Astros 8-2 Cardinals (May 5, 2012) Final Score

Houston Astros

13-14, 9-5 home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
R. FurcalSS	1-3	1	0	.333
J. JayCF	1-4	1	0	.405
M. HollidayLF	1-3	0	1	.257
C. BeltranRF	1-4	0	1	.272
D. Freese3B	0-3	0	0	.315
Y. MolinaC	0-4	0	0	.298
D. Descalso2B	1-2	0	0	.214
T. GreenePH	0-1	0	0	.200
M. Carpenter1B	1-4	0	0	.267
J. GarciaP	0-2	0	0	.286
S. RobinsonPH	0-1	0	0	.342
J.C. RomeroP	0-0	0	0	.000
M. BoggsP	0-0	0	0	.000
T. CruzPH	0-1	0	0	.063

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Garcia	6.0	4	6	4	2	95-57	3.76
J.C. Romero	1.1	2	2	0	1	17-13	3.00
M. Boggs	0.2	0	0	0	1	9-5	1.50

STL

HOU

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Minute Maid Park

7:05 PM, May 5, 2012

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 23,633

Game Time:2:40

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Scott Barry
First Base Umpire - Jerry Meals
Second Base Umpire - Lance Barrett
Third Base Umpire - Paul Emmel

Johnson's first career grand slam powers Astros

Chris Johnson hit his first career grand slam, Bud Norris continued his dominance of the Cardinals and the Houston Astros beat St. Louis 8-2 on Saturday night to win a fifth consecutive game for the first time since late 2010.

May 5, 2012, 11:48 pm - Associated Press


STL
HOU

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

B. Norris2-1

6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 K, 4 BB

J. Garcia2-2

6.0 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, 2 K, 4 BB

Scoring Summary

		STL	HOU
1st	C Beltran singled to right, R Furcal scored, J Jay to third.	1	0
1st	C Johnson homered to left (368 feet), B Bogusevic, C Lee and J Lowrie scored.	1	4
4th	J Maxwell doubled to left, C Johnson scored.	1	5
4th	B Norris hit sacrifice fly to left, J Maxwell scored.	1	6
8th	M Holliday singled to center, J Jay scored.	2	6
8th	J Lowrie homered to left (330 feet), C Lee scored.	2	8

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Cardinals
4
Astros
5

Game 1

5/4

Cardinals
2
Astros
8

Game 2

5/5

Cardinals
8
Astros
1

Game 3

5/6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	12	6	.667	-	W2
Chicago	12	7	.632	0.5	W2
Pittsburgh	11	9	.550	2	L4
Cincinnati	10	9	.526	2.5	W1
St. Louis	9	11	.450	4	L2

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