Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 5, St. Louis 1
When: 1:40 PM ET, Thursday, April 15, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 35371

Behind solid pitching – and hitting – from Bud Norris, the Houston Astros held on for a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday afternoon, snapping a season-opening eight-game losing streak.

With the game scoreless going into the third, Norris had an RBI single, and later in the inning, Jeff Keppinger added an RBI double to give the Astros a 2-0 lead.

Norris (1-1) proceeded to make the lead stand, going five innings and allowing a run on four hits with nine strikeouts.

The Cardinals pulled to within 2-1 in the fourth when David Freese had an RBI single to left.

The Astros cushioned their lead with three runs in the eighth. Keppinger had a two-run single and Pedro Feliz followed with an RBI double.

Cardinals right-hander Kyle Lohse (0-1) took the loss, but pitched well over seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   St. Louis
Bud Norris Player Kyle Lohse
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 7.0
9 Strikeouts 1
4 Hits 5
0.00 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Houston   St. Louis
Michael Bourn Player David Freese
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 9 0 12 .265 6 2 5 0 0 1
St. Louis 6 0 9 .182 11 12 1 3 0 0