St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - September 23, 2009

Scores for Sep 23, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

St. Louis won 2-1

(89-64, 43-32 away)

(71-81, 43-35 home)

8:05 PM ET, September 23, 2009

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Schumaker 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	18	.304	.363	.396
C Rasmus CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.258	.311	.423
A Pujols 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	.330	.447	.676
M Holliday LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.356	.414	.630
R Ludwick RF	3	0	2	0	1	1	17	.271	.334	.449
M DeRosa 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	20	.238	.301	.435
Y Molina C	4	0	2	0	0	1	19	.291	.366	.383
J Lugo SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	12	.277	.347	.454
J Smoltz P	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	.083	.154	.083
a-R Ankiel PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.235	.287	.395
B Hawksworth P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
D Reyes P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
R Franklin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	32	0	7	0	3	8	143
a-struck out swinging for J Smoltz in the 7th
BATTING GIDP: J Smoltz, M DeRosa Cardinals RISP: 0-4 (M DeRosa 0-1, R Ludwick 0-1, J Lugo 0-1, S Schumaker 0-1) Team LOB: 8

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Smoltz (L, 1-2)	6.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	88-60	3.18
B Hawksworth	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16-8	2.25
D Reyes	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6-2	3.29
R Franklin	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	24-15	1.98
Totals	8.0	6	3	3	3	9	0	134-85
PITCHING D Reyes pitched to 1 batter in the 8th WP: R Franklin IBB: L Berkman (By R Franklin) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Smoltz 14/23; B Hawksworth 1/4; D Reyes 1/1; R Franklin 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Smoltz 12-13-17-18; B Hawksworth 4-2-0-2; D Reyes 1-0-1-0; R Franklin 6-4-4-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Smoltz 9-4; B Hawksworth 2-0; D Reyes 0-0; R Franklin 0-0 Game Scores: J Smoltz 59

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	3	1	0	0	1	2	19	.289	.360	.390
M Tejada SS	4	1	2	1	0	1	17	.304	.333	.442
L Berkman 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	15	.268	.395	.504
C Lee LF	3	0	2	2	0	0	16	.304	.349	.498
J Valverde P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
G Blum 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	15	.253	.316	.378
H Pence RF	3	0	0	0	1	3	23	.285	.349	.478
K Matsui 2B	2	1	1	0	0	0	10	.252	.301	.354
J Towles C	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.094	.171	.094
a-J Keppinger PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.258	.325	.399
H Quintero C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.372
B Norris P	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	.188	.235	.188
J Fulchino P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667
b-D Erstad PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.197	.275	.339
L Hawkins P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Michaels LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.324	.437
Totals	28	3	6	3	3	9	134
a-grounded to second for J Towles in the 7th b-struck out swinging for J Fulchino in the 7th
BATTING 2B: K Matsui (20, J Smoltz); M Tejada (44, J Smoltz) RBI: M Tejada (79), C Lee 2 (98) S: K Matsui SF: C Lee 2-out RBI: M Tejada Astros RISP: 3-11 (M Tejada 1-1, J Towles 0-1, G Blum 0-1, M Bourn 0-1, H Pence 0-1, J Keppinger 0-1, D Erstad 0-1, C Lee 1-1, L Berkman 0-2, B Norris 1-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 2 (L Berkman-M Tejada-K Matsui, M Tejada-K Matsui-L Berkman).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Norris (W, 6-3)	6.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	99-61	4.53
J Fulchino (H, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12-9	3.26
L Hawkins (H, 18)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-11	2.24
J Valverde (S, 24)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17-12	2.12
Totals	9.0	7	0	0	3	8	0	143-93
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Norris 14/24; J Fulchino 2/3; L Hawkins 3/4; J Valverde 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Norris 12-15-15-19; J Fulchino 4-3-2-0; L Hawkins 5-1-2-3; J Valverde 4-2-5-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Norris 9-6; J Fulchino 0-0; L Hawkins 1-2; J Valverde 1-0 Game Scores: B Norris 61

			STL	HOU
	3rd	M Tejada singled to right, K Matsui scored, B Norris to second.	0	1
	6th	C Lee hit sacrifice fly to left, M Tejada scored.	0	2
	8th	C Lee singled to center, M Bourn scored, L Berkman to second.	0	3
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Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	38,732 (92.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:44
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Rick Reed, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Tim Timmons

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