Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 26, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 2008 at Busch Stadium III. 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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Houston Astros 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 4 1 2 1
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 3 2 2 2
Lee lf 3 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 0 0
Loretta 3b 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker rf 4 1 1 1
Ankiel cf 3 1 1 0
Pujols 1b 3 1 1 2
Duncan lf 4 0 1 0
Glaus 3b 3 0 0 1
Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0
LaRue c 1 0 0 0
  Barton ph 0 0 0 0
Wainwright p 4 0 1 0
  Izturis pr 0 1 0 0
Ryan ss 4 0 1 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Houston 100 100 100350
St. Louis 003 000 001470
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt   6.0 5 3 3 3 5
  Byrdak   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Geary   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski  L(0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Wright   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
1
0
0
0
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  W(3-1) 9.0 5 3 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1. Tejada-Berkman.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (7,off Oswalt); Kennedy (2,off Oswalt).  HR–Houston Matsui (1,1st inning off Wainwright 0 on 1 out); Berkman 2 (8,4th inning off Wainwright 0 on 2 out,7th inning off Wainwright 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Glaus (2,off Oswalt).  HBP–LaRue (2,by Oswalt).  Team–8.  CS–Tejada (2,2nd base by Wainwright/LaRue).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Adrian Johnson.  T–2:42.  A–43,040.
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