Post Game Thread (Apr 16, 2025): Astros (8-10) @ Cardinals (9-9)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	4
STL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		4	8	0	9

Box Score

STL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Nootbaar	3	1	1	3	2	0	.284
DH	Contreras, Wn	4	0	0	0	0	2	.145
2B	Donovan	3	0	1	0	0	0	.380
3B	Arenado	4	0	0	0	0	0	.292
1B	Burleson	4	0	1	0	0	0	.264
RF	Walker, J	4	1	1	0	0	0	.254
CF	Siani	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
C	Pozo	3	0	1	0	1	0	.400
RF	Scott II	3	1	1	0	1	0	.263
SS	Saggese	4	1	2	1	0	0	.455

STL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Matz	5.0	2	1	1	0	5	71-44	2.16
Fernandez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12-9	7.71
Leahy	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14-10	1.54
Maton, P	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-7	0.00
Helsley	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	21-15	2.57

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Altuve	4	1	2	0	0	0	.311
SS	Peña	4	0	1	0	0	0	.215
3B	Paredes	3	0	0	1	1	1	.235
1B	Walker, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.154
C	Diaz, Ya	4	0	1	0	0	1	.130
2B	Rodgers	3	0	0	0	0	2	.222
CF	Meyers	3	0	0	0	0	0	.271
RF	Smith	3	0	0	0	0	2	.200
LF	McCormick	3	0	0	0	0	1	.200

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Blanco	5.0	5	3	3	3	1	88-55	6.48
VanWey	0.1	3	1	0	0	0	14-10	2.70
Okert	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	19-12	1.00
Scott, Tay	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	6.75
Sousa	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Isaac Paredes grounds out, second baseman Brendan Donovan to first baseman Alec Burleson. Jose Altuve scores. Jeremy Peña to 3rd.	0-1
B5	Lars Nootbaar homers (3) on a line drive to center field. Victor Scott II scores. Thomas Saggese scores.	3-1
B6	Thomas Saggese doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Cam Smith. Jordan Walker scores. Yohel Pozo to 3rd.	4-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Astros at Cardinals – April 16, 2025	0:06
Probable pitchers for Astros at Cardinals – April 16, 2025	0:06
Ronel Blanco against the Cardinals	0:08
Bullpen availability for St. Louis, April 16 vs Astros	0:08
Bullpen availability for Houston, April 16 vs Cardinals	0:08
Bench availability for Houston, April 16 vs Cardinals	0:08
Fielding alignment for Houston, April 16 vs Cardinals	0:11
Bench availability for St. Louis, April 16 vs Astros	0:08
Fielding alignment for St. Louis, April 16 vs Astros	0:11
Starting lineups for Astros at Cardinals – April 16, 2025	0:10
The distance behind Lars Nootbaar's home run	0:10
Lars Nootbaar's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Steven Matz's pitches	0:04
Steven Matz's outing against the Astros	0:22
Breaking down Ronel Blanco's pitches	0:04
Ronel Blanco's outing against the Cardinals	0:24
Isaac Paredes' RBI groundout	0:12
Lars Nootbaar's three-run homer (3)	0:26
Brendan Donovan extends his hit streak to 12 games	0:13
Thomas Saggese's RBI double	0:30
Steven Matz's five strikeouts	1:10
Steven Matz K's Christian Walker	0:08
Ronel Blanco Ks Willson Contreras	0:06

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Matz (1-0, 2.16 ERA)	Blanco (1-2, 6.48 ERA)	Helsley (3 SV, 2.57 ERA)

Game ended at 2:40 PM.