St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 27, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 2011 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 13, Houston Astros 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 4 0 1 1
Freese 3b 4 1 1 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Pujols 1b 6 1 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Berkman rf 4 3 3 0
  Robinson rf 0 0 0 0
Holliday lf 1 0 0 0
  Craig lf 3 3 2 4
Molina c 4 2 1 1
Schumaker 2b 3 1 1 3
  Theriot ph,2b 2 1 1 2
Punto ss 5 1 4 2
Westbrook p 0 0 0 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson ph 0 0 0 0
  Rzepczynski p 0 0 0 0
  Chambers ph 1 0 1 0
  Sanchez p 1 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Salas p 0 0 0 0
  Descalso 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 13 17 13
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Shuck cf 5 0 0 0
Altuve 2b 5 1 3 0
Bogusevic rf 4 2 2 0
Lee lf 3 2 1 0
Wallace 1b 3 1 1 2
Paredes 3b 4 0 2 2
Barmes ss 4 0 1 0
Towles c 1 0 0 1
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Del Rosario p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Corporan ph,c 1 0 0 0
Sosa p 1 0 0 0
  Quintero c 2 0 0 0
  Abreu p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
St. Louis 000 500 43113170
Houston 014 010 0006112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Westbrook   2.1 7 5 5 1 2
  Boggs   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Rzepczynski   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
  Sanchez  W(3-1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Rhodes   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Salas   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sosa   3.1 5 5 5 2 1
  Carpenter   2.2 3 0 0 1 3
  Del Rosario  L(0-3) 0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Wright   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Rodriguez   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Abreu   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
13
13
5
4

  E–Shuck (1), Towles (6).  DP–St. Louis 1. Punto-Schumaker-Pujols, Houston 1. Bogusevic-Towles.  2B–St. Louis Schumaker (19,off Sosa); Berkman (23,off Carpenter); Craig (15,off Del Rosario); Punto (8,off Wright), Houston Bogusevic (14,off Westbrook).  3B–St. Louis Theriot (1,off Wright), Houston Paredes (2,off Westbrook).  HR–St. Louis Craig (10,8th inning off F. Rodriguez 2 on 2 out); Punto (1,9th inning off Abreu 0 on 1 out).  SH–Westbrook (10,off Sosa).  SF–Jay (4,off Carpenter); Towles (2,off Westbrook).  HBP–Jay (7,by Abreu).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Lee (8,by Westbrook).  Team–7.  SB–Freese (1,2nd base off Sosa/Towles).  CS–Altuve (3,2nd base by Rzepczynski/Molina).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:35.  A–22,021.
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