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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

2012-05-05 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 23633 · 87°F · Wind 14 mph to CF · 2:40

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–2. Houston Astros put up 4 in the 1st. Bud Norris earned the win. Chris Johnson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bud Norris L: Jaime Garcia SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Scott Barry · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Lance Barrett · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rafael Furcal	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jon Jay	4	1	1	0	0	0
Matt Holliday	3	0	1	1	1	2
Carlos Beltran	4	0	1	1	0	1
David Freese	3	0	0	0	1	0
Yadier Molina	4	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Descalso	2	0	1	0	1	0
Matt Carpenter	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jaime Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Greene	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Cruz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Bogusevic	3	1	0	0	1	1
J. D. Martinez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Lee	3	2	1	0	1	0
Jed Lowrie	3	2	1	2	1	0
Chris Johnson	4	2	2	4	0	2
Justin Maxwell	3	1	2	1	1	0
Jason Castro	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Norris	1	0	0	1	0	0
Marwin Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jaime Garcia	6.0	4	4	2
J. C. Romero	1.1	2	0	1
Mitchell Boggs	0.2	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Norris	6.0	3	4	4
Wesley Wright	0.1	1	0	0
Wilton Lopez	0.2	0	0	1
David Carpenter	1.0	2	0	1
Fernando Abad	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rafael Furcal: S8/L78S-
Jon Jay: E5/G56.1-3;B-2
Matt Holliday: K
Carlos Beltran: S9/L89S.3-H(UR);2-3
David Freese: 6/L6
Yadier Molina: 63/G6S-

Bot 1

Jose Altuve: K
Brian Bogusevic: W
J. D. Martinez: SB2
J. D. Martinez: 3/F3DF-
Carlos Lee: W
Jed Lowrie: W.2-3;1-2
Chris Johnson: HR/F7LD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Justin Maxwell: D6/L7LD+
Jason Castro: 63/G6MD

Top 2

Daniel Descalso: S8/L8RS
Matt Carpenter: K
Jaime Garcia: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Bot 2

Bud Norris: 13/G15+
Jose Altuve: 63/G6
Brian Bogusevic: 7/F7LS

Top 3

Rafael Furcal: 5/L15-
Jon Jay: 9/L89M
Matt Holliday: K

Bot 3

J. D. Martinez: 53/G56S-
Carlos Lee: 53/G56
Jed Lowrie: 63/G6

Top 4

Carlos Beltran: 13/G15
David Freese: 8/F8LD+
Yadier Molina: 9/F89S

Bot 4

Chris Johnson: S8/L8LS-
Justin Maxwell: WP.1-2
Justin Maxwell: D7/L7M+.2-H
Jason Castro: 43/G34.2-3
Bud Norris: 7/SF/F7D.3-H
Jose Altuve: 8/F8RD

Top 5

Daniel Descalso: W
Matt Carpenter: K+CS2(24)/DP
Jaime Garcia: 1/G34S-

Bot 5

Brian Bogusevic: 3/G34
J. D. Martinez: 31/G34
Carlos Lee: 43/G4-

Top 6

Rafael Furcal: W
Jon Jay: 8/L8RM
Matt Holliday: W.1-2
Carlos Beltran: 2/F2RF-
David Freese: SB3;SB2
David Freese: W
Yadier Molina: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 6

Jed Lowrie: 8/F8LXD+
Chris Johnson: K
Justin Maxwell: W
Jason Castro: 13/G

Top 7

Daniel Descalso: 43/G4+
Matt Carpenter: S8/G6M
Shane Robinson: K
Rafael Furcal: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 7

Marwin Gonzalez: 53/G56
Jose Altuve: 8/F8RS
Brian Bogusevic: K

Top 8

Jon Jay: S7/G56
Matt Holliday: PB.1-2
Matt Holliday: S8/L4MD+.2-H(UR)
Carlos Beltran: K
David Freese: 8/F8RXD+
Yadier Molina: 64(1)/FO/G6-

Bot 8

J. D. Martinez: 4/L4
Carlos Lee: DGR/F9D
Jed Lowrie: HR/F7LD/UREV.2-H
Chris Johnson: K
Justin Maxwell: 53/G56S-

Top 9

Tyler Greene: 9/L89S
Matt Carpenter: 3/G3-
Tony Cruz: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

replay,8,lowrj001,HOU,mealj901,HOU03,O,Y,I,,H $Jed Lowrie's fly to LF hit the railing above the yellow stripe at the top of the wall and caromed back almost to the infield; Lowrie stopped at 2B; when the Astros asked about the call, acting crew chief Jerry Meals watched the replay and overturned the call to a home run

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