Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 28, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 2011 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 1 2 0
Altuve 2b 4 0 0 1
Bourgeois lf 4 0 2 1
Pence rf 4 1 2 0
Lee 1b 4 2 2 2
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 1
Barmes ss 4 0 1 0
Corporan c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 3 1 0 0
  Escalona p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace ph 1 0 0 0
  Melancon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Punto 2b 2 0 0 0
  Descalso 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
Jay cf 4 1 1 0
Pujols 1b 4 0 2 1
Holliday lf 3 0 0 0
Freese 3b 3 0 0 0
  Rzepczynski p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Lohse ph 1 0 0 0
Laird c 1 1 1 0
  Cruz c 2 0 0 0
  Molina c 0 0 0 0
Theriot ss 3 1 0 0
Patterson rf 3 0 1 1
Garcia p 2 0 0 0
  Schumaker 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 2
Houston 100 211 000592
St. Louis 021 000 000351
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  W(7-7) 7.0 5 3 1 1 6
  Escalona   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Melancon  SV(10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
1
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  L(10-5) 6.0 8 5 4 2 3
  Rzepczynski   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
3
7

  E–Altuve (2), Pence (5), Freese (6).  DP–Houston 1. Altuve-Barmes-Lee, St. Louis 2. Freese-Punto-Pujols, Freese-Descalso-Pujols.  PB–Laird (2), Cruz (1).  2B–Houston Bourn (26,off Garcia); Pence 2 (26,off Garcia,off Rzepczynski); Bourgeois (7,off Garcia), St. Louis Pujols 2 (16,off W. Rodriguez 2); Jay (12,off W. Rodriguez).  HR–Houston Lee (10,6th inning off Garcia 0 on 0 out).  SF–Altuve (1,off Garcia); Johnson (3,off Garcia).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  SB–Bourn (39,3rd base off Garcia/Laird); Bourgeois (18,2nd base off Garcia/Laird); Pujols (6,3rd base off W. Rodriguez/Corporan).  CS–Patterson (1,3rd base by W. Rodriguez/Corporan).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Cory Blaser, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–2:48.  A–38,794.
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