Houston Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals - Sep 21, 2007

HOU

68-86

STL

71-82

FINAL

Busch Stadium

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	13	1
STL	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	0

WIN

Brandon Backe

6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 2 BB

LOSS

Joel Pineiro

5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

SAVE

Brad Lidge

0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

Box Score

HOU BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1J. AndersonCF	2-5	0	0	1	.439
2C. Burke2B	1-5	1	0	0	.231
3L. Berkman1B	1-4	1	1	2	.276
4C. LeeLF	2-5	1	0	0	.300
5H. PenceRF	2-4	1	0	0	.325
↳ E. BruntlettRF	0-0	0	0	0	.250
6T. Wigginton3B	1-5	0	0	1	.281
7C. RansomSS	1-3	1	0	0	.320
8J. TowlesC	1-3	1	0	2	.400
9B. BackeP	1-3	0	0	0	.375
↳ D. SarfateP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
↳ O. PalmeiroPH	1-1	0	0	0	.242
↳ C. QuallsP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
↳ S. RandolphP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
↳ B. LidgeP	0-0	0	0	0	.000

HOU PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
B. Backe(W, 2-1)	6.0	6	2	2	2	87-52	4.37
D. Sarfate(H, 2)	1.0	1	0	1	2	17-9	0.00
C. Qualls	1.0	1	0	0	0	15-11	3.20
S. Randolph	0.2	0	1	3	0	28-12	10.66
B. Lidge(S, 16)	0.1	0	0	1	0	8-3	2.95

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

HOU		STL
13	HITS	8
1	HOME RUNS	0
20	TOTAL BASES	9
4	WALKS	7
6	STRIKEOUTS	4
17	RUNNERS LOB	22

Win Probability

HOU 100.0%

HOUEVENSTL

10050100

BOT 9 · HOU 6-3 STL · HOU 100.0%Yadier Molina grounds into a force out, shortstop Cody Ransom to second baseman Chris Burke. Anthony Reyes out at 2nd. Yadier Molina to 1st.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Lance Berkman 2-run homer on a line drive to center field. Chris Burke scores.2-0
TOP 1Ty Wigginton 1-run single on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Skip Schumaker. Carlos Lee scores. Ty Wigginton to 2nd.3-0
BOT 1Scott Spiezio 1-run sac fly to right fielder Hunter Pence. Rick Ankiel scores.3-1
BOT 5Rick Ankiel 1-run force-out grounder, pitcher Brandon Backe to shortstop Cody Ransom. Aaron Miles scores. David Eckstein out at 2nd. Rick Ankiel to 1st.3-2
TOP 8J.R. Towles 2-run double on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Skip Schumaker. Hunter Pence scores. Cody Ransom scores.5-2
TOP 8Josh Anderson 1-run single on a ground ball to pitcher Randy Flores. J.R. Towles scores. Orlando Palmeiro to 2nd.6-2
BOT 9Albert Pujols 1-run walk. Rick Ankiel scores. Ryan Ludwick to 3rd. Scott Spiezio to 2nd.6-3

Season Series

STL LEADS 9-7