Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 21, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2012 at Busch Stadium III. 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)
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Houston Astros 0, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0
Moore 3b 4 0 0 0
Wallace 1b 3 0 0 0
  Fick p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno p 0 0 0 0
  Bogusevic ph 1 0 0 0
Maxwell cf 4 0 1 0
Castro c 3 0 1 0
Francisco rf 4 0 1 0
Martinez lf 3 0 0 0
Greene ss 3 0 0 0
Harrell p 1 0 0 0
  Pearce ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 5 1 3 1
Carpenter 1b 4 0 1 0
Holliday lf 4 1 1 0
  Robinson ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Craig rf 2 2 1 0
  Jackson pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 2 1 0
Molina c 4 0 3 2
Schumaker 2b,rf 4 0 1 2
Furcal ss 3 1 1 1
Wainwright p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 6
Houston 000 000 000050
St. Louis 402 001 00x7130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Harrell  L(10-9) 5.0 8 6 6 3 3
  Fick   0.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Cruz   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
2
0
0
1
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  W(12-10) 9.0 5 0 0 1 12
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
12

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2. Greene-Altuve-Wallace, Altuve-Greene-Pearce.  2B–Houston Francisco (3,off Wainwright); Pearce (4,off Wainwright), St. Louis Jay (12,off Harrell); M. Carpenter (16,off Harrell); Furcal (18,off Fick); Robinson (7,off Cedeno).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Furcal (4,off Harrell).  Team–10.  U-HP–Manny Gonzalez, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–D.J. Reyburn, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:42.  A–35,370.
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