Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 5,
Houston 4
When: 1:45 PM ET, Thursday, September 20, 2012
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 34788
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 34788
Final Scoring Summary
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .291 |
| Brandon Barnes | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .219 |
| Brett Wallace | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .260 |
| Matt Dominguez | 3B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
| Jordan Schafer | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Justin Maxwell | RF-LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .235 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .242 |
| Hector Ambriz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Castro | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .259 |
| Brandon Laird | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Wesley Wright | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Brian Bogusevic | RF-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .205 |
| Carlos Corporan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .257 |
| Jose Valdez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Xavier Cedeno | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Tyler Greene | PH-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .225 |
| Jed Lowrie | PH-SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Bud Norris | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .106 |
| Scott Moore | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Matt Downs | PH-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .203 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brandon Barnes (3), Justin Maxwell (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Brandon Barnes 3, Matt Dominguez 3, Justin Maxwell 2, Brandon Laird, Scott Moore | |||||||||
| RBI - Brandon Barnes (7), Justin Maxwell (49), Brandon Laird 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brandon Laird 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brett Wallace 2 (26), Brian Bogusevic (46), Carlos Corporan 2 (9) | |||||||||
| S - Carlos Corporan (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - J.D. Martinez (17), Tyler Greene (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jose Altuve (8, 2nd by Garcia/Molina) | |||||||||
| SB - Jordan Schafer (27, 2nd off Motte/Molina) | |||||||||
| PO - Jose Altuve (1st by Molina) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bud Norris (L 5-13) | 5.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5.05 |
| Wesley Wright | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 |
| Hector Ambriz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Jose Valdez | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.16 |
| Xavier Cedeno | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.13 |
| WP - Jose Valdez | ||||||||
| IBB - Skip Schumaker (by Valdez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Bud Norris 111-60, Wesley Wright 8-5, Hector Ambriz 16-9, Jose Valdez 15-7, Xavier Cedeno 4-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bud Norris 1-6, Wesley Wright 1-0, Hector Ambriz 1-0, Jose Valdez 1-0, Xavier Cedeno 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bud Norris 26, Wesley Wright 3, Hector Ambriz 3, Jose Valdez 4, Xavier Cedeno 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Wesley Wright 2-2, Xavier Cedeno 2-0 | ||||||||
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jon Jay | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .308 |
| Matt Carpenter | RF-3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .297 |
| Matt Holliday | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .298 |
| Allen Craig | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .307 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .321 |
| David Freese | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .295 |
| Adron Chambers | PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Daniel Descalso | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .221 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .257 |
| Jaime Garcia | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 |
| Carlos Beltran | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Edward Mujica | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitchell Boggs | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Fernando Salas | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Skip Schumaker | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Jason Motte | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Allen Craig (33), Carlos Beltran (26) | |||||||||
| HR - Allen Craig (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Jon Jay, Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday 2, Allen Craig 6, David Freese 2, Carlos Beltran 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Allen Craig 3 (86), Carlos Beltran 2 (89) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jon Jay (27), Matt Carpenter 2 (16), Pete Kozma 2 (3) | |||||||||
| S - Daniel Descalso (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jon Jay (7, 2nd by Norris/Corporan), Allen Craig (1, 2nd by Ambriz/Corporan) | |||||||||
| SB - Jon Jay (18, 2nd off Norris/Corporan) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - David Freese (16) | |||||||||
| PO - Yadier Molina (Altuve at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jaime Garcia (W 5-7) | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.25 |
| Edward Mujica (H 27) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.25 |
| Mitchell Boggs (H 32) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.37 |
| Fernando Salas (H 7) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.02 |
| Jason Motte (SV 38) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.94 |
| WP - Jaime Garcia, Edward Mujica | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jaime Garcia 96-66, Edward Mujica 20-12, Mitchell Boggs 11-2, Marc Rzepczynski 8-4, Fernando Salas 7-6, Jason Motte 17-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jaime Garcia 9-2, Edward Mujica 2-0, Mitchell Boggs 1-0, Marc Rzepczynski 0-0, Fernando Salas 0-0, Jason Motte 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jaime Garcia 26, Edward Mujica 6, Mitchell Boggs 3, Marc Rzepczynski 1, Fernando Salas 2, Jason Motte 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Marc Rzepczynski 2-0, Fernando Salas 3-0 | ||||||||