Starting Lineups:
St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros
1. Brock lf Metzger ss
2. Crosby 2b Cedeno cf
3. Carbo rf Wynn rf
4. Torre 3b May 1b
5. Simmons c Watson lf
6. Alou 1b Edwards c
7. Cruz cf Rader 3b
8. Maxvill ss Helms 2b
9. Wise p Dierker p
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Crosby singled to left [Brock to
third]; Carbo singled to right [Brock scored, Crosby to third];
Torre singled to left [Crosby scored, Carbo out at third (left
to third), Torre to second (on throw)]; Simmons grounded out
(first unassisted) [Torre to third]; Alou was hit by a pitch;
Cruz popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Metzger struck out; Cedeno singled to third; Wynn
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cedeno
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Maxvill walked; Wise struck out; Brock struck out
while Maxvill was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: May singled to right; Watson struck out; Edwards
flied out to center; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby grounded out (second to first); Carbo
flied out to left; Torre walked; Simmons grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (third to first); Dierker
grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger walked; Cedeno flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Alou singled to right; Cruz flied out to right;
Maxvill flied out to right; Wise reached on an error by Wynn
[Alou scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wise to first]; Edwards
allowed a passed ball [Wise to second]; Brock grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Wynn grounded out (second to first); May singled to
left; Watson flied out to left; Edwards singled to center [May
to third]; Rader walked [Edwards to second]; Helms flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: Crosby popped to third; Carbo singled to right;
Torre singled to left [Carbo to second]; Simmons homered to
right [Carbo scored, Torre scored]; CULVER REPLACED DIERKER
(PITCHING); Alou popped to second; Cruz doubled to left; Maxvill
was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: STINSON BATTED FOR CULVER; Stinson was called out on
strikes; Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
CARDINALS 6TH: YORK REPLACED STINSON (PITCHING); Wise grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brock was called out on strikes;
Crosby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Wynn flied out to center; May doubled to right;
Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 7TH: Carbo struck out; Torre was called out on
strikes; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: CLENDENON REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING 1B); Rader singled
to left; Helms grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Rader out at second]; STEWART BATTED FOR YORK; Stewart grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
CARDINALS 8TH: RAY REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Clendenon struck
out (catcher to first); Cruz flied out to left; Maxvill was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 8TH: Metzger singled to right; Cedeno forced Metzger
(third to second); Wynn grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Cedeno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 9TH: FENWICK REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING SS); Wise
grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); Crosby popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
ASTROS 9TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson
grounded out (second to first); Edwards doubled to right; Rader
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 6 8 0 5
Astros 0 8 1 7