St. Louis 9, Houston 2
Thursday, June 9, 2011 8:05 PM
Location -
Minute Maid Park
Temperature -
Indoors
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Tom Hallion,
First Base -
Phil Cuzzi,
Second Base -
Bill Miller,
Third Base -
James Hoye,
Attendance -
24482
Final Scoring Summary
|
Final
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
X |
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
St. Louis
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
9
|
11 |
0 |
|
Houston
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2
|
7 |
1 |
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| St. Louis
|
38-26 |
18-12 |
20-14 |
W1 |
| Houston
|
24-39 |
12-19 |
12-20 |
L1 |
Recap
Lance Berkman homered for the fourth time in five games and Daniel Descalso capped a five-run sixth inning with a pinch-hit, two-run double to carry the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday night.
Rookie Lance Lynn (1-1) was a beneficiary of the onslaught, notching his first major league victory by allowing one run on six hits in five innings in his second career start.
Ryan Theriot also homered and Berkman and Skip Schumaker added RBI singles as the Cardinals improved to a major league-best 20-14 on the road.
It was the 15th blast of the season for Berkman, who has four homers and nine RBIs during a five-game hitting streak.
J.A. Happ (3-8) was tagged for six runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings in absorbing his fourth straight defeat.
Hunter Pence went 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 20 games and scored Houston's first run on Brett Wallace's first-inning single.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| St. Louis |
|
Houston |
|
Lance Lynn
|
Player |
J.A. Happ
|
|
Win
|
W/L |
Loss
|
|
5.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
6 |
Hits |
6 |
|
1.80 |
ERA |
10.12 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
11 |
2 |
20 |
.289 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Houston
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
.226 |
16 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
Upcoming Games
-
Houston
will play their next game at home against Atlanta.
The
Astros
have a W/L % of
.292
after a win and
.436
after a loss.
-
St. Louis will play their next game on the road against Milwaukee.
The
Cardinals
have a W/L % of
.541
after a win and
.667
after a loss.