St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 7, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 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."

"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 8, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker cf 5 1 3 2
Barton lf 3 1 1 1
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 3 1 0 0
Ludwick rf,lf 4 2 2 3
Glaus 3b 4 1 2 1
Molina c 4 0 1 1
Kennedy 2b 4 1 0 0
Wainwright p 3 1 2 0
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Mather ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Izturis ss 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Pence rf 5 1 3 2
Matsui 2b 5 0 2 0
Tejada ss 5 1 2 1
Berkman 1b 4 1 1 0
Erstad lf 4 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
Bourn cf 4 0 3 1
Ausmus c 4 0 3 0
Chacon p 1 0 0 0
  Abercrombie ph 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 1 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 15 4
St. Louis 070 000 0018110
Houston 000 012 1004150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  W(6-3) 5.0 7 2 2 1 4
  McClellan   1.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Flores   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Perez   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Franklin   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Chacon  L(2-2) 5.0 10 7 7 3 2
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Villarreal   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Byrdak   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Sampson   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
0
0

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. Kennedy-Izturis-Pujols, Izturis-Kennedy-Pujols, Houston 2. Ausmus-Tejada, Wigginton-Matsui-Berkman.  2B–St. Louis Barton (5,off Chacon); Schumaker (13,off Chacon); Glaus (16,off Chacon); Ludwick (16,off Sampson), Houston Berkman (23,off Wainwright); Bourn (4,off Perez); Matsui (10,off Franklin).  3B–St. Louis Schumaker (3,off Chacon).  HR–St. Louis Glaus (7,2nd inning off Chacon 0 on 0 out); Ludwick (14,2nd inning off Chacon 2 on 2 out), Houston Pence (8,5th inning off Wainwright 0 on 1 out); Tejada (7,7th inning off McClellan 0 on 0 out).  SH–Barton (4,off Chacon).  SF–Molina (2,off Sampson).  IBB–Pujols 2 (16,by Chacon 2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  CS–Molina (1,2nd base by Chacon/Ausmus).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–3:09.  A–39,811.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook