Houston 2, St. Louis 0

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Summary

Houston at St. Louis

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	ML	OU
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	0	250
STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-270	8

Houston

Hitters
	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Michael Bourn	CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.286
Kazuo Matsui	2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.254
Hunter Pence	RF	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	.292
Carlos Lee	LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.307
Miguel Tejada	SS	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	.327
Geoff Blum	1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.264
Jose Valverde	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ivan Rodriguez	C	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.251
Jeff Keppinger	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.268
Bud Norris	SP	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Wesley Wright	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Chris Sampson	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Chris Coste	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241
Totals		34	2	8	2	0	7	13
Batting
2B - Michael Bourn (21), Kazuo Matsui (10)
TB - Michael Bourn 2, Kazuo Matsui 2, Hunter Pence 2, Miguel Tejada 2, Ivan Rodriguez, Bud Norris
RBI - Michael Bourn (27), Miguel Tejada (63)
2-Out RBI - Michael Bourn (13)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kazuo Matsui (27), Geoff Blum (33), Ivan Rodriguez (42)
S - Bud Norris (1)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
SB - Hunter Pence (10, 2nd off Wainwright/Molina)
Fielding
DP - 1

Pitchers
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bud Norris (W 1-0)	7.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0.90
Wesley Wright (H 5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.76
Chris Sampson	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.73
Jose Valverde (S 12)	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.70
Pitches-Strikes - Bud Norris 91-55, Wesley Wright 3-2, Chris Sampson 7-5, Jose Valverde 31-16
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bud Norris 9-7, Wesley Wright 0-1, Chris Sampson 0-0, Jose Valverde 2-1
Batters Faced - Bud Norris 27, Wesley Wright 1, Chris Sampson 1, Jose Valverde 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Valverde 1-0

St. Louis

Hitters
	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Skip Schumaker	2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.294
Khalil Greene	PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198
Colby Rasmus	CF	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.252
Ryan Ludwick	PH-RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.267
Albert Pujols	1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	.314
Matt Holliday	LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.541
Rick Ankiel	RF-CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.237
Mark DeRosa	3B-2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.208
Yadier Molina	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.283
Julio Lugo	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.342
Adam Wainwright	SP	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.161
Joe Thurston	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.227
Jason Motte	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Blake Hawksworth	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals		29	0	3	0	5	6	16
Batting
TB - Ryan Ludwick, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Holliday (3), Joe Thurston (30)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - Ryan Ludwick (1, 2nd by Valverde/Rodriguez)

Pitchers
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Adam Wainwright (L 12-7)	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	2.79
Jason Motte	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.26
Blake Hawksworth	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00
HBP - Miguel Tejada (by Motte)
Pitches-Strikes - Adam Wainwright 98-66, Jason Motte 16-10, Blake Hawksworth 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Adam Wainwright 8-8, Jason Motte 0-1, Blake Hawksworth 2-1
Batters Faced - Adam Wainwright 29, Jason Motte 4, Blake Hawksworth 3

Game Info

Date - Sunday, August 2 2009 2:15PM
Location - Busch Stadium
Temperature - 79°
Umpires - Home - Bill Hohn, First Base - Paul Emmel, Second Base - Gary Darling, Third Base - Jerry Meals,
Attendance - 45227

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