St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
July 8, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 7, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Miles 2b 5 0 1 1
Rodriguez lf 4 1 1 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Taguchi ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 5 2 2 1
Rolen 3b 5 1 2 0
Edmonds cf 5 1 1 2
Encarnacion rf 5 0 0 0
Luna ss 2 0 1 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Wainwright p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio lf 1 1 1 1
Bennett c 3 0 1 1
  Duncan ph 1 1 1 0
  Molina c 0 0 0 0
Reyes p 2 0 0 0
  Eckstein ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 1 3 1 3
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 0 0 0
  Oswalt p 0 0 0 0
Lamb 1b 5 0 3 0
Ensberg 3b 5 0 0 0
Berkman rf 5 0 2 3
Wilson lf 5 0 0 0
Burke cf,2b 4 1 2 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 1 0 0
Clemens p 1 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 0 0 0 0
  Taveras pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
St. Louis 200 200 002 17110
Houston 100 030 200 0681
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reyes   5.0 5 4 4 3 4
  Kinney   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Flores   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wainwright   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Looper   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Isringhausen  W (3-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
6
6
5
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   6.0 6 4 2 1 3
  Qualls   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lidge   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Oswalt  L (6-6) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
7
5
2
6

  E–Lamb (4).  DP–St. Louis 3. Luna-Miles-Pujols, Miles-Luna-Pujols, Rolen-Miles-Pujols, Houston 2. Ausmus, Burke-Everett-Lamb.  2B–St. Louis Edmonds (12,off Clemens), Houston Burke (15,off Reyes); Lamb (15,off Reyes).  HR–St. Louis Spiezio (5,9th inning off Lidge 0 on 2 out); Pujols (29,10th inning off Oswalt 0 on 0 out), Houston Biggio (8,5th inning off Reyes 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Clemens (2,off Reyes).  HBP–Biggio (6,by Kinney).  Team–5.  SB–Luna (4,2nd base off Clemens/Ausmus).  U-HP–Ron Kulpa, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:18.  A–43,424.
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