Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 9, St. Louis 4
When: 8:15 PM ET, Monday, August 2, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mike Reilly
Attendance: 43369

Jeff Keppinger drove in four runs and the Houston Astros struck late for a 9-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.

Chris Johnson had a pair of RBIs and Hunter Pence, Carlos Lee and Brett Wallace each had an RBI apiece for the Astros, who won their sixth in a row.

Houston trailed by a run after the seventh inning before breaking it open by scoring seven runs over the final two frames. Keppinger’s double in the eighth evened things up and Johnson’s fielder’s choice two batters later put them ahead, 5-4.

Nelson Figueroa (3-1) allowed a run in one inning of relief to earn the win after starter Brett Myers surrendered three runs - two earned - on three hits over six innings.

Albert Pujols homered and Felipe Lopez had an RBI double for St. Louis, which snapped a three-game winning streak.

Mike MacDougal (1-1) surrendered a run in relief to take the loss.

Wallace, who was acquired in a trade with Toronto, drove in the first run of his career with an infield single in the fourth.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   St. Louis
Brett Myers Player Jake Westbrook
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 7
3 Hits 4
3.00 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Houston   St. Louis
Carlos Lee Player Felipe Lopez
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 12 0 15 .316 23 7 9 5 2 2
St. Louis 7 1 11 .219 13 4 2 4 0 1