Astros 8 - 2 Cardinals
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Berkman attempts to continue red-hot hitting vs. Cardinals

May 27, 2008 - 12:47 PM Houston (29-23) at St. Louis (30-22) 8:15 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - Lance Berkman attempts to continue his incredible May when the Houston Astros begin a three-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.

Berkman, who is hitting .488 (42-for-86) with eight homers and 21 RBI in May, has been key to the Astros' resurgence this month.

Houston entered the month with a 13-16 record and were five games back in the National Central, but has gone 16-7 this month thanks to an offense that is averaging 5.3 runs in May.

Berkman is hitting .348 (8-for-23) in his career against Tuesday's starter Braden Looper (6-3, 4.34 ERA), who is coming off one of his second-shortest start of the season.

Despite getting the win in Wednesday's 11-3 triumph over San Diego, the righthander allowed three runs and eight hits with a season-high five strikeouts over five frames.

He'll be opposed by Shawn Chacon (1-0, 4.11), who is eyeing his second straight win after setting a major league record by failing to earn a decision in his first nine starts of a season.

The righthander permitted three runs and five hits over seven innings in a 5-3 win over the Cubs on Wednesday.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 12 0
    ST LOUIS 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: HOU - SHAWN CHACON, TIM BYRDAK (8TH), OSCAR VILLARREAL (9TH) AND
    J.R. TOWLES
    STL - BRADEN LOOPER, RUSS SPRINGER (5TH), MIKE PARISI
    (6TH), RANDY FLORES (8TH), KYLE

    May 27 10:51 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY BRIAN BARTON (1) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    5TH OFF SHAWN CHACON.
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 8, ST LOUIS 2
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: C IZTURIS (.262, 0-FOR-1)

    Astros 8, Cardinals 2  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 27 9:47 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO J.R. TOWLES SCORED LANCE BERKMAN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J TOWLES ON FIRST, T WIGGINTON ON SECOND, H
    PENCE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 8
    ST LOUIS 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: S CHACON (.150, 0-FOR-2)

    Astros 8, Cardinals 1  Top 5, 0 OutsMay 27 9:39 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIGUEL TEJADA (6) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF BRADEN LOOPER SCORED KAZ MATSUI.
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 7, ST LOUIS 1
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: L BERKMAN (.388, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Astros 7, Cardinals 1  Top 5, 0 OutsMay 27 9:30 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ALBERT PUJOLS (12) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF SHAWN CHACON.
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5, ST LOUIS 1
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R ANKIEL (.284, 0-FOR-1)

    Astros 5, Cardinals 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 27 9:21 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY HUNTER PENCE SCORED LANCE BERKMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H PENCE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
    ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: T WIGGINTON (.277, 0-FOR-1, RBI)

    Astros 5, Cardinals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 27 9:03 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 4 4 4 0
    ST LOUIS 0 0 1 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - SHAWN CHACON
    STL - BRADEN LOOPER

    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S SCHUMAKER (.293, 2 HR, 15 RBI)
    C DUNCAN (.258, 4 HR, 14 RBI)
    A PUJOLS (.346, 11 HR, 33

    Astros 4, Cardinals 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 27 8:32 PM

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