Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 5, Houston 0
When: 4:15 PM ET, Monday, April 12, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bill Hohn
Attendance: 46918

The Albert Pujols Show returned to St. Louis for the first time this season.

The Cardinals star went 2-for-3, including a three-run home run in the fourth inning to lift St. Louis to a 5-0 victory over Houston on Monday afternoon in the Cardinals’ home opener.

In the first inning, Pujols gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead with an RBI single to left. Then in the third, Pujols blasted a three-run shot over the left-centerfield fence to extend St. Louis’ lead to 4-0.

The Cardinals cushioned their lead with a run in the seventh on Ryan Ludwick’s RBI triple.

St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright earned the victory, tossing eight shutout innings allowing six hits with seven strikeouts.

Houston, meanwhile, is reeling with its seventh straight loss to start the season. Two more losses in St. Louis would match the dreadful 1983 team’s start of 0-9. Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez took the loss, lasting only 4 1/3 innings allowing four runs (all earned) on seven hits with two walks and no strikeouts.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   St. Louis
Wandy Rodriguez Player Adam Wainwright
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 8.0
0 Strikeouts 7
7 Hits 6
8.31 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Houston   St. Louis
Michael Bourn Player Ryan Ludwick
2 Hits 4
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 6
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 7 0 7 .226 12 7 0 1 1 2
St. Louis 11 1 18 .344 14 2 5 4 0 0