St. Louis 8, Houston 4
When: 8:15 PM ET, Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
94°
Umpires:
Home -
Eric Cooper, 1B -
Mike Reilly, 2B -
Bill Miller, 3B -
Todd Tichenor
Attendance:
41596
By SportsDirect Inc.
Albert Pujols finished with three hits, including a three-run homer, to back a strong showing from Chris Carpenter in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 8-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.
Felipe Lopez, Matt Holliday, Allen Craig and Carpenter each recorded an RBI as St. Louis avoided being swept by the last-place Astros and stopped a five-game slide against their division-rivals.
Carpenter (12-3) worked 7 2/3 innings and gave up two runs on four hits in winning his third straight decision.
Chris Johnson lifted a two-run homer and Jason Castro and Geoff Blum drove in runs for Houston, which plated 18 runs in Tuesday’s triumph.
St. Louis exploded for four runs on four run-scoring singles in the first inning at the expense of J.A. Happ. Pujols’ blast in the second pushed the lead to 7-2.
Happ (2-1) took the loss in his second start since being acquired from Philadelphia, allowing seven runs and six hits in one inning of work.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.212 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
12 |
1 |
17 |
.333 |
17 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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