St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 6, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 1, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker cf 4 0 2 1
Mather rf 4 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0
Ludwick lf 4 0 0 0
Glaus 3b 3 0 0 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Barton ph 1 0 0 0
Molina c 2 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 2 1 2 0
Looper p 1 0 0 0
  Miles 3b 1 0 0 0
Izturis ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Pence rf 4 1 1 1
Matsui 2b 4 0 2 1
Erstad cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Berkman 1b 3 1 0 0
Lee lf 4 1 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 1 2 1
Loretta ss 4 0 4 0
Quintero c 4 1 1 0
Moehler p 3 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Bourn cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 3
St. Louis 000 000 010142
Houston 002 300 01x6110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Looper  L (7-5) 6.0 8 5 2 0 7
  Boggs  2 3.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
3
0
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  W (3-2) 7.0 2 0 0 2 5
  Geary  1 2.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Valverde  1 0.0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
9

  E–Molina (6), Izturis (5).  DP–St. Louis 2. Izturis-Kennedy-Pujols, Kennedy-Izturis-Pujols, Houston 1. Matsui-Loretta-Berkman.  2B–Houston Pence (15,off Looper); Erstad (9,off Looper)..  HR–Houston Blum (4,8th inning off Boggs 0 on 1 out).  SH–Looper (5,off Moehler).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Berkman (2,by Looper).  Team–5.  SB–Schumaker (5,2nd base off Moehler/Quintero).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:32.  A–38,596.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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