St. Louis 8, Houston 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, July 9, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Adrian Johnson, 1B -
Tim McClelland, 2B -
Andy Fletcher, 3B -
Mike Everitt
Attendance:
33224
By SportsDirect Inc.
All-Star Adam Wainwright tossed eight shutout innings to continue his dominance of Houston as the St. Louis Cardinals posted an 8-0 victory over the Astros on Friday night.
Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday supplied the offense as each finished with a home run and three RBIs for St. Louis, which snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the third time in 10 tries at Minute Maid Park.
Wainwright (13-5) improved to 9-1 in his career against the Astros by allowing just six hits - all singles. The right-hander struck out four and walked three.
Pujols opened the scoring with a double to deep center in the first that plated Colby Rasmus. Holliday added to the lead, making it 5-0 in the eighth with his 15th homer of the campaign.
Following an RBI double by Felipe Lopez, Pujols capped the onslaught with a two-run shot in the ninth.
Much of the damage came off Houston starter Bud Norris (2-6), who was tagged for five runs on seven hits in 7 2/3 innings. Norris entered the game with a record of 4-0 and a 0.35 ERA in four prior starts against the Cardinals.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
11 |
2 |
23 |
.289 |
11 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Houston
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
.200 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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