Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 21, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 21, 2004 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 2, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 4 1 1 1
  Oswalt p 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 1 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Berkman rf 4 0 0 0
Kent 2b 2 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 4 0 1 0
Vizcaino ss 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 2 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 0 1 1
Pujols 1b 4 1 2 1
Rolen 3b 4 1 1 2
Edmonds cf 3 0 1 0
Sanders lf 3 0 0 0
Womack 2b 3 1 2 0
Matheny c 3 0 0 0
Suppan p 0 0 0 1
  Cedeno ph 1 1 1 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 1 1 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 9 5
Houston 101 000 000230
St. Louis 001 003 01x591
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (1-1) 6.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Oswalt  2 3.0 1 1 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
0
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (1-1) 6.0 3 2 1 2 6
  Calero  1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Tavarez  1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
7.0
3
2
1
2
7

  E–Edmonds (1).  DP–Houston 1 Vizcaino-Kent-Bagwell.  2B–St. Louis Womack (1,off Clemens); Pujols (2,off Clemens); Anderson (1,off Oswalt).  HR–Houston Biggio (1,1st inning off Suppan 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Rolen (3,6th inning off Clemens 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Kent (2,by Suppan); Palmeiro (1,by Calero).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Suppan (1,off Clemens); Renteria 2 (2,off Clemens,off Oswalt).  Team–2.  SB–Beltran (4,2nd base off Suppan/Matheny).  HBP–Suppan (1,Kent); Calero (1,Palmeiro).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:51.  A–52,140.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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