St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - June 08, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 8, 2011

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 6/8)

Game 1: Tuesday, June 7
St. Louis	7	Final
Houston	4	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, June 8
St. Louis	1	Final
Houston	4	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, June 9
St. Louis	9	Final
Houston	2	Final
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Cardinals 1

(37-26, 19-14 away)

Astros 4

(24-38, 12-18 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, June 8, 2011

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
HOU	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	-	4	11	0

W: B. Norris (4-4)

L: J. Garcia (6-2)

S: M. Melancon (6)

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Theriot SS	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	.295	.346	.345
J Jay RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	.314	.373	.445
A Pujols 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.278	.350	.482
L Berkman LF	3	1	1	1	1	0	20	.329	.447	.624
C Rasmus CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	.265	.362	.434
Y Molina C	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	.314	.368	.445
S Schumaker 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	.216	.262	.299
M Carpenter 3B	1	0	0	0	2	0	14	.091	.286	.182
J Garcia P	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.077	.111	.077
a-D Descalso PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.242	.301	.357
B Tallet P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
R Franklin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-M Hamilton PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.176	.222	.235
J Motte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	26	1	2	1	5	2	115
a-struck out swinging for J Garcia in the 6th b-struck out looking for R Franklin in the 8th
BATTING 2B: A Pujols (8, M Melancon) HR: L Berkman (14, 7th inning off B Norris 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: L Berkman (43) 2-out RBI: L Berkman GIDP: A Pujols, J Jay, Y Molina Cardinals RISP: 0-1 (L Berkman 0-1) Team LOB: 3

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Garcia (L, 6-2)	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	99-58	3.20
B Tallet	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-10	6.00
R Franklin	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	26-20	7.06
J Motte	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	26-18	2.39
Totals	8.0	11	4	4	2	3	0	166-106
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Garcia 10/24; B Tallet 1/3; R Franklin 5/5; J Motte 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Garcia 16-6-16-20; B Tallet 1-2-4-3; R Franklin 6-1-9-4; J Motte 2-4-8-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Garcia 8-6; B Tallet 1-1; R Franklin 2-1; J Motte 1-1 Game Scores: J Garcia 40

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Bourgeois CF-LF	5	1	2	0	0	1	24	.393	.422	.492
J Keppinger 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	19	.295	.311	.409
H Pence RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	19	.313	.356	.488
C Lee 1B	2	0	1	1	2	0	18	.264	.310	.405
B Wallace 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.392	.462
J Michaels LF	4	0	2	1	0	0	18	.178	.245	.289
M Melancon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000
C Johnson 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	13	.228	.272	.401
C Barmes SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	17	.219	.320	.344
J Towles C	4	1	2	0	0	1	22	.206	.296	.353
B Norris P	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	.091	.130	.136
a-M Bourn PH-CF	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	.276	.344	.370
Totals	34	4	11	4	2	3	166
a-singled to center for B Norris in the 8th
BATTING 2B: J Bourgeois (4, J Garcia); C Johnson (11, J Garcia); J Towles (6, J Motte) 3B: H Pence (2, J Garcia) RBI: H Pence (45), C Lee (32), J Michaels (3), M Bourn (21) S: B Norris 2-out RBI: J Michaels, M Bourn Astros RISP: 2-14 (J Michaels 1-2, C Barmes 0-1, J Bourgeois 0-2, J Towles 0-1, M Bourn 1-1, H Pence 0-2, C Lee 0-1, J Keppinger 0-2, B Norris 0-1, C Johnson 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: J Bourgeois (14, 2nd base off J Garcia/Y Molina); M Bourn (26, 2nd base off J Motte/Y Molina)
FIELDING DP: 3 (C Barmes-J Keppinger-C Lee, J Keppinger-C Barmes-C Lee 2).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Norris (W, 4-4)	8.0	1	1	1	5	2	1	104-56	3.67
M Melancon (S, 6)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11-7	1.78
Totals	9.0	2	1	1	5	2	1	115-63
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Norris 12/27; M Melancon 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Norris 16-6-14-20; M Melancon 3-0-0-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Norris 13-9; M Melancon 3-0 Game Scores: B Norris 73

Scoring Summary

			STL	HOU
	3rd	H Pence tripled to deep center, J Keppinger scored.	0	1
	3rd	C Lee grounded out to shortstop, H Pence scored.	0	2
	5th	J Michaels singled to left, J Bourgeois scored, C Lee to second.	0	3
	7th	L Berkman homered to right (362 feet).	1	3
	8th	M Bourn singled to center, J Towles scored.	1	4
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Game Notes

HUNTER PENCE OF THE ASTROS TRIPLED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 19 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	22,107 (52.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:47
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - James Hoye, First Base - Tom Hallion, Second Base - Phil Cuzzi, Third Base - Bill Miller