St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - May 05, 2012

Scores for May 5, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Houston leads 2-0 (as of 5/5)

(16-11, 8-7 away)

(13-14, 9-5 home)

Coverage: FOX SW

7:05 PM ET, May 5, 2012

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Furcal SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	13	.333	.402	.472
J Jay CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	14	.405	.457	.514
M Holliday LF	3	0	1	1	1	2	19	.257	.317	.434
C Beltran RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	17	.272	.385	.511
D Freese 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	16	.315	.376	.554
Y Molina C	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	.298	.350	.532
D Descalso 2B	2	0	1	0	1	0	12	.214	.323	.357
b-T Greene PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.304	.300
M Carpenter 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	15	.267	.329	.453
J Garcia P	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.333	.429
a-S Robinson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.342	.390	.474
J Romero P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Boggs P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-T Cruz PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.063	.063	.125
Totals	32	2	6	2	4	6	131
a-struck out swinging for J Garcia in the 7th b-flied out to right for D Descalso in the 9th c-grounded to second for M Boggs in the 9th
BATTING RBI: C Beltran (19), M Holliday (19) GIDP: J Garcia Cardinals RISP: 2-7 (C Beltran 1-2, M Holliday 1-2, Y Molina 0-2, D Freese 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: R Furcal (5, 3rd base off B Norris/J Castro); M Holliday (2, 2nd base off B Norris/J Castro) CS: D Descalso (1, 2nd base by B Norris/J Castro)

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Garcia (L, 2-2)	6.0	4	6	6	4	2	1	95-57	3.76
J Romero	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	17-13	3.00
M Boggs	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-5	1.50
Totals	8.0	6	8	8	4	4	2	121-75
PITCHING WP: J Garcia First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Garcia 13/26; J Romero 5/6; M Boggs 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Garcia 13-9-16-19; J Romero 4-2-2-5; M Boggs 2-1-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Garcia 11-5; J Romero 1-2; M Boggs 1-0 Game Scores: J Garcia 38

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.346	.389	.529
B Bogusevic RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	16	.222	.344	.346
J Martinez LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	.247	.375	.387
C Lee 1B	3	2	1	0	1	0	13	.280	.350	.387
J Lowrie SS	3	2	1	2	1	0	18	.338	.433	.545
C Johnson 3B	4	2	2	4	0	2	15	.306	.333	.480
J Maxwell CF	3	1	2	1	1	0	20	.300	.353	.467
J Castro C	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	.237	.297	.305
B Norris P	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	.182	.167	.273
W Wright P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
W Lopez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-M Gonzalez PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.220	.238	.293
D Carpenter P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
F Abad P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	29	8	6	8	4	4	121
a-grounded to third for W Lopez in the 7th
BATTING 2B: J Maxwell 2 (2, J Garcia 2); C Lee (4, J Romero) HR: C Johnson (3, 1st inning off J Garcia 3 on, 2 Out); J Lowrie (4, 8th inning off J Romero 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Johnson 4 (18), J Maxwell (4), B Norris (3), J Lowrie 2 (12) SF: B Norris 2-out RBI: C Johnson 4 Astros RISP: 3-6 (J Castro 0-2, J Maxwell 1-1, J Martinez 0-1, J Lowrie 1-1, C Johnson 1-1) Team LOB: 2
BASERUNNING SB: B Bogusevic (4, 2nd base off J Garcia/Y Molina)
FIELDING E: C Johnson (4, ground ball) DP: 2 (J Altuve-J Lowrie-C Lee, J Castro-J Altuve). PB: J Castro.

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Norris (W, 2-1)	6.0	3	1	0	4	4	0	91-58	4.58
W Wright	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	4.05
W Lopez	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	2.25
D Carpenter	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	16-11	2.31
F Abad	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-7	7.36
Totals	9.0	6	2	0	4	6	0	131-85
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Norris 17/24; W Wright 1/2; W Lopez 2/2; D Carpenter 3/5; F Abad 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Norris 16-11-16-15; W Wright 0-0-0-2; W Lopez 0-2-4-1; D Carpenter 2-3-2-4; F Abad 1-0-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Norris 6-7; W Wright 1-0; W Lopez 1-0; D Carpenter 1-1; F Abad 2-1 Game Scores: B Norris 64

			STL	HOU
	1st	C Beltran singled to right, R Furcal scored, J Jay to third.	1	0
	1st	C Johnson homered to left (368 feet), B Bogusevic, C Lee and J Lowrie scored.	1	4
	4th	J Maxwell doubled to left, C Johnson scored.	1	5
	4th	B Norris hit sacrifice fly to left, J Maxwell scored.	1	6
	8th	M Holliday singled to center, J Jay scored.	2	6
	8th	J Lowrie homered to left (330 feet), C Lee scored.	2	8
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JED LOWRIE'S EIGHTH-INNING DOUBLE WAS OVERTURNED TO A HOME RUN BY CREW CHIEF JERRY MEALS.

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	23,633 (56.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:40
Weather	87 degrees, cloudy
Wind	14 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Scott Barry, First Base - Jerry Meals, Second Base - Lance Barrett, Third Base - Paul Emmel

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