Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2003 Houston Astros At 2003 St. Louis Cardinals           8/10/2003

  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Matthews Jr. CF   4  1  1  0 .312     A.Fox 3B            5  0  1  0 .248  
  D.Jimenez 3B        3  0  0  0 .210     O.Cabrera SS        4  0  1  1 .275  
  J.Kent 2B           4  0  0  0 .331     B.Boone 2B          4  0  0  0 .295  
  T.Houston 1B        4  2  2  2 .328     C.Floyd LF          3  1  2  0 .279  
  E.Byrnes LF         4  2  4  2 .352     L.Walker CF         3  1  1  0 .307  
  R.Taylor RF         4  0  0  0 .274     A.Pierzynski C      4  0  0  0 .307  
  R.Aurilia SS        3  0  0  0 .254   B-J.Conti PR          0  0  0  0 .267  
  M.Matheny C         4  0  1  1 .241   C-C.Wilson C          0  0  0  0 .292  
  S.Trachsel P        3  0  0  0 .085     A.Ochoa RF          4  1  1  1 .263  
D-J.Crede PH          1  0  0  0 .344     D.Mientkiewicz 1B   4  0  0  0 .278  
  A.Benitez P         0  0  0  0 .000     J.Simontacchi P     2  0  1  2 .185  
                                          P.Shuey P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-J.Valentin PH       1  1  1  0 .306  
                                          T.Gordon P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          T.Hoffman P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        E-D.Dellucci PH       1  0  0  0 .252  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  5  8  5                 Totals      35  4  8  4

A-Pinch Hit For Shuey In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Pierzynski In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Conti In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Trachsel In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Hoffman In 9th Inning

Astros.......... 0 0 0  2 0 2  0 0 1  -  5  8  0
Cardinals....... 0 3 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  4  8  0

Astros                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Trachsel WIN(7-13)      8       7   4   4   3   3   0   4.65
A.Benitez SAVE(21st)      1       1   0   0   0   1   0   4.17
Totals                    9       8   4   4   3   4   0

Cardinals                IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Simontacch              5 2/3   6   4   4   1   3   2   3.68
P.Shuey                   1 1/3   0   0   0   0   4   0   2.14
T.Gordon LOSS(0-1)        1       1   1   1   1   3   0   4.50
T.Hoffman                 1       1   0   0   1   0   0   2.21
Totals                    9       8   5   5   3  10   2

ATTENDANCE- 46,470 DATE- Friday, August 10th 2003 TIME- Day 
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 5  Cardinals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0  Cardinals: 1
DOUBLES- G.Matthews Jr.(25th), E.Byrnes(3rd), L.Walker(35th), J.Valentin(6th)
TRIPLES- E.Byrnes(5th), A.Fox(5th)
HOME RUNS- T.Houston(8th), E.Byrnes(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- O.Cabrera(19th)
WALKS- G.Matthews Jr., D.Jimenez, R.Aurilia, O.Cabrera, C.Floyd, L.Walker
STRIKE OUTS- G.Matthews Jr., D.Jimenez, J.Kent, T.Houston-2, R.Taylor,
             R.Aurilia, M.Matheny, S.Trachsel-2, O.Cabrera, B.Boone,
             D.Mientkiewicz, D.Dellucci
GIDP- R.Taylor

Eric Byrnes hit for the cycle and had 2 RBI as the Houston Astros defeated the
slumping St. Louis Cardinals 5 to 4 at Busch Stadium.

The game was won by Houston with a run in the top of the 9th inning.  Byrnes
doubled.  After an out was recorded, Rich Aurilia stepped up to the plate and
he drew a walk.  Mike Matheny then laced a single scoring the run.  Houston
and St. Louis each finished the afternoon with 8 hits.  

Steve Trachsel(7-13) went 8 innings allowing 4 runs for the victory. Armando
Benitez recorded the save, his 21st.  Tom Gordon(0-1) was the loser in
relief.