  Lane lf 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 3 2 1
Bagwell 1b 3 1 2 1
Berkman rf 2 1 2 3
Kent 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss,2b 4 1 1 0
Chavez c 3 0 1 1
  Ausmus c 1 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Bruntlett ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
St. Louis 301 100 000590
Houston 102 002 10x690
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  4 5.0 3 3 2 2 0
  Calero  1.2 3.0 2 2 0 3 1
  King  0.1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez  L (1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Isringhausen  1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
3
7
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  6 8.0 5 5 4 0 1
  Wheeler  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lidge  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
6
5
4
1
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1 Womack-Pujols.  PB–Chavez (1).  2B–St. Louis Rolen (1,off Oswalt), Houston Bagwell (1,off Marquis); Berkman (2,off Marquis); Vizcaino (1,off Calero).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (3,1st inning off Oswalt 1 on 1 out), Houston Berkman (3,6th inning off Calero 0 on 0 out); Beltran (4,7th inning off Tavarez 0 on 1 out).  SH–Taguchi (1,off Oswalt).  SF–Edmonds (1,off Oswalt).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Kent (1,by Tavarez).  IBB–Berkman (1,by Tavarez).  Team–6.  CS–Biggio (1,2nd base by Calero/Molina).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:01.  A–42,760.
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