Live Blogging: St. Louis Cardinals At Houston Astros

St. Louis Cardinals At Houston Astros
Starting Lineups:

St. Louis Cardinals:
1. Tommy Pham (R) LF
2. Stephen Piscotty (R) RF
3. Matt Carpenter (L) 2B
4. Brandon Moss (L) 1B
5. Yadier Molina (R) C
6. Jhonny Peralta (R) DH
7. Jedd Gyorko (R) 3B
8. Randal Grichuk (R) CF
9. Greg Garcia (L) SS

SP: Jaime Garcia LHP (9-8, 3.93 ERA, 114K)

Houston Astros:
1. George Springer (R)  RF
2. Alex Bregman (R) 3B
3. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
4. Carlos Correa (R) SS
5. Marwin Gonzalez (S) 1B
6. Evan Gattis (R) DH
7. Teoscar Hernandez (R) LF
8. Jason Castro (L) C
9. Jake Marisnick (R) CF

SP: Dallas Keuchel LHP (7-11, 4.56 ERA, 126K)

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      Hello and welcome to another edition of 'Live Blogging on Shish on Baseball'.  Tonight it is the St. Louis Cardinals; visiting Houston, to take on the Astros.  Tonight's pitching matchup is between Jaime Garcia vs. Dallas Keuchel.  It is the Cardinals and Astros.  The game is being played at Minute Maid Park, in Houston, TX.  Coming up next.

The Cardinals are coming in the game with a record of 62-56, tied for the 2nd wild card in the National League.  While the Houston Astros come into tonight's game with a record of 61-57, 4.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox for the 2nd wild card in the American League.  Cardinals are injury plagued throughout 2016, now has lost Matt Holiday for the season, due to a thumb injury.  They also have Matt Adams on the DL with shoulder soreness.

Top of 1st Inning:
Due Up:
1. Pham
2. Piscotty
3. Carpenter
First Pitch at 7:12 p.m.
Tommy Pham leads-off the game with a double.
Cardinals have runners on 1st and 3rd, with one out.
Brandon Moss hits RBI Single driving in Tommy Pham.  STL 1 HOU 0
Yadier Molina hits RBI Groundout driving in Matt Carpenter.  STL 2 HOU 0
Cardinals leave a runner on 2nd base.

Middle of 1st Inning:
STL 2 HOU 0

Bottom of 1st Inning:
Due Up:
1. Springer
2. Bregman
3. Altuve
2-RUN HOME RUN: Alex Bregman hits his 1st career home run off of Jaime Garcia.  STL 2 HOU 2
Altuve is on 2nd base, after Jaime Garcia commits a throwing error on a pick-up attempt.
Gonzalez sacrifice bunts, advancing Altuve and Correa in scoring position.
Astros leave runners on 2nd and 3rd base.

End of 1st Inning:
STL 2 HOU 2

Top of 2nd Inning:
Due Up:
7. Gyorko
8. Grichuk
9. Garcia
Cardinals go 1-2-3

Middle of 2nd Inning:
STL 2 HOU 2

Bottom of 2nd Inning:
Due Up:
8. Castro
9. Marisnick
1. Springer
Astros have the bases loaded, with one out.  Altuve at the dish.
Astros leave the bases loaded.

End of 2nd Inning:
STL 2 HOU 2

Top of 3rd Inning:
Due Up:
1. Pham
2. Piscotty
3. Carpenter
Cardinals go down 1-2-3

Middle of 3rd Inning;
STL 2 HOU 2

Bottom of 3rd Inning:
Due Up:
5. Gonzalez
6. Gattis
7. Hernandez
HOME RUN; Marwin Gonzalez hit solo home run off of Jaime Garcia.  For Gonzalez it was his 11th home run of 2016.  STL 2 HOU 3

End of 3rd Inning:
STL 2 HOU 3

Top of 4th Inning:
Due Up:
4. Moss
5. Molina
6. Peralta
Cardinals go down 1-2-3.  Keuchel has retired the last 11 batters since the Top of 1st Inning.

Middle of 4th Inning:
STL 2 HOU 3

Bottom of 4th Inning:
Due Up:
9. Marisnick
1. Springer
2. Bregman
Marisnick leads off the 4th Inning with a double.
Bregman advances Marisnick to 3rd base.
Jose Altuve hits RBI Single, scoring Jake Marisnick.  STL 2 HOU 4
Astros leave Altuve on base.

End of 4th Inning:
STL 2 HOU 4

Top of 5th Inning:
Due Up:
7. Gyorko
8. Grichuk
9. Garcia
Scoreboard:
Randal Grichuk is now on 3rd base, after hitting a double and Garcia hits a ground ball to Altuve.
2-RUN HOME RUN: Tommy Pham hits 2-run homer off of Dallas Keuchel.  STL 4 HOU 4

Middle of 5th Inning:
STL 4 HOU 4

Bottom of 5th Inning:
Due Up:
5. Gonzalez
6. Gattis
7. Hernandez
Astros go down 1-2-3.

End of 5th Inning:
STL 4 HOU 4

Top of 6th Inning:
Due Up:
3. Carpenter
4. Moss
5. Molina
Cardinals have runners on 1st and 3rd no outs.
Keuchel is at 100 pitches.
PITCHING CHANGE: Pat Neshek RHP replacing Dallas Keuchel, as Astros pitcher.
Yadier Molina hits a RBI Groundout, scoring Carpenter.  STL 5 HOU 4
3-RUN HOME RUN: Jedd Gyorko hits a 3-run homer off of Pat Neshek.  STL 8 HOU 4

Middle of 6th Inning:
STL 8 HOU 4

Bottom of 6th Inning:
Due Up:
8. Castro
9. Marisnick
1. Springer
HOME RUN: Jason Castro hits his 8th home run of 2016 off of Jaime Garcia.  STL 8 HOU 5
PITCHING CHANGE: Alex Reyes (RHP) replaces Jaime Garcia as Cardinals pitcher.
Astros leave a runner on 1st Base.

End of 6th Inning:
STL 8 HOU 5

Top of 7th Inning:
Due Up:
1. Pham
2. Piscotty
3. Carpenter
PITCHING CHANGE: Chris Devenski (RHP) replaces Pat Neshek.
Cardinals go down 1-2-3 in the 7th Inning.

7th Inning Stretch:
STL 8 HOU 5

Bottom of 7th Inning:
Due Up:
4. Correa
5. Gonzalez
6. Gattis
PINCH-HITTER:  A.J. Reed pinch-hits for Teoscar Hernandez.
Astros leave a runner on 2nd base.

End of 7th Inning:
STL 8 HOU 5

Top of 8th Inning:
Due Up:
4. Moss
5. Molina
6. Peralta
FIELDING CHANGE: A.J. Reed is at 1B, while Marwin Gonzalez moves to left field.
Cardinals go down 1-2-3.

Middle of 8th Inning:
STL 8 HOU 5

Bottom of 8th Inning:
8. Castro
9. Marisnick
1. Springer
PITCHING CHANGE: Zach Duke replaces Alex Reyes as Cardinals Pitcher.
Astros go down 1-2-3 in their half of 8th Inning.

End of 8th Inning:
STL 8 HOU 5

Top of 9th Inning:
Due Up:
7. Gyorko
8. Grichuk
9. Garcia
PITCHING CHANGE: Ken Giles (RHP) replaces Chris Devenski as Astros Pitcher.
Randal Grichuk hit a triple with one out in the 9th Inning.
Cardinals leave a runner on 3rd base.

Middle of 9th Inning:
STL 8 HOU 5

Bottom of 9th Inning:
Due Up:
2. Bregman
3. Altuve
4. Correa
PITCHING CHANGE: Seong Hwan Oh replaces Zach Duke as Cardinals Pitcher.
Jose Altuve hits his 1000th hit of his career.
Astros down to their last out.
Astros leave Altuve stranded.

Final: STL 8 HOU 5
W: Garcia (10-8) L: Keuchel (7-12) SV: Oh (12)

About a 3 hour 7 minute ball game.