St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
July 7, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 2006 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 8, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 0 1 1
Taguchi lf 2 0 1 1
  Rodriguez ph,lf 2 2 2 1
Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 5 2 1 0
Encarnacion rf 3 2 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 1
Luna 2b 5 0 1 2
Bennett c 4 1 3 1
Marquis p 3 1 1 1
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Lamb 1b 4 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 1 2 1
Berkman rf 4 1 2 0
Wilson lf 4 0 2 1
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Burke cf 2 0 0 0
Everett ss 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
  Taveras ph 1 0 0 0
  Nieve p 0 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis 020 200 1038110
Houston 000 101 000270
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  W (11-6) 7.2 6 2 2 2 4
  Isringhausen  SV (26) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (9-6) 5.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Nieve   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Miller   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Springer   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
6
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Eckstein-Luna-Pujols, Houston 1. Biggio-Everett-Lamb.  2B–St. Louis Rolen (28,off Rodriguez); Rodriguez (10,off Miller), Houston Berkman (15,off Marquis); Wilson 2 (18,off Marquis 2).  HR–St. Louis Rodriguez (1,7th inning off Nieve 0 on 0 out), Houston Ensberg (19,6th inning off Marquis 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Marquis (1,by Rodriguez); Burke (6,by Isringhausen).  IBB–Pujols (15,by Miller).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:46.  A–43,236.
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