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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 27, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros, played on May 27, 2008 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 27, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 27, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Shawn Chacon |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Braden Looper |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 41,104 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Miller 1B: Paul Emmel 2B: Gary Darling 3B: Jerry Meals |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Michael Bourn | Center Fielder |
| Kazuo Matsui | Second Baseman |
| Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
| Lance Berkman | First Baseman |
| Carlos Lee | Left Fielder |
| Hunter Pence | Right Fielder |
| Ty Wigginton | Third Baseman |
| J.R. Towles | Catcher |
| Shawn Chacon | Pitcher |
| Cecil Cooper | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Skip Schumaker | Right Fielder |
| Chris Duncan | Left Fielder |
| Albert Pujols | First Baseman |
| Rick Ankiel | Center Fielder |
| Troy Glaus | Third Baseman |
| Adam Kennedy | Second Baseman |
| Yadier Molina | Catcher |
| Braden Looper | Pitcher |
| Cesar Izturis | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 27, 2008
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Looper
Bourn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Looper
Matsui hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bourn moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tejada vs. Looper
Tejada hits a fly ball into center field. Ankiel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bourn moves to third. Matsui moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Berkman vs. Looper
Berkman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Lee vs. Looper
Lee hits a line drive into center field. Ankiel picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Ankiel. Bourn scores. Matsui scores. Berkman moves to third. Lee moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Pence vs. Looper
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Izturis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Berkman scores. Lee moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Wigginton vs. Looper
Wigginton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Looper, and towards Kennedy, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Lee scores. Pence moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Towles vs. Looper
Towles is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Chacon vs. Looper
Molina fires to first and picks off Towles. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Schumaker vs. Chacon
Schumaker strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Chacon
Duncan hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pujols vs. Chacon
Pujols hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Ankiel vs. Chacon
Ankiel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ankiel for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Chacon vs. Looper
Chacon strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Looper
Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pujols scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bourn for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Looper
Matsui hits a fly ball into right field. Schumaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Chacon
Glaus hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Chacon
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Chacon
Molina strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Looper
Tejada hits a fly ball into left field. Duncan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Looper
Berkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Looper
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaus fields it and throws to first for the out. Berkman moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Pence vs. Looper
Pence hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Berkman scores. Pence moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Wigginton vs. Looper
Wigginton hits a popup towards first. Pujols settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Looper vs. Chacon
Looper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wigginton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Izturis vs. Chacon
Izturis hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Schumaker vs. Chacon
Schumaker hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Towles vs. Looper
Towles hits a fly ball into right field. Schumaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Chacon vs. Looper
Chacon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Looper
Bourn hits a popup towards short. Izturis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Chacon
Duncan strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pujols vs. Chacon
Pujols hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ankiel vs. Chacon
Ankiel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Ankiel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Glaus vs. Chacon
Glaus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Ankiel trying to get to home. Pence throws the ball in to Towles who tags Ankiel who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Chacon
Kennedy strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Looper
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pujols fields the ball and throws to Looper covering. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Looper
Tejada hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Looper
Berkman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Looper
Lee hits a line drive into right field. Schumaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pence vs. Looper
Pence hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Schumaker. Pence reaches second base with a double. Berkman moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Wigginton vs. Looper
Wigginton is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Towles vs. Springer
Russ Springer now pitching.
Towles takes first base on ball four. Berkman scores. Pence moves to third. Wigginton moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Chacon vs. Springer
Chacon strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Bourn vs. Springer
Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pujols scoops it up and throws to first, with Springer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Chacon
Molina hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Chacon
Brian Barton pinch hits for Russ Springer.
Barton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Izturis vs. Chacon
Izturis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Schumaker vs. Chacon
Schumaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Duncan vs. Chacon
There's a wild pitch. Schumaker moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Duncan vs. Chacon
Duncan strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Parisi
Mike Parisi now pitching. Brian Barton now playing left field.
Matsui hits a fly ball into left field. Barton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Parisi
Tejada hits a fly ball into left field. Barton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Parisi
Berkman hits a fly ball into left field. Barton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pujols vs. Chacon
Pujols hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ankiel vs. Chacon
Ankiel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wigginton fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Glaus vs. Chacon
Glaus hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Chacon
Kennedy hits a line drive towards third. Wigginton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Parisi
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Parisi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Parisi
Pence hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Wigginton vs. Parisi
Wigginton hits a fly ball into center field. Ankiel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Towles vs. Parisi
Towles takes first base on ball four. Pence moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Chacon vs. Parisi
Chacon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Parisi, and towards Kennedy, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Chacon
Molina hits a line drive into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Chacon
Barton strikes out. Towles drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Barton out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Izturis vs. Chacon
Izturis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Wigginton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Flores
Randy Flores now pitching.
Bourn hits a line drive into left field. Barton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Flores
Matsui hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Flores
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Flores
Berkman hits a fly ball into right field. Schumaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schumaker vs. Byrdak
Tim Byrdak now pitching.
Schumaker hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Byrdak
Brendan Ryan pinch hits for Randy Flores.
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pujols vs. Byrdak
Pujols hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pence. Pujols reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Ankiel vs. Byrdak
Ankiel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops it up and throws to first, with Byrdak covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. McClellan
Kyle McClellan now pitching. Jose Cruz pinch hits for Carlos Lee.
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pence vs. McClellan
Pence hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wigginton vs. McClellan
Wigginton hits a fly ball into left field. Barton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Towles vs. McClellan
Towles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Villarreal
Jose Cruz now playing left field. Oscar Villarreal now pitching.
Glaus hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Villarreal
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Villarreal
Molina hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/27/2008 -- Houston at St. Louis (N)
Houston AB R H RBI St. Louis AB R H RBI
Bourn M, cf 5 1 1 0 Schumaker S, rf 4 0 0 0
Matsui K, 2b 5 2 3 0 Duncan C, lf 3 0 0 0
Tejada M, ss 5 1 1 2 Parisi M, p 0 0 0 0
Berkman L, 1b 3 3 1 0 Flores R, p 0 0 0 0
Lee C, lf 4 1 1 2 Ryan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Cruz J, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 McClellan K, p 0 0 0 0
Pence H, rf 5 0 5 2 Pujols A, 1b 4 1 4 1
Wigginton T, 3b 4 0 0 1 Ankiel R, cf 4 0 1 0
Towles J, c 2 0 0 1 Glaus T, 3b 4 0 1 0
Chacon S, p 4 0 0 0 Kennedy A, 2b 4 0 0 0
Byrdak T, p 0 0 0 0 Molina Y, c 4 0 0 0
Villarreal O, p 0 0 0 0 Looper B, p 1 0 0 0
Springer R, p 0 0 0 0
Barton B, ph-lf 2 1 1 1
Izturis C, ss 3 0 1 0
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38 8 12 8 34 2 8 2
Houston 401 030 000 -- 8
St. Louis 000 110 000 -- 2
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Chacon S (W) 7.0 7 2 2 0 7
Byrdak T 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Villarreal O 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Looper B (L) 4.1 9 8 7 3 1
Springer R 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Parisi M 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Flores R 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
McClellan K 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Ankiel R
LOB -- Houston 9, St. Louis 5
2B -- Ankiel R, Pence H, Pujols A
HR -- Pujols A, Tejada M, Barton B
HBP -- by Looper B (Towles J)
WP -- Chacon S
T -- 2:36
A -- 41104
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