Post Game Thread (Jun 28, 2023): Astros (43-37) @ Cardinals (33-46)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	10	11	0	10
STL	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	11	0	6

Box Score

STL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Donovan	4	2	2	1	1	0	.272
1B	Goldschmidt	5	1	3	2	0	0	.288
CF	Nootbaar	5	1	1	0	0	2	.260
3B	Arenado	3	1	1	3	0	0	.273
SS	DeJong	2	0	1	0	0	1	.237
C	Contreras, Wn	3	0	0	0	0	2	.214
3B	Gorman	4	1	1	0	0	1	.238
DH	Burleson	3	1	1	1	0	1	.221
RF	Carlson	4	0	1	0	0	2	.248
2B	Edman	3	0	0	0	0	1	.235

STL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Mikolas	5.2	7	5	5	3	4	86-55	4.44
Pallante	0.1	0	0	0	2	1	17-6	4.03
Stratton	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-7	4.19
Gallegos	0.2	4	5	5	1	0	25-16	4.83
VerHagen	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	32-17	4.17

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	3	2	2	3	3	0	.275
3B	Bregman	4	1	0	0	2	1	.245
RF	Tucker	5	2	3	1	0	1	.279
1B	Abreu, J	4	1	2	3	0	1	.235
DH	Diaz, Y	5	0	0	0	0	2	.265
SS	Peña	5	0	1	1	0	1	.247
LF	Madris	4	2	2	0	0	1	.250
LF	McCormick	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246
CF	Meyers	2	2	0	0	3	0	.224
C	Maldonado, M	4	0	1	2	0	1	.183

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Javier	4.0	8	6	6	1	1	80-46	3.72
Dubin	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	39-26	10.80
Martinez, S	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	19-11	4.50
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-11	2.68
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	15-10	2.88

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Kyle Tucker doubles (17) on a ground ball to right fielder Dylan Carlson. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd.	0-1
T1	Jose Abreu out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Dylan Carlson. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd.	0-2
T1	Jeremy Pena singles on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Carlson. Kyle Tucker scores.	0-3
B1	Nolan Arenado homers (16) on a line drive to left field. Brendan Donovan scores. Lars Nootbaar scores.	3-3
B1	Alec Burleson doubles (8) on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Nolan Gorman scores.	4-3
B2	Paul Goldschmidt homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field.	5-3
B4	Paul Goldschmidt singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bligh Madris. Alec Burleson scores. Dylan Carlson to 3rd. Brendan Donovan to 2nd.	6-3
T6	Martin Maldonado doubles (6) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Lars Nootbaar. Bligh Madris scores. Jake Meyers scores.	6-5
B6	Brendan Donovan homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field.	7-5
T8	Jose Altuve homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Bligh Madris scores. Jake Meyers scores.	7-8
T8	Jose Abreu homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Kyle Tucker scores.	7-10

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, June 28 vs Cardinals	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for St. Louis, June 28 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, June 28 vs Cardinals	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Cardinals – June 28, 2023	0:09	Video
Nolan Arenado: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13	Video
An animated look at Nolan Arenado's home run	0:09	Video
The distance behind Paul Goldschmidt's home run	0:09	Video
Paul Goldschmidt's home run through bat tracking data	0:09	Video
Breaking down Cristian Javier's pitches	0:08	Video
Miles Mikolas's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Breaking down Miles Mikolas's pitches	0:08	Video
Analyzing Brendan Donovan's home run through bat tracking	0:09	Video
Breaking down Brendan Donovan's home run	0:13	Video
Measuring the stats on José Abreu's home run	0:15	Video
José Abreu's home run through bat tracking data	0:09	Video
Analyzing Jose Altuve's home run through bat tracking	0:09	Video
The distance behind Jose Altuve's home run	0:15	Video
Tucker ignites scoring off double to right in the 1st	0:22	Video
Jose Abreu lifts sac fly for 900th career RBI in 1st	0:17	Video
Peña sends home Tucker off single to right in the 1st	0:15	Video
Arenado hammers a three-run jack to left in the 1st	0:20	Video
Alec Burleson rips an RBI double to right field	0:26	Video
Goldschmidt gives Cards a 5-3 lead with a solo homer	0:18	Video
Goldschmidt smacks a 443-foot homer – Creator Cuts	0:33	Video
Paul Goldschmidt plates Burleson with single in 4th	0:16	Video
Martin Maldonado drills two-run double in the 6th	0:28	Video
Andre Pallante escapes bases-loaded jam in the 6th	0:15	Video
Donovan cranks solo homer to right-center in 6th	0:15	Video
Astros nab DeJong at home after confirmed call in 7th	0:48	Video
Altuve flares go-ahead run off three-run jack in 8th	0:24	Video
Brendan Donovan crushes solo home run – Creator Cuts	0:28	Video
Jose Abreu crushes two-run homer to center in the 8th	0:23	Video
Jose Altuve clubs three-run dinger – Creator Cuts	0:44	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Martinez, S (2-3, 4.50 ERA)	Gallegos (1-4, 4.83 ERA)	Pressly (15 SV, 2.88 ERA)

Game ended at 9:58 PM.