Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals

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Houston Astros

8-10, 4-5 Away

Final
1 - 4

St. Louis Cardinals

9-9, 8-4 Home

Lars Nootbaar's 3-run HR helps Cardinals beat Astros 4-1

Thomas Saggese extends Cardinals' lead with RBI double

Matz (1-0) retired the last 15 batters he faced, striking out five, after allowing a run on a pair of singles to lead off the game.

Ryan Fernandez, Kyle Leahy and Phil Maton each pitched a scoreless inning of relief before Ryan Helsley pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his third save of the season.

Ronel Blanco (1-2) allowed three runs and five hits and three walks in five innings for Houston, which has not won consecutive games this season.

Nootbaar hit his third home run of the season to center field off Blanco in the bottom of the fifth to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.

Key moment Victor Scott II put down a bunt single to lead off the bottom of the fifth that just barely stayed fair down the third-base line. It was his major league-leading fourth bunt hit of the season.

Key stat Brendan Donovan singled in the fifth inning to extend his major league-best hitting streak to 12 games. That also matches his career high.

Up next Astros: RHP (Ryan Gusto 1-0, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to face Padres LHP Kyle Hart (2-0, 5.40 ERA) the opener of a three-game series Friday night in Houston.

Cardinals: RHP Andre Pallante (2-0, 2.20 ERA) starts the opener of a four-game series at the New York Mets on Thursday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Diaz lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Walker popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Paredes walked.
	9th Inning	Peña grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Helsley relieved Maton
	8th Inning	Nootbaar grounded out to third.

Statistics

HOU		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	2
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	3
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	24
0	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	12
32	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.1	Runs Created	5.3
.129	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.375
.065	Secondary Average	.344
.156	On Base Percentage	.351
.318	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.726
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
-0.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
10.0	Batter Rating	32.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.73
.032	Isolated Power	.125
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	2.00
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
61.5	MLB Rating	82.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0