St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - April 26, 2011

Scores for Apr 26, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Houston leads 1-0 (as of 4/26)

(12-11, 6-5 away)

(9-14, 5-6 home)

8:05 PM ET, April 26, 2011

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

W: B. Lyon (2-1)

L: M. Boggs (0-1)

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Jay RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	.200	.333	.320
a-T Greene PH-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.294	.368	.353
b-A Pujols PH-1B	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.250	.313	.500
C Rasmus CF	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	.315	.390	.511
M Holliday LF	4	1	2	0	1	1	18	.407	.521	.627
L Berkman 1B-RF	5	0	2	1	0	1	20	.378	.446	.716
D Freese 3B	5	1	1	0	0	3	23	.333	.364	.472
Y Molina C	4	2	2	0	1	0	21	.290	.347	.420
N Punto SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	20	.143	.333	.214
D Descalso 2B	3	0	3	3	1	0	18	.256	.286	.410
J Garcia P	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.000	.000
M Batista P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-M Hamilton PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.333	.333	.333
T Miller P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Motte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Boggs P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	37	5	11	5	4	8	176
a-hit by pitch for J Jay in the 7th b-intentionally walked for T Greene in the 8th c-flied out to left for M Batista in the 8th
BATTING 2B: D Descalso 2 (4, B Norris, J Fulchino); N Punto (1, B Norris); D Freese (4, B Norris); M Holliday (7, B Lyon); L Berkman (7, B Lyon) 3B: D Descalso (1, B Norris) RBI: N Punto (2), D Descalso 3 (4), L Berkman (16) S: N Punto 2-out RBI: N Punto, D Descalso 2 Cardinals RISP: 4-17 (J Garcia 0-3, J Jay 0-1, M Hamilton 0-1, D Descalso 2-2, Y Molina 0-2, L Berkman 1-2, C Rasmus 0-2, D Freese 0-2, N Punto 1-2) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: Y Molina (1, 2nd base off B Norris/H Quintero); T Greene (5, 3rd base off J Fulchino/H Quintero) CS: L Berkman (2, 2nd base by B Norris/H Quintero)
FIELDING E: D Freese (2, ground ball); M Boggs (1, bunt) DP: 1 (N Punto-D Descalso-L Berkman). PB: Y Molina.

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Garcia	5.1	6	4	3	2	6	1	91-58	2.08
M Batista (B, 1)	1.2	3	0	0	1	0	0	21-12	0.96
T Miller	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	2.25
J Motte	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9-7	1.69
M Boggs (L, 0-1; B, 1)	0.1	4	2	1	0	0	0	21-14	2.13
Totals	8.1	14	6	4	3	8	1	146-94
PITCHING T Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP: J Garcia 2; M Boggs IBB: C Lee (By M Batista) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Garcia 11/24; M Batista 4/8; T Miller 1/1; J Motte 2/2; M Boggs 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Garcia 10-18-14-16; M Batista 0-2-3-7; T Miller 0-1-1-1; J Motte 2-2-3-0; M Boggs 1-3-4-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Garcia 9-0; M Batista 4-1; T Miller 0-0; J Motte 0-0; M Boggs 0-1 Game Scores: J Garcia 46

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	17	.301	.370	.410
A Sanchez SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	20	.300	.337	.378
H Pence RF	5	1	3	1	0	1	19	.290	.347	.505
C Lee LF-1B	4	1	0	0	1	0	11	.207	.247	.348
B Hall 2B	3	1	1	1	2	1	22	.230	.288	.351
B Wallace 1B	4	0	3	1	0	1	13	.347	.417	.467
J Bourgeois PR-LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250
C Johnson 3B	4	0	2	2	0	2	15	.197	.247	.289
H Quintero C	4	0	1	0	0	2	16	.308	.357	.423
B Norris P	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	.286	.286	.429
a-J Inglett PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.105	.105	.105
F Abad P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Fulchino P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
B Lyon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
b-B Bogusevic PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	1.000	1.000	1.000
Totals	35	6	14	5	3	8	146
a-grounded to first for B Norris in the 6th b-singled to right for B Lyon in the 9th
BATTING HR: H Pence (4, 4th inning off J Garcia 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: H Pence (18), B Wallace (8), C Johnson 2 (9), B Hall (8) S: M Bourn, A Sanchez, B Norris GIDP: B Hall Astros RISP: 5-13 (B Hall 1-2, M Bourn 0-2, A Sanchez 0-1, B Wallace 1-1, H Quintero 0-1, H Pence 2-2, C Lee 0-1, B Norris 0-1, C Johnson 1-1, J Inglett 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING CS: B Hall (1, 2nd base by J Garcia) Picked Off: B Hall (1st base by J Garcia); J Bourgeois (1st base by Y Molina)
FIELDING E: A Sanchez (6, ground ball); H Quintero (2, throw) DP: 1 (H Quintero-B Hall).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Norris	6.0	7	3	0	2	6	0	110-64	3.86
F Abad (H, 5)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	15-7	2.89
J Fulchino (B, 1)	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	32-17	2.31
B Lyon (W, 2-1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	19-12	4.82
Totals	9.0	11	5	2	4	8	0	176-100
PITCHING IBB: D Descalso (By B Norris); A Pujols (By J Fulchino) HBP: T Greene (By F Abad) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Norris 15/27; F Abad 3/4; J Fulchino 2/7; B Lyon 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Norris 12-14-19-19; F Abad 2-1-2-2; J Fulchino 5-2-6-4; B Lyon 2-2-4-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Norris 7-4; F Abad 0-2; J Fulchino 1-2; B Lyon 2-0 Game Scores: B Norris 56

			STL	HOU
	4th	N Punto doubled to deep right, D Freese scored, Y Molina to third.	1	0
	4th	D Descalso tripled to deep right, Y Molina and N Punto scored.	3	0
	4th	H Pence homered to left (433 feet).	3	1
	6th	B Wallace singled to left, A Sanchez scored, C Lee to third, B Hall to second.	3	2
	6th	C Johnson singled to center, C Lee and B Hall scored, B Wallace to second.	3	4
	8th	D Descalso doubled to deep left, Y Molina scored.	4	4
	9th	L Berkman doubled to left center, M Holliday scored.	5	4
	9th	B Bogusevic scored on M Boggs' wild pitch.	5	5
	9th	B Hall singled to left, M Bourn scored, A Sanchez to third, H Pence to second.	5	6
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CARDINALS SHORTSTOP RYAN THERIOT WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP WITH RIGHT RIB CAGE SORENESS.

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	25,526 (60.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:28
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Ed Hickox, First Base - Cory Blaser, Second Base - Ed Rapuano, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez

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