Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
13
Houston Astros
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Allen Craig homered and had a season-high four hits with three RBIs, and Carlos Beltran and David Freese both added a homer as the St. Louis Cardinals got back on track by rolling to a 13-5 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
R Cedeno singled to center, M Krauss scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
A Craig homered to left (380 feet), T Cruz scored.
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
D Freese homered to left (365 feet), M Adams scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
J Castro hit sacrifice fly to left, B Wallace scored.
B Wallace tripled to deep center, B Barnes and J Altuve scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Dominguez homered to left (428 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
C Beltran homered to left (359 feet), Y Molina scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Y Molina singled to center, M Carpenter scored.
M Carpenter tripled to deep right center, M Adams, J Jay and P Kozma scored.
P Kozma singled to left, M Holliday scored, M Adams to third, J Jay to second.
J Jay walked, A Craig scored, M Holliday to third, M Adams to second.
End of the 9th
B Barnes flied out to right.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Barnes batting
M Blazek relieved E Mujica.
M Dominguez walked, R Cedeno to second.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Dominguez batting
R Cedeno singled to center, M Krauss scored.
Pitch 1: in play
R Cedeno batting
J Martinez grounded out to pitcher, M Krauss to third.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Martinez batting
M Krauss doubled to deep right.
Pitch 1: in play
M Krauss batting
M Krauss hit for C Pena.
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Series tied 1-1
Jose Altuve2B27
Brett WallaceDH39
Jason CastroC18
Chris CarterLF48
Carlos Pena1B21
Justin MaxwellRF10
Ronny CedenoSS7
Matt Scott Dominguez3B28
Brandon BarnesCF90
Marc KraussPH61
J.D. MartinezRF28
Matt Carpenter2B13
Yadier MolinaC4
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Allen CraigLF11
Matt HollidayDH7
Matt Adams1B18
David Freese3B25
Jon JayCF9
Pete KozmaSS38
Tony CruzC17
Ty WiggintonLF8
Shane RobinsonRF38
Daniel Descalso3B33
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