Houston Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals: game summary

Summary

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston AstrosHOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	2
St. Louis CardinalsSTL	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	-	8	14	0

Decisions

• WinnerSonny Gray
• LoserFramber Valdez

Scoring plays

1. Bot 3Willson Contreras grounds into a force out, shortstop Jeremy Peña to second baseman Mauricio Dubón. Lars Nootbaar scores. Luken Baker out at 2nd. Willson Contreras to 1st.0-1
2. Bot 4Pedro Pagés doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Brendan Donovan scores. Jordan Walker scores.0-3
3. Bot 4Lars Nootbaar singles on a line drive to center fielder Chas McCormick. Pedro Pagés scores.0-4
4. Bot 5Nolan Arenado doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Willson Contreras scores. Nolan Arenado to 3rd. Nolan Arenado advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by shortstop Jeremy Peña.0-5
5. Bot 5Brendan Donovan doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Nolan Arenado scores. Brendan Donovan to 3rd. Brendan Donovan advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by right fielder Cam Smith.0-6
6. Bot 5Nolan Gorman out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Chas McCormick. Brendan Donovan scores.0-7
7. Bot 7Nolan Arenado homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.0-8
8. Top 9Jeremy Peña homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Jake Meyers scores. Zach Dezenzo scores.3-8

Box score

Game info

Ballpark

Busch Stadium

Attendance

21,977

Duration

2 h 36

Weather

63 °F, Cloudy · wind 15 mph, Out To RF

Umpires

Adrian Johnson (Home plate) · Quinn Wolcott (First base) · Ramon De Jesus (Second base) · Paul Clemons (Third base)