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
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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 |
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 |
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