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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 20, 2000
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros, played on September 20, 2000 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Chris Holt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Ankiel |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 38,653 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Marty Foster 1B: Ron Kulpa 2B: Randy Marsh 3B: Angel Hernandez |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Julio Lugo | Second Baseman |
| Tim Bogar | Shortstop |
| Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
| Richard Hidalgo | Center Fielder |
| Moises Alou | Right Fielder |
| Lance Berkman | Left Fielder |
| Chris Truby | Third Baseman |
| Raul Chavez | Catcher |
| Chris Holt | Pitcher |
| Larry Dierker | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fernando Vina | Second Baseman |
| Craig Paquette | First Baseman |
| Jim Edmonds | Center Fielder |
| Ray Lankford | Left Fielder |
| Fernando Tatis | Third Baseman |
| J.D. Drew | Right Fielder |
| Edgar Renteria | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Catcher |
| Rick Ankiel | Pitcher |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 20, 2000
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lugo vs. Ankiel
Lugo strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bogar vs. Ankiel
Bogar strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Ankiel
Bagwell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Vina vs. Holt
Vina strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Holt
Paquette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Edmonds vs. Holt
Edmonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lugo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hidalgo vs. Ankiel
Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Ankiel
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Ankiel
Berkman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Truby vs. Ankiel
Berkman is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Holt
Lankford hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Hidalgo. Lankford reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Tatis vs. Holt
Tatis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lugo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Drew vs. Holt
Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Berkman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Renteria vs. Holt
Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Truby vs. Ankiel
Truby is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. Ankiel
Chavez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Ankiel
Holt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Matheny vs. Holt
Matheny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ankiel vs. Holt
Ankiel strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vina vs. Holt
Vina hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Matheny moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Paquette vs. Holt
Paquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Matheny moves to third. Vina moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Edmonds vs. Holt
Edmonds hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Holt
Lankford hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Holt
Tatis strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Holt
Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Berkman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lugo vs. Ankiel
Lugo hits a line drive into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bogar vs. Ankiel
Bogar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ankiel juggles the ball. That's an error on Ankiel. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Ankiel
Bagwell strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hidalgo vs. Ankiel
Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ankiel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Renteria vs. Holt
Renteria takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Matheny vs. Holt
There goes Renteria. The throw from Chavez and he is safe. Renteria steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Matheny vs. Holt
Matheny hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holt fields it and throws to first for the out. Renteria moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Ankiel vs. Holt
Ankiel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lugo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Vina vs. Holt
Vina hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Renteria scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Paquette vs. Holt
There's a wild pitch. Vina moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Paquette vs. Holt
Paquette hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Edmonds vs. Holt
Edmonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Holt
Lankford strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Ankiel
Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Ankiel
Berkman hits a fly ball into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Truby vs. Ankiel
Truby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Chavez vs. Ankiel
Chavez hits a line drive to right field. Drew throws towards Vina. Vina fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Vina. Alou scores. Truby moves to third. Chavez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Ginter vs. Ankiel
Keith Ginter pinch hits for Chris Holt.
Ginter hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Truby tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Lugo vs. Ankiel
Lugo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Powell
Brian Powell now pitching.
Tatis strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Powell
Drew hits a fly ball into left field. Berkman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Renteria vs. Powell
Renteria hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bogar vs. Ankiel
Bogar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Ankiel
Bagwell strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Hidalgo vs. Ankiel
Hidalgo hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Ankiel
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Matheny vs. Powell
Matheny hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ankiel vs. Powell
Ankiel hits a fly ball into left field. Berkman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Vina vs. Powell
Vina hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lugo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Ankiel
Berkman hits a fly ball into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Truby vs. Ankiel
Truby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Chavez vs. Ankiel
Chavez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Powell
Paquette hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Edmonds vs. Powell
Edmonds is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Powell
Lankford hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Meacham
Rusty Meacham now pitching.
Tatis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Drew vs. Meacham
Drew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tatis moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Renteria vs. Meacham
Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Truby fields it and throws to first for the out. Tatis scores. Drew moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Matheny vs. Meacham
Matheny hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Chavez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Morris
Roger Cedeno pinch hits for Rusty Meacham. Matt Morris now pitching.
Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lugo vs. Morris
Lugo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vina fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bogar vs. Morris
Bogar takes first base on ball four. Lugo moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Bagwell vs. Morris
Bagwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lankford. Bagwell reaches second base with a double. Lugo scores. Bogar moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Hidalgo vs. Morris
Hidalgo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Paquette settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Alou vs. Morris
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bogar scores. Bagwell scores. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Morris
Berkman hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McGwire vs. Linebrink
Roger Cedeno now playing left field. Lance Berkman now playing right field. Mark McGwire pinch hits for Matt Morris. Scott Linebrink now pitching.
McGwire is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Vina vs. Linebrink
Luis Saturria pinch runs for Mark McGwire.
Vina is hit by the pitch. Saturria moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Paquette vs. Linebrink
Paquette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Edmonds vs. Linebrink
Edmonds hits a line drive towards second. Lugo catches it and steps on second to double up Saturria. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ensberg vs. Timlin
Mike Timlin now pitching. Morgan Ensberg pinch hits for Chris Truby.
Ensberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Chavez vs. Timlin
Chavez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Timlin
Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chavez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lugo vs. Timlin
Lugo hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Bogar vs. Timlin
Bogar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Vina reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/2000 -- Houston at St. Louis (N)
Houston AB R H RBI St. Louis AB R H RBI
Lugo J, 2b 5 1 0 0 Vina F, 2b 4 2 2 1
Bogar T, ss 4 1 0 0 Paquette C, 1b 5 3 3 3
Bagwell J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Edmonds J, cf 4 1 1 4
Hidalgo R, cf 4 1 1 1 Lankford R, lf 4 2 3 2
Alou M, rf 4 1 2 2 Tatis F, 3b 3 1 0 0
Linebrink S, p 0 0 0 0 Drew J, rf 4 0 1 0
Berkman L, lf-rf 3 0 0 0 Renteria E, ss 3 1 0 1
Truby C, 3b 2 1 1 0 Matheny M, c 4 1 1 0
Ensberg M, ph 1 0 0 0 Ankiel R, p 3 0 0 0
Chavez R, c 4 0 2 1 Morris M, p 0 0 0 0
Holt C, p 1 0 0 0 McGwire M, ph 0 0 0 0
Ginter K, ph 0 0 0 1 Saturria L, pr 0 0 0 0
Powell B, p 0 0 0 0 Timlin M, p 0 0 0 0
Meacham R, p 0 0 0 0
Cedeno R, ph-lf 2 0 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 9 6 34 11 11 11
Houston 000 021 030 -- 6
St. Louis 005 300 30x -- 11
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Holt C (L) 4.0 8 8 8 2 4
Powell B 2.1 2 2 2 0 2
Meacham R 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Linebrink S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Ankiel R (W) 7.0 4 3 2 2 8
Morris M 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Timlin M 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
E -- Ankiel R, Vina F
DP -- Houston 1, St. Louis 1
LOB -- Houston 5, St. Louis 4
2B -- Lankford R, Bagwell J
HR -- Edmonds J, Lankford R 2, Paquette C 2, Hidalgo R
SB -- Renteria E
CS -- Berkman L
SF -- Ginter K
HBP -- by Linebrink S (McGwire M), by Linebrink S (Vina F)
WP -- Holt C
T -- 2:53
A -- 38653
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