St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 22, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 2009 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 11, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker 2b,lf 5 1 1 1
Rasmus cf 4 3 3 1
Pujols 1b 4 0 2 1
  LaRue c 0 0 0 0
Holliday lf 3 1 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wellemeyer p 1 0 0 0
Ankiel rf 5 2 2 0
DeRosa 3b 5 2 2 2
Molina c,1b 5 1 2 2
Lugo ss 4 1 0 1
Pineiro p 2 0 1 1
  Thurston ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 11 15 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 1 2 0
Tejada ss 4 1 3 1
Berkman 1b 3 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 1 0
Blum 3b 2 0 1 1
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Keppinger 2b 4 0 0 0
Towles c 4 0 0 0
Bazardo p 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Paronto p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
St. Louis 003 310 12111150
Houston 000 100 010280
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pineiro  W(15-11) 7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Miller   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Wellemeyer   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bazardo  L(0-2) 3.2 6 6 6 2 2
  Wright   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Paronto   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Valverde   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
4
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. Schumaker-Lugo-Pujols, Lugo-Thurston-Molina, Houston 1. Keppinger-Tejada-Berkman.  2B–St. Louis Molina (23,off Valverde), Houston Tejada 2 (43,off Pineiro,off Miller); Blum (14,off Pineiro).  3B–St. Louis Ankiel (2,off Valverde).  HR–St. Louis Rasmus (16,7th inning off Byrdak 0 on 1 out); Molina (6,8th inning off Paronto 1 on 0 out).  SH–Pineiro (9,off Bazardo).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Blum (6,off Pineiro).  Team–6.  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Mark Wegner, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:43.  A–32,644.
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