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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 3, Houston 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 93°
Umpires: Home - Cory Blaser, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 35588

Albert Pujols and David Freese homered to lead the host St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

The Astros, who own the worst record in the majors at 33-70, have lost five straight and fell to 3-61 when trailing after eight innings.

Pujols drove the first pitch he saw from Brett Myers (3-11) over the center-field wall for a two-run homer in the first.

Carlos Lee's RBI single in the third got the Astros within one before Freese restored the margin with a two-out solo homer in the sixth.

Jake Westbrook (9-4) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings. Four St. Louis relievers combined to hold the Astros to one hit over the final three innings as Fernando Salas worked the ninth for his 19th save.

Myers gave up 11 hits over eight innings. Michael Bourn had two of Houston's eight hits, including a double, and stole his major league-leading 38th base.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   St. Louis
Brett Myers Player Jake Westbrook
Loss W/L Win
8.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 3
11 Hits 7
3.38 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Houston   St. Louis
Michael Bourn Player David Freese
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 8 0 9 .229 20 7 1 2 1 0
St. Louis 11 2 17 .355 7 4 3 0 0 0