St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - July 21, 2009

Scores for Jul 21, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Houston leads 2-0 (as of 7/21)

(51-45, 25-24 away)

(48-46, 26-23 home)

8:05 PM ET, July 21, 2009

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Schumaker 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	17	.304	.363	.398
N Stavinoha LF	3	0	0	1	0	1	10	.222	.235	.358
A Pujols 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.332	.455	.720
R Ludwick RF	4	1	2	3	0	2	25	.268	.334	.498
M DeRosa 3B	4	2	2	2	0	0	14	.174	.240	.435
C Rasmus CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	21	.265	.316	.453
J LaRue C	3	0	1	0	0	0	21	.246	.292	.328
T Wellemeyer P	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.114	.114	.114
J Kinney P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
P Walters P	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
D Reyes P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Motte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-J Thurston PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.230	.330	.341
B Ryan SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	11	.276	.313	.369
b-R Ankiel PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.217	.278	.361
Totals	34	6	8	6	1	5	144
a-grounded to second for J Motte in the 9th b-grounded to first for B Ryan in the 9th
BATTING 2B: R Ludwick (11, W Rodriguez); B Ryan (11, C Paronto) HR: M Derosa 2 (2, 2nd inning off W Rodriguez 0 on, 1 Out; 8th inning off W Wright 0 on, 1 Out); R Ludwick (16, 8th inning off C Paronto 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: M DeRosa 2 (2), N Stavinoha (16), R Ludwick 3 (61) SF: N Stavinoha Cardinals RISP: 1-4 (M DeRosa 0-1, T Wellemeyer 0-1, R Ludwick 1-1, C Rasmus 0-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING E: T Wellemeyer (1, throw); B Ryan (5, ground ball); D Reyes (2, ground ball)

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Wellemeyer (L, 7-8)	4.1	7	5	4	1	4	1	78-58	5.68
J Kinney	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	10-7	6.94
P Walters	2.0	4	6	5	2	2	2	38-23	9.56
D Reyes	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-1	4.03
J Motte	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-8	4.58
Totals	8.0	11	11	9	3	8	3	139-97
PITCHING P Walters pitched to 2 batters in the 8th; D Reyes pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP: D Reyes IBB: M Tejada (By P Walters) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Wellemeyer 18/21; J Kinney 2/2; P Walters 7/13; D Reyes 0/1; J Motte 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Wellemeyer 14-7-22-15; J Kinney 2-4-1-0; P Walters 6-3-5-9; D Reyes 0-0-0-1; J Motte 0-1-5-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Wellemeyer 5-4; J Kinney 0-0; P Walters 3-1; D Reyes 0-0; J Motte 0-3 Game Scores: T Wellemeyer 34

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	4	3	2	0	1	0	16	.285	.357	.404
K Matsui 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	19	.249	.306	.332
C Paronto P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
W Wright P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-J Michaels PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.175	.250	.313
M Tejada SS	3	1	2	3	1	0	19	.326	.356	.469
C Lee LF	5	1	1	4	0	2	21	.307	.357	.491
A Arias P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
G Blum 3B	3	2	1	1	1	2	17	.280	.352	.388
H Pence RF	4	2	2	2	0	1	11	.297	.361	.472
C Coste 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	10	.235	.328	.374
H Quintero C	4	1	0	0	0	1	10	.230	.247	.322
W Rodriguez P	3	1	1	0	0	0	11	.053	.077	.079
J Keppinger 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.264	.343	.397
Totals	35	11	11	11	3	8	139
a-fouled out to third for W Wright in the 8th
BATTING 2B: C Coste (10, T Wellemeyer); W Rodriguez (1, P Walters) HR: H Pence (12, 2nd inning off T Wellemeyer 1 on, 1 Out); C Lee (15, 7th inning off P Walters 3 on, 1 Out); G Blum (4, 7th inning off P Walters 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: H Pence 2 (41), M Tejada 3 (53), C Coste (9), C Lee 4 (57), G Blum (32) S: K Matsui SF: M Tejada 2-out RBI: M Tejada Astros RISP: 3-11 (M Tejada 2-2, J Michaels 0-1, G Blum 0-1, M Bourn 0-1, H Quintero 0-1, C Lee 1-2, W Rodriguez 0-1, K Matsui 0-2) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: M Bourn (35, 2nd base off T Wellemeyer/J LaRue); M Tejada (3, 2nd base off J Kinney/J LaRue)
FIELDING PB: H Quintero.

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Rodriguez (W, 10-6)	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	104-71	2.72
C Paronto	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	1	23-14	108.01
W Wright	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	11-7	5.49
A Arias	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	1.38
Totals	9.0	8	6	6	1	5	3	144-95
PITCHING HBP: J LaRue (By W Rodriguez) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Rodriguez 20/26; C Paronto 4/5; W Wright 2/3; A Arias 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Rodriguez 23-8-22-18; C Paronto 1-2-7-4; W Wright 1-1-2-3; A Arias 0-0-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Rodriguez 6-10; C Paronto 0-1; W Wright 0-2; A Arias 2-1 Game Scores: W Rodriguez 70

			STL	HOU
	2nd	M DeRosa homered to left.	1	0
	2nd	H Pence homered to left, G Blum scored.	1	2
	3rd	M Tejada singled to center, M Bourn scored.	1	3
	4th	C Coste doubled to left, H Pence scored.	1	4
	5th	M Tejada singled to right, M Bourn scored.	1	5
	7th	C Lee homered to left, W Rodriguez, M Bourn and M Tejada scored.	1	9
	7th	G Blum homered to right.	1	10
	8th	N Stavinoha hit sacrifice fly to center, B Ryan scored.	2	10
	8th	R Ludwick homered to left, S Schumaker and A Pujols scored.	5	10
	8th	M DeRosa homered to right center.	6	10
	8th	M Tejada hit sacrifice fly to right, H Quintero scored, J Keppinger to third.	6	11
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LANCE BERKMAN WAS HELD OUT OF THE LINEUP WITH A LEFT CALF STRAIN

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	33,140 (78.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:53
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Bob Davidson, First Base - Angel Campos, Second Base - Jeff Nelson, Third Base - Mark Carlson

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