Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 22, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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."

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Houston Astros 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Wallace 1b 4 1 1 1
Francisco lf 4 0 0 0
Moore 3b 4 0 0 0
Pearce rf 3 0 0 0
Barnes cf 3 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Snyder c 2 1 1 1
  Maxwell pr 0 0 0 0
  Castro c 0 0 0 0
Norris p 2 0 0 0
  Bogusevic cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 4 1 2 1
Carpenter 3b 4 0 0 0
Holliday lf 4 1 2 0
Beltran rf 3 0 1 0
Craig 1b 4 1 1 0
Molina c 3 0 1 1
Descalso 2b 4 0 1 1
Furcal ss 3 1 1 0
Lohse p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Motte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 3
Houston 101 000 000230
St. Louis 010 020 01x491
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L(5-11) 6.0 7 3 3 1 1
  Wright   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
1
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lohse  W(13-2) 7.0 3 2 2 0 3
  Boggs   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Motte  SV(29) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Furcal (14).  2B–Houston Altuve (31,off Lohse), St. Louis Descalso (8,off Norris); Beltran (23,off Norris); Holliday (29,off F. Rodriguez).  HR–Houston Wallace (6,1st inning off Lohse 0 on 2 out); Snyder (7,3rd inning off Lohse 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Lohse (11,off Norris).  IBB–Beltran (11,by F. Rodriguez).  Team–6.  SB–Jay (14,2nd base off Norris/Snyder).  CS–Holliday (3,2nd base by Norris/Snyder).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–D.J. Reyburn, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Manny Gonzalez.  T–2:32.  A–35,198.
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