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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 8, Houston 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, July 9, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 33224

All-Star Adam Wainwright tossed eight shutout innings to continue his dominance of Houston as the St. Louis Cardinals posted an 8-0 victory over the Astros on Friday night.

Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday supplied the offense as each finished with a home run and three RBIs for St. Louis, which snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the third time in 10 tries at Minute Maid Park.

Wainwright (13-5) improved to 9-1 in his career against the Astros by allowing just six hits - all singles. The right-hander struck out four and walked three.

Pujols opened the scoring with a double to deep center in the first that plated Colby Rasmus. Holliday added to the lead, making it 5-0 in the eighth with his 15th homer of the campaign.

Following an RBI double by Felipe Lopez, Pujols capped the onslaught with a two-run shot in the ninth.

Much of the damage came off Houston starter Bud Norris (2-6), who was tagged for five runs on seven hits in 7 2/3 innings. Norris entered the game with a record of 4-0 and a 0.35 ERA in four prior starts against the Cardinals.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   Houston
Adam Wainwright Player Bud Norris
Win W/L Loss
8.0 IP 7.2
4 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 5.87
Hitting
St. Louis   Houston
Albert Pujols Player Jason Bourgeois
2 Hits 1
3 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 1
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 11 2 23 .289 11 4 8 2 0 0
Houston 6 0 6 .200 14 5 0 3 0 0