Houston 5, St. Louis 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, May 4, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
84°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Emmel, 1B -
Scott Barry, 2B -
Jerry Meals, 3B -
Lance Barrett
Attendance:
27201
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Astros 5, Cardinals 4: Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer to lead Houston to its fifth consecutive home win.
The Astros built a 5-2 lead over the first two innings, pulling in front on Altuve’s blast off Kyle Lohse (4-1) in the second. St. Louis got within one in the top of the third when Matt Holliday tripled in a run and came home on a sacrifice fly by Allen Craig, but Lucas Harrell (2-2) combined with four relievers to keep the National League’s highest-scoring offense off the board the rest of the way.
Brett Myers worked around a leadoff single by Rafael Furcal in the ninth for his seventh save, getting Jon Jay to ground into a double play and striking out Holliday to end it.
Harrell allowed four runs over 5 1/3 frames. He yielded seven hits and two walks and also balked in a run in the second inning.
Lohse gave up five runs - three earned - on seven hits in five innings. He struck out three and walked one.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Cardinals lost for just the sixth time in their last 27 games following a loss. ... St. Louis had won Lohse’s previous five starts. ... Houston’s Jordan Schafer became the fourth player in the majors to reach double figures in stolen bases.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
9 |
0 |
12 |
.265 |
18 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| Houston
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.250 |
20 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
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