Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 27, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2008 at Busch Stadium III. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 1 1 0
Matsui 2b 5 2 3 0
Tejada ss 5 1 1 2
Berkman 1b 3 3 1 0
Lee lf 4 1 1 2
  Cruz, Jr. ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Pence rf 5 0 5 2
Wigginton 3b 4 0 0 1
Towles c 2 0 0 1
Chacon p 4 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker rf 4 0 0 0
Duncan lf 3 0 0 0
  Parisi p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan ph 1 0 0 0
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 4 1
Ankiel cf 4 0 1 0
Glaus 3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 0 0
Looper p 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Barton ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Izturis ss 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Houston 401 030 0008120
St. Louis 000 110 000281
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Chacon  W(2-0) 7.0 7 2 2 0 7
  Byrdak   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Looper  L(6-4) 4.1 9 8 7 3 1
  Springer   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Parisi   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Flores   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McClellan   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Ankiel (2).  2B–Houston Pence (12,off Looper), St. Louis Ankiel (11,off Chacon); Pujols (13,off Byrdak).  HR–Houston Tejada (6,5th inning off Looper 1 on 0 out), St. Louis Pujols (12,4th inning off Chacon 0 on 1 out); Barton (1,5th inning off Chacon 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Towles (6,by Looper).  IBB–Wigginton (1,by Looper).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Paul Emmel, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:36.  A–41,104.
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