Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 4, Houston 3
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, July 31, 2009
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Bill Hohn, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 43760
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Bill Hohn, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 43760
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the St. Louis Cardinals have a 30-22 record at home this season. The Houston Astros have a 23-27 record on the road.
- St. Louis has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Cardinals have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Houston has a streak of 3 straight up losses. The Astros have won 4 of their last 10 games.
- Trever Miller pitched 0.1 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 1.98. Ryan Franklin closed out the game to get the save and has 24 saves for the season. Alberto Arias took the loss for Houston.
- Mark DeRosa had the only homerun for St. Louis.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Houston | St. Louis | |
| Brian Moehler | Player | Mitchell Boggs |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 6.2 | IP | 5.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 7 | Hits | 6 |
| 2.70 | ERA | 3.60 |
Hitting
| Houston | St. Louis | |
| Kazuo Matsui | Player | Matt Holliday |
| 2 | Hits | 4 |
| 0 | RBI | 2 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 5 |
| .667 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team Stats Summary