St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
April 8, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2008 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 5, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker rf 5 1 1 0
Duncan lf 2 2 1 1
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 0
Ankiel cf 3 1 1 0
Glaus 3b 3 0 1 2
Kennedy 2b 2 0 1 1
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
LaRue c 3 0 0 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 1
  Barton ph 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 1 0 0 0
  Miles 2b 1 0 0 0
Izturis ss 4 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 1 0
Lee lf 3 1 0 0
Tejada ss 3 1 1 2
Blum 3b 4 0 2 0
Loretta 2b 4 0 1 0
Towles c 3 0 1 0
Chacon p 2 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 2
St. Louis 011 001 020560
Houston 003 000 000370
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson   4.0 5 3 3 2 5
  Reyes  W(1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Franklin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen  SV(4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Chacon   6.0 4 3 3 4 2
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Geary  L(0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Villarreal   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1. Tejada-Loretta-Berkman.  2B–St. Louis Glaus (4,off Geary), Houston Berkman (4,off Thompson); Tejada (3,off Thompson); Blum (1,off Franklin).  3B–St. Louis Schumaker (1,off Chacon), Houston Pence (1,off Reyes).  SH–Thompson (1,off Chacon).  SF–Duncan (1,off Chacon).  IBB–Kennedy (1,by Geary).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Tejada (1,by Thompson).  Team–7.  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:40.  A–30,184.
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