Thursday, September 20th, 2012 12:45PM CST
On Thursday, the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Houston Astros in a 5-4 contest. This victory powered the Cardinals to complete a season sweep of the Astros at home. Key offensive moments for St. Louis included a three-run home run hit by Allen Craig and a tie-breaking two-run double delivered by pinch hitter Carlos Beltran in the sixth inning.
Date: Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Time: 12:45PM CST
Stadium: Busch Stadium
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 34,788
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
STL |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
HOU |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: A Craig (33, B Norris); C Beltran (26, W Wright)
Home Runs: A Craig (22, 1st inning off B Norris 2 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: A Craig 3 (86), C Beltran 2 (89)
Sacrifice Hit: D Descalso
Team Left On Base: 8
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-9 (C Beltran 1-1, J Jay 0-2, P Kozma 0-2, Y Molina 0-1, M Carpenter 0-2, A Craig 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: J Jay 1; P Kozma 2; M Carpenter 2

Pitcher Notes: M Rzepczynski pitched to 1 batter in the 8th
Wild Pitches: J Garcia; E Mujica
Intentional Walks: S Schumaker (By J Valdez)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: J Garcia 16-26; E Mujica 4-6; M Boggs 1-3; M Rzepczynski 1-1; F Salas 2-2; J Motte 2-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: J Garcia 21-8-18-19; E Mujica 2-1-4-5; M Boggs 0-0-1-1; M Rzepczynski 0-0-4-0; F Salas 2-3-1-0; J Motte 4-5-2-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Garcia 8-4; E Mujica 3-0; M Boggs 1-0; M Rzepczynski 0-0; F Salas 0-0; J Motte 0-0
Game Scores: J Garcia 51

Double Plays: 2 (P Kozma-D Descalso-A Craig, D Freese-D Descalso-A Craig)
Errors: D Freese (16, ground ball)

Caught Stealing: J Jay (7, 2nd base by B Norris/C Corporan); A Craig (1, 2nd base by H Ambriz/C Corporan)
Stolen Bases: J Jay (18, 2nd base off B Norris/C Corporan)

Doubles: B Barnes (3, J Garcia); J Maxwell (11, J Garcia)
Runs Batted In: B Laird 2 (4), J Maxwell (49), B Barnes (7)
2-out Runs Batted In: B Laird 2
Sacrifice Hit: C Corporan
Ground Into Double Play: T Greene; J Martinez
Team Left On Base: 11
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-14 (B Barnes 1-1, J Martinez 0-3, J Altuve 0-2, B Wallace 0-1, J Maxwell 1-1, T Greene 0-1, B Bogusevic 0-1, M Dominguez 0-1, C Corporan 0-2, B Laird 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: B Wallace 2; B Bogusevic 1; C Corporan 2

Wild Pitches: J Valdez
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: B Norris 10-26; W Wright 2-3; H Ambriz 1-3; J Valdez 2-4; X Cedeno 1-1
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: B Norris 18-9-21-12; W Wright 1-0-1-3; H Ambriz 3-1-3-2; J Valdez 1-2-2-2; X Cedeno 2-0-0-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Norris 1-7; W Wright 1-1; H Ambriz 1-0; J Valdez 1-0; X Cedeno 1-0
Game Scores: B Norris 38

Caught Stealing: J Altuve (8, 2nd base by J Garcia/Y Molina)
Stolen Bases: J Schafer (27, 2nd base off J Motte/Y Molina)
Picked Off: J Altuve (1st base by Y Molina)
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