Astros 3, 
Cardinals 0
| W: | B. Norris (6-3) |
| L: | J. Smoltz (1-2) |
| SV: | J. Valverde (24) |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| S Schumaker 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .304 | .363 |
| C Rasmus CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .258 | .311 |
| A Pujols 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .330 | .447 |
| M Holliday LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .356 | .414 |
| R Ludwick RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .271 | .334 |
| M DeRosa 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .238 | .301 |
| Y Molina C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .291 | .366 |
| J Lugo SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .277 | .347 |
| J Smoltz P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .083 | .154 |
a-R Ankiel PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .235 | .287 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
D Reyes P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 143 | ||
| a-struck out swinging for J Smoltz in the 7th | |||||||||
| BATTING GIDP: J Smoltz, M DeRosa Cardinals RISP: 0-4 (M DeRosa 0-1, R Ludwick 0-1, J Lugo 0-1, S Schumaker 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | |||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J Smoltz (L, 1-2) | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 88-60 | 3.18 |
| B Hawksworth | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16-8 | 2.25 |
| D Reyes | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-2 | 3.29 |
| R Franklin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24-15 | 1.98 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 134-85 | |
| PITCHING D Reyes pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP: R Franklin IBB: L Berkman (By R Franklin) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Smoltz 14/23; B Hawksworth 1/4; D Reyes 1/1; R Franklin 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Smoltz 12-13-17-18; B Hawksworth 4-2-0-2; D Reyes 1-0-1-0; R Franklin 6-4-4-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Smoltz 9-4; B Hawksworth 2-0; D Reyes 0-0; R Franklin 0-0 Game Scores: J Smoltz 59 | |||||||||
| Houston Astros | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP |
| M Bourn CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .289 | .360 |
| M Tejada SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .304 | .333 |
| L Berkman 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .268 | .395 |
| C Lee LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .304 | .349 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| G Blum 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .253 | .316 |
| H Pence RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .285 | .349 |
| K Matsui 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .252 | .301 |
| J Towles C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .094 | .171 |
a-J Keppinger PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .258 | .325 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .286 | |
| B Norris P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .188 | .235 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | |
b-D Erstad PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .197 | .275 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
J Michaels LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .324 |
| Totals | 28 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 134 | ||
| a-grounded to second for J Towles in the 7th b-struck out swinging for J Fulchino in the 7th | |||||||||
| BATTING 2B: K Matsui (20, J Smoltz); M Tejada (44, J Smoltz) RBI: M Tejada (79), C Lee 2 (98) S: K Matsui SF: C Lee 2-out RBI: M Tejada Astros RISP: 3-11 (M Tejada 1-1, J Towles 0-1, G Blum 0-1, M Bourn 0-1, H Pence 0-1, J Keppinger 0-1, D Erstad 0-1, C Lee 1-1, L Berkman 0-2, B Norris 1-1) Team LOB: 6 | |||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (L Berkman-M Tejada-K Matsui, M Tejada-K Matsui-L Berkman). | |||||||||
| Houston Astros | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| B Norris (W, 6-3) | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 99-61 | 4.53 |
| J Fulchino (H, 10) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12-9 | 3.26 |
| L Hawkins (H, 18) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-11 | 2.24 |
| J Valverde (S, 24) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17-12 | 2.12 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 143-93 | |
| PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Norris 14/24; J Fulchino 2/3; L Hawkins 3/4; J Valverde 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Norris 12-15-15-19; J Fulchino 4-3-2-0; L Hawkins 5-1-2-3; J Valverde 4-2-5-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Norris 9-6; J Fulchino 0-0; L Hawkins 1-2; J Valverde 1-0 Game Scores: B Norris 61 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| STL | HOU | |||
 | 3rd | M Tejada singled to right, K Matsui scored, B Norris to second. | 0 | 1 |
| 6th | C Lee hit sacrifice fly to left, M Tejada scored. | 0 | 2 |
| 8th | C Lee singled to center, M Bourn scored, L Berkman to second. | 0 | 3 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
| Attendance | 38,732 (94.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:44 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Rick Reed, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Tim Timmons |
MLB Scores
Wednesday, September 23rd
| NY Yankees | 3 | Final |
| LA Angels | 2 |
| Detroit | 11 | Final |
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| Cincinnati | 12 | Final |
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