St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 4, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 2005 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 4, Houston Astros 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 1 2 0
Edmonds cf 4 1 1 2
Pujols 1b 2 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 2 2
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0
Taguchi rf 4 0 1 0
Nunez 3b 3 1 3 0
Luna lf 3 1 0 0
Marquis p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 0 0 0
Burke 2b 4 0 1 0
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 3 1 2 1
Lane rf 3 0 2 0
Scott lf 3 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Chavez c 2 0 0 0
  Biggio ph 1 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 1 0 0 0
  Duckworth p 0 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
St. Louis 000 003 010490
Houston 000 100 000150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  W (11-13) 9.0 5 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (9-7) 6.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Duckworth   1.1 4 1 1 1 2
  Strickland   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Gallo   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
7

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Eckstein-Pujols, Houston 2. Everett-Burke-Berkman, Ensberg-Burke-Berkman.  2B–St. Louis Eckstein (22,off Duckworth).  HR–Houston Berkman (16,4th inning off Marquis 0 on 2 out).  SH–Marquis 2 (2,off Rodriguez,off Gallo).  HBP–Luna (1,by Rodriguez).  IBB–Pujols (23,by Duckworth).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  SB–Pujols (14,3rd base off Strickland/Chavez).  CS–Taguchi (2,2nd base by Duckworth/Chavez).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Brian Knight, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–2:19.  A–38,277.
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