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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 5, St. Louis 2
When: 2:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 22068

Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer and Nelson Figueroa turned in another strong start as the Houston Astros completed a three-game sweep of the struggling St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday.

Michael Bourn and Carlos Lee each chipped in sacrifice flys for the Astros, who have won nine of 11 and improved their record to 62-71 in their quest to finish the season with a .500 mark.

Trailing 2-0 in the fifth, Houston finally got to veteran Jeff Suppan (1-7) with a four-run rally. Bourn plated the first run with his sacrifice fly before Pence gave his team the lead with his 21st homer of the season. Pence finished the game 2-for-2 with a stolen base - his 17th.

Figueroa (4-2), who was picked up off waivers by the Astros in July, allowed two runs and six hits in five innings. The right-hander has allowed two runs or less in all four of his starts since joining the Houston rotation.

Brandon Lyon worked the ninth for his 11th save.

Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who have dropped five straight and eight of nine.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   Houston
Jeff Suppan Player Nelson Figueroa
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 5.0
1 Strikeouts 1
3 Hits 6
7.20 ERA 3.60
Hitting
St. Louis   Houston
Skip Schumaker Player Hunter Pence
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.400 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 7 1 12 .212 18 6 2 3 0 0
Houston 6 1 10 .240 13 1 5 6 2 1