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
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Bourn | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .288 |
| Kazuo Matsui | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Miguel Tejada | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .325 |
| Carlos Lee | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| Jason Michaels | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .198 |
| Geoff Blum | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .268 |
| Hunter Pence | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .293 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .251 |
| Chris Coste | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .248 |
| Brian Moehler | SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Wesley Wright | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Matt Kata | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| Alberto Arias | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Bourn 2 (20), Carlos Lee (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Bourn 4, Kazuo Matsui 2, Miguel Tejada, Carlos Lee 3, Ivan Rodriguez, Chris Coste, Matt Kata | |||||||||
| RBI - Miguel Tejada 2 (62), Matt Kata (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Kata (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Bourn (26), Ivan Rodriguez 2 (41), Brian Moehler 2 (4) | |||||||||
| S - Kazuo Matsui (10) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Tejada (17), Chris Coste (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Kazuo Matsui (11, 2nd off Boggs/LaRue) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Hunter Pence (2) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Michael Bourn (LaRue at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Moehler | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5.09 |
| Wesley Wright | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 |
| Alberto Arias (L 2-1; BS 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
| WP - Alberto Arias | ||||||||
| HBP - Albert Pujols (by Arias) | ||||||||
| IBB - Albert Pujols (by Moehler), Ryan Ludwick (by Arias) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Moehler 98-66, Wesley Wright 1-1, Alberto Arias 20-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Moehler 9-5, Wesley Wright 0-0, Alberto Arias 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Moehler 27, Wesley Wright 1, Alberto Arias 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Wesley Wright 1-0 | ||||||||
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Skip Schumaker | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Julio Lugo | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| Matt Holliday | LF | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .586 |
| Ryan Ludwick | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .268 |
| Rick Ankiel | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .240 |
| Mark DeRosa | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .215 |
| Jason LaRue | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Ryan Franklin | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitchell Boggs | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Adam Wainwright | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .150 |
| Brad Thompson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| Trever Miller | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Holliday (6) | |||||||||
| 3B - Julio Lugo (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Mark DeRosa (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Skip Schumaker, Julio Lugo 3, Matt Holliday 5, Rick Ankiel, Mark DeRosa 4, Jason LaRue 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Holliday 2 (8), Rick Ankiel (30), Mark DeRosa (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rick Ankiel 2 (38) | |||||||||
| S - Brad Thompson (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mark DeRosa (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Matt Holliday (1, 2nd by Moehler/Rodriguez) | |||||||||
| SB - Ryan Ludwick (4, 2nd off Moehler/Rodriguez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jason LaRue (1), Rick Ankiel (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mitchell Boggs | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3.29 |
| Brad Thompson | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.95 |
| Trever Miller (W 3-0) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.98 |
| Ryan Franklin (SV 24) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
| HBP - Geoff Blum (by Boggs) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mitchell Boggs 99-55, Brad Thompson 37-26, Trever Miller 6-4, Ryan Franklin 13-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mitchell Boggs 6-4, Brad Thompson 3-3, Trever Miller 0-0, Ryan Franklin 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mitchell Boggs 25, Brad Thompson 11, Trever Miller 1, Ryan Franklin 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Trever Miller 2-0 | ||||||||