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Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 0

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 0

Day

Game Played on Sunday, April 12, 2009 (D) at Busch Stadium III

HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
STL N    0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   3  6  0
BATTING
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Matsui 2b                     4   0   1   0       0   0       2   5
Pence rf                      4   0   1   0       0   1       1   0
Berkman 1b                    4   0   0   0       0   0      10   0
Lee lf                        3   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Tejada ss                     3   0   0   0       0   0       1   3
Blum 3b                       3   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
I. Rodriguez c                3   0   0   0       0   1       7   0
Bourn cf                      3   0   1   0       0   0       3   0
W. Rodriguez p                2   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
  Byrdak p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Valverde p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Erstad ph                   1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Totals                       30   0   3   0       0   4      24  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Matsui-Tejada-Berkman.
BATTING - 
Team LOB: 3.
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Schumaker 2b,lf               4   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
K. Greene ss                  4   1   3   1       0   0       0   2
Pujols 1b                     3   1   0   0       1   0       5   1
Ludwick rf                    3   0   1   1       1   1       4   0
Duncan lf                     3   0   1   1       0   1       2   0
  Ryan 2b                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Thurston ph,2b              1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Molina c                      3   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
Freese 3b                     3   0   0   0       0   2       1   0
  Barden 3b                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Rasmus cf                     2   1   0   0       1   1       5   0
Lohse p                       2   0   1   0       0   1       3   1
Totals                       28   3   6   3       3   7      27   7
BATTING - 
2B: Duncan (2,off W. Rodriguez).
SH: Lohse (1,off W. Rodriguez).
GDP: Schumaker (1,off W. Rodriguez).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: K. Greene (1,2nd base off Valverde/I. Rodriguez).
PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
W. Rodriguez L(0-1)           6     5   3   3   3   4   0  25
Byrdak                        1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3
Valverde                      1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4
Totals                        8     6   3   3   3   7   0  32

St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Lohse W(2-0)                  9     3   0   0   0   4   0  30

Umpires: HP - Tom Hallion, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Jerry Crawford
Official Scorer: Jeff Durbin
Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 36310
Starting Lineups:

   Houston Astros                St. Louis Cardinals      
1. Matsui              2b        Schumaker           2b
2. Pence               rf        K. Greene           ss
3. Berkman             1b        Pujols              1b
4. Lee                 lf        Ludwick             rf
5. Tejada              ss        Duncan              lf
6. Blum                3b        Molina              c
7. I. Rodriguez        c         Freese              3b
8. Bourn               cf        Rasmus              cf
9. W. Rodriguez        p         Lohse               p

ASTROS 1ST: Matsui singled to left; Pence struck out; Berkman
flied to left; Lee flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Schumaker flied to center; K. Greene grounded out
(shortstop to first); Pujols flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Tejada popped to third; Blum lined to right; I.
Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Ludwick struck out; Duncan doubled to right;
Molina grounded out (second to first) [Duncan to third]; Freese
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
0, Cardinals 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Bourn flied to left; W. Rodriguez batted right
handed; W. Rodriguez struck out; Matsui popped to catcher; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Rasmus grounded out (second to first); Lohse
singled to center; Schumaker grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Lohse out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Pence flied to center; Berkman grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: K. Greene singled to left; Pujols walked [K.
Greene to second]; Ludwick singled to left [K. Greene scored,
Pujols to third, Ludwick to second (on throw)]; Duncan grounded
out (second to first) [Pujols scored, Ludwick to third]; Molina
grounded out (third to first); Freese struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 2.

ASTROS 5TH: On a bunt Tejada grounded out (pitcher to first);
Blum lined to second; I. Rodriguez flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Rasmus walked; Lohse out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Rasmus to second]; Schumaker grounded out
(pitcher to first); K. Greene singled to center [Rasmus scored];
Pujols flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0,
Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Bourn grounded out (second to first); W. Rodriguez
batted right handed; W. Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Matsui flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Ludwick walked; Duncan was called out on strikes;
Molina grounded out (second to first) [Ludwick to second];
Freese struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 7TH: SCHUMAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); RYAN
REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 2B); BARDEN REPLACED FREESE (PLAYING
3B); Pence flied to center; Berkman grounded out (first to
pitcher); Lee grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: BYRDAK REPLACED W. RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Rasmus
struck out; Lohse struck out; Schumaker grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Tejada grounded out (second to pitcher); Blum flied
to center; I. Rodriguez flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: VALVERDE REPLACED BYRDAK (PITCHING); K. Greene
singled to left; Pujols popped to second; Ludwick flied to
center; THURSTON BATTED FOR RYAN; K. Greene stole second;
Thurston was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Astros 0, Cardinals 3.

ASTROS 9TH: THURSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Bourn singled
to center; ERSTAD BATTED FOR VALVERDE; Erstad was called out on
strikes; Matsui flied to left; Pence singled to center [Bourn to
second]; Berkman flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
0, Cardinals 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Astros           0   3   0    3
 Cardinals        3   6   0    5
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