Cards rout Astros 10-3-Gibby gets W, Pujols-HR, 4 RBI

BOXSCORE: 2006 St. Louis Cardinals At 2005 Houston Astros 4/5/2010

Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
W.McGee CF 5 1 1 0 .200 C.Biggio 2B 5 0 1 0 .200
O.Smith SS 4 3 3 0 .750 C.Cedeno CF 3 1 1 2 .333
R.Hornsby 2B 2 2 2 21.000 J.Bagwell 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
S.Musial LF 5 1 1 0 .200 L.Berkman LF 3 1 1 0 .333
A.Pujols 1B 4 1 2 4 .500 R.Hidalgo RF 4 0 2 0 .500
E.Slaughter RF 5 0 1 2 .200 M.Ensberg 3B 3 0 1 0 .333
K.Boyer 3B 5 0 1 0 .200 A.Ashby C 3 0 0 1 .000
T.Simmons C 4 1 1 0 .250 D.Thon SS 2 1 0 0 .000
B.Gibson P 2 0 1 1 .500 F.Dipino P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-R.Blades PH 1 1 1 11.000 B.Lidge P 0 0 0 0 ----
S.Kline P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-B.Watson PH 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Dierker P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-D.Menke SS 2 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 10 14 10 Totals 31 3 6 3

A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Dierker In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gibson In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lidge In 9th Inning

Cardinals....... 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 - 10 14 0
Astros.......... 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0

Cardinals (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Gibson WIN(1-0) 8 6 3 3 4 9 1 129 3.38 A1 D7
S.Kline 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.00 D8
Totals 9 6 3 3 4 9 1

Astros (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
L.Dierker LOSS(0-1) 6 11 7 7 3 4 1 117 10.50 A1 D3
F.Dipino 2 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 1 28 11.57 D4 E3
B.Lidge 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 0.00 E4
Totals 9 14 10 10 5 5 2

ATTENDANCE- 40,652 DATE- Monday, April 5th 2010 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Ed Vargo, Dutch Rennert, Jim Quick, John McSherry
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 6 Astros: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Astros: 2
DOUBLES- O.Smith(1st), R.Hidalgo(1st)
TRIPLES- T.Simmons(1st), M.Ensberg(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Pujols(1st), R.Blades(1st), C.Cedeno(1st)
STOLEN BASES- W.McGee(1st), R.Hornsby(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Gibson
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Gibson, L.Dierker
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Ashby
WALKS- O.Smith, R.Hornsby-3, A.Pujols, C.Cedeno, L.Berkman, M.Ensberg, D.Thon
STRIKE OUTS- W.McGee-2, S.Musial, K.Boyer-2, C.Biggio-2, C.Cedeno, L.Berkman,
M.Ensberg, A.Ashby, D.Thon, L.Dierker, D.Menke
GIDP- S.Musial
WILD PITCHES- F.Dipino

Albert Pujols went deep and had 4 RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the
Houston Astros by a score of 10 to 3.

St. Louis jumped out to the early lead in the first inning scoring 2 runners
on 4 hits. After Houston got one back in the bottom of the second, Pujols broke the Astros' backs in the top of the third, blasting a three run homer deep down the left field line (his first of the season). Houston was out-hit by St. Louis, 14 hits to 6as every Cardinal starter, including winning pitcher Bob Gibson, had at least one hit. Even pinch hitter Ray Blades got in the act, slugging a pinch homer off Frank DiPino in the ninth inning.

The victory went to Gibson(1-0) who went 8 innings, allowing 3 runs on six hits while striking out 9. Larry Dierker(0-1) suffered the loss. He got hit hard, allowing 7 runs on 11 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings of work.


*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 W.McGee 3-10 2 3 Single b-1
0 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 O.Smith 4- 6 4 Single 2-3 b-1
0 1 3 R.Hornsby 3- 8 5 Single 3-H 1-2 b-1
0 12 S.Musial 5- 7 6 Strike Out b-0
1 12 A.Pujols 3-10 3 Single 2-H 1-3 b-2
1 23 E.Slaughter 1- 6 3 Fly Out Double Play 3-o b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 C.Biggio 1-10 6 Pop Out b-0
1 C.Cedeno 6- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
2 J.Bagwell 2-10 4 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 K.Boyer 1- 8 1 Single b-1
0 1 T.Simmons 3- 7 20 3 Line Out b-0
1 1 B.Gibson 1 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
2 2 W.McGee 2- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 L.Berkman 1- 5 4 Walk b-1
0 1 R.Hidalgo 2- 6 18 4 Double 1-3 b-2
0 23 M.Ensberg 3- 6 4 Strike Out b-0
1 23 A.Ashby 4- 8 3 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
2 2 D.Thon 6- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 O.Smith 6- 8 5 Pop Out b-0
1 R.Hornsby 2- 9 6 Walk b-1
1 1 S.Musial 3- 6 6 Single 1-3 b-2
1 23 A.Pujols 1- 4 3 Home Run 3-H 2-H b-H
1 E.Slaughter 2- 9 5 Ground Out b-0
2 K.Boyer 4- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 L.Dierker 3- 9 3 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Biggio 1- 6 3 Single b-1
1 1 C.Cedeno 6 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
2 2 J.Bagwell 2- 4 3 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 T.Simmons 2- 2 1 Foul Out b-0
1 B.Gibson 5- 4 6 Fly Out b-0
2 W.McGee 4- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 L.Berkman 2-12 5 Single b-1
0 1 R.Hidalgo 6-11 2 Fly Out 1-2 b-0
1 2 M.Ensberg 1- 4 4 Ground Out b-0
2 2 A.Ashby 4- 6 3 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 O.Smith 1- 5 11 5 Double b-2
0 2 R.Hornsby 1- 8 20 3 Single 2-H b-1
0 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 S.Musial 4-10 4 Ground Out b-0
1 2 A.Pujols 6- 5 4 Fly Out b-0
2 2 E.Slaughter 1- 8 1 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 D.Thon 1- 8 4 Walk b-1
0 1 L.Dierker 4 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
1 2 C.Biggio 4- 5 4 Strike Out b-0
2 2 C.Cedeno 1- 5 1 Home Run 2-H b-H
2 J.Bagwell 2- 6 4 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 K.Boyer 2- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
1 T.Simmons 4- 4 16 6 Triple b-3
1 3 B.Gibson 6- 3 4 Single 3-H b-1
1 1 1 Caught Stealing 1-o
2 W.McGee 3- 9 3 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 L.Berkman 4- 6 3 Ground Out b-0
1 R.Hidalgo 1- 8 5 Single b-1
1 1 M.Ensberg 2- 6 6 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 A.Ashby 5- 4 1 Foul Out b-0
2 12 D.Thon 6- 5 4 Force Play 1-o b-1
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 O.Smith 1- 4 6 Walk b-1
0 1 R.Hornsby 5-10 5 Walk 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Frank Dipino
SUBSTITUTE SS- Denis Menke
0 12 S.Musial 2- 5 5 Ground Out Double Play 2-3 1-o b-0
2 3 A.Pujols 2- 9 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 D.Menke 4- 7 4 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Biggio 6- 7 4 Strike Out b-0
2 C.Cedeno 3- 7 4 Walk b-1
2 1 J.Bagwell 1- 9 5 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 E.Slaughter 2- 3 3 Ground Out b-0
1 K.Boyer 5- 9 2 Ground Out b-0
2 T.Simmons 3- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 L.Berkman 6- 7 4 Strike Out b-0
1 R.Hidalgo 3-10 3 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Ensberg 1- 6 3 5 Triple b-3
2 3 A.Ashby 1- 2 4 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE PH- Ray Blades
0 R.Blades 1- 6 10 2 Home Run b-H
0 W.McGee 4- 9 3 Strike Out b-0
1 O.Smith 4- 6 2 Single b-1
1 1 R.Hornsby 1 Wild Pitch 1-2
1 2 R.Hornsby 1- 9 4 Walk b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Brad Lidge
1 12 S.Musial 5- 3 1 Ground Out 2-3 1-2 b-0
2 23 A.Pujols 0 Int Walk b-1
2 123 E.Slaughter 1- 2 5 Single 3-H 2-H 1-2 b-1
2 12 K.Boyer 4- 4 6 Foul Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Steve Kline
SUBSTITUTE PH- Bob Watson
0 B.Watson 5- 5 5 Fly Out b-0
1 D.Menke 2- 8 6 Ground Out b-0
2 C.Biggio 3-11 3 Ground Out b-0