Houston 4, St. Louis 1
When: 1:40 PM ET, Thursday, May 13, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
74°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Joyce, 1B -
Todd Tichenor, 2B -
Marvin Hudson, 3B -
Derryl Cousins
Attendance:
39026
By SportsDirect Inc.
Bud Norris turned in his best performance of the season with eight innings of one-run ball, Lance Berkman continued his resurgence with three hits and an RBI and Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer in leading the Houston Astros to a 4-1 victory and a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
The Astros have won four straight, all against first-place teams. Houston improved to 12-3 when it scores four or more runs -- it is 1-18 when it scores three or fewer.
The Astros didn't need to score much for Norris (2-4), who reined in the control problems that have plagued him this season. He didn't walk a batter and allowed only six hits while striking out eight.
Matt Lindstrom worked around a two-out walk in the ninth for his ninth save in as many tries. He earned saves in all three wins of the series.
Houston took a 4-0 lead against Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter, scoring all four in the third inning on Berkman's RBI single and Pence's three-run homer. It was Pence's fifth homer of the season and his second in the series.
Carpenter (4-1) allowed the four runs on six hits and three walks in eight innings.
St. Louis has lost seven of nine and its lead in the NL Central is down to a half-game over Cincinnati, which plays host to the Cardinals for a three-game series starting Friday.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
7 |
1 |
11 |
.212 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
6 |
0 |
7 |
.207 |
12 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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