Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
0
Houston Astros
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bud Norris pitched into the eighth inning for his first win since May 21, Jose Altuve homered and the Houston Astros avoided a sweep with a 2-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
B Wallace singled to right, J Maxwell scored, B Wallace to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
J Altuve homered to left (376 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Middle of the 9th
A Craig grounded out to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Craig batting
M Holliday grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Carpenter out at second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Holliday batting
M Carpenter singled to left.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Carpenter batting
B Bogusevic in right field.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
J Lowrie flied out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Lowrie batting
S Moore struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
S Moore batting
J Altuve grounded out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Showing the last 40 of 500 events.
STL wins series 2-1
Jose Altuve2B27
Scott MooreRF55
Jed LowrieSS8
Justin MaxwellLF10
Brett Wallace1B39
Jason CastroC18
Fernando MartinezLF21
Brandon Laird3B34
Bud NorrisP28
Brian BogusevicRF17
Brandon BarnesCF90
Wilton LopezP46
Jon JayCF9
Matt Carpenter3B13
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
Adron ChambersRF40
Daniel Descalso2B33
Pete KozmaSS38
Chris CarpenterP29
Marc RzepczynskiP20
Carlos Ivan BeltranPH15
Shelby MillerP77
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