Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

8-9, 4-4 Away

Final
2 - 0

St. Louis Cardinals

8-9, 7-4 Home

Meyers, Brown spark the Astros to 2-0 victory over the Cardinals

Erick Fedde snags comebacker with lightning-quick reflexes

Yordan Alverez hit a leadoff homer in the eighth off reliever Kyle Leahy.

Brown (2-1), making his first career appearance against the Cardinals, allowed four hits in pitching his fourth quality start of the season. He struck out four and walked two.

Josh Hader pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his fourth save.

Cardinals starter Erick Fedde (1-2) gave up six hits and three walks in six innings while striking out five. It was his third quality start in four outings this season.

Meyers, who entered the game hitless in his previous nine at-bats, gave Houston the lead in the sixth inning.

Jeremy Peña led off with a double to left. With one out, Meyers hit a single to right that landed just in front of a diving Jordan Walker. Peña never hesitated as he rounded third and slid home to beat the throw. Fedde got of out of the inning when he snagged a line drive from Cam Smith that hit his glove and popped up and back in before he threw to first to double up Peña.

Key moment With the bases loaded and two outs, Fedde escaped when Jose Altuve flew out to center field to end the fourth inning. In the second inning with the bases full, Fedde escaped on a flyball to right field by Mauricio Dubón.

Key stat Brendan Donovan doubled in the fourth inning to extend his major league-best hitting streak to 11 games. He is leading the National League in hitting at .382.

Up next Astros RHP Ronel Blanco (1-1, 6.94) faces off against Cardinals LHP Steven Matz (0-0, 1.93) in the final game of the series on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Baker flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Arenado lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	McCormick in right field.
	9th Inning	Dubón lined out to left.

Statistics

HOU		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	8
36	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.7	Runs Created	1.5
.219	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.375	Slugging Percentage	.258
.250	Secondary Average	.194
.306	On Base Percentage	.242
.681	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.500
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
23.0	Batter Rating	12.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.27
.156	Isolated Power	.065
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
74.8	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0