Major League Baseball
Houston Astros
4
St. Louis Cardinals
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| STL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pinch hitter Carlos Beltran snapped a sixth-inning tie with a two-run double and Allen Craig hit a three-run home run, powering the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory Thursday that completed a season sweep at home over the Houston Astros.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
B Barnes singled to left, S Moore scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
C Beltran doubled to deep center, D Descalso and P Kozma scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
B Laird reached on infield single to second, J Maxwell scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Maxwell doubled to deep center, B Barnes scored.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
B Bogusevic struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
J Schafer stole second.
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
B Bogusevic batting
J Castro struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Castro batting
J Maxwell struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Maxwell batting
J Schafer ran for M Dominguez.
M Dominguez reached on infield single to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Dominguez batting
J Motte relieved F Salas.
A Chambers in right field.
M Carpenter at third base.
Top of the 9th inning
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STL wins series 3-0
Jon JayCF9
Matt Carpenter3B13
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
David Freese3B25
Daniel Descalso2B33
Pete KozmaSS38
Jaime GarciaP64
Adron ChambersRF40
Carlos Ivan BeltranPH15
Edward MujicaP96
Mitchell BoggsP41
Marc RzepczynskiP20
Fernando SalasP31
Jason MotteP30
Jose Altuve2B27
Brandon BarnesCF90
Matt Scott Dominguez3B28
Justin MaxwellRF10
J.D. MartinezLF28
Brandon Laird1B34
Carlos CorporanC17
Marwin GonzalezSS14
Bud NorrisP28
Brett Wallace1B39
Jordan SchaferPR19
Hector AmbrizP
Jason CastroC18
Wesley WrightP57
Brian BogusevicCF17
José Guerrero ValdezP
Xavier CedenoP45
Tyler GreeneSS7
Jed LowrieSS8
Scott Moore1B55
Matt DownsRF12
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