Starting Lineups:
Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals
1. Hunter cf Vina 2b
2. Biggio 2b Marrero rf
3. Berkman rf Edmonds cf
4. Bagwell 1b Pujols lf
5. Ward lf Rolen 3b
6. Loretta ss Martinez 1b
7. Blum 3b Renteria ss
8. Ausmus c Matheny c
9. Munro p Williams p
ASTROS 1ST: Hunter grounded out (third to first); Biggio
grounded out (shortstop to first); Berkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals
0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Vina tripled to right; Marrero singled to right
[Vina scored]; Edmonds grounded out (first to pitcher) [Marrero
to second]; Pujols walked; Rolen was called out on strikes;
Martinez singled to center [Marrero scored, Pujols to second];
Renteria flied to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0,
Cardinals 2.
ASTROS 2ND: Bagwell grounded out (third to first); Ward grounded
out (second to first); Loretta lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 2ND: Matheny grounded out (shortstop to first);
Williams was called out on strikes; Vina walked; Marrero singled
to center [Vina to second]; Edmonds walked [Vina to third,
Marrero to second]; Pujols singled to left [Vina scored, Marrero
scored, Edmonds to second]; Rolen flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 4.
ASTROS 3RD: Blum walked; Ausmus singled to right [Blum to
second]; Munro grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Blum to third, Ausmus out at second]; Hunter singled
to center [Blum scored]; Biggio forced Hunter (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 3RD: Martinez flied to left; Renteria singled to
second; Matheny singled to center [Renteria to third]; Williams
reached on a fielder's choice [Renteria out at home (pitcher
unassisted), Matheny to second]; Vina grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 4.
ASTROS 4TH: Berkman struck out; Bagwell singled to center; Ward
forced Bagwell (second to shortstop); Loretta singled to left
[Ward to second]; Blum popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 4TH: Marrero singled to shortstop; Edmonds struck out
while Marrero stole second; Pujols struck out; Rolen singled to
left [Marrero scored]; Martinez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 5.
ASTROS 5TH: Ausmus singled to center; ZINTER BATTED FOR MUNRO;
Zinter struck out; Hunter homered to left-center [Ausmus
scored]; Biggio was called out on strikes; Berkman walked;
MOLINA REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Bagwell walked [Berkman to
second]; Williams left with tightness in back and ribs;
Ward flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals
5.
CARDINALS 5TH: CRUZ REPLACED ZINTER (PITCHING); Renteria walked;
Matheny out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Renteria to
second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR MOLINA; Cruz struck out; Vina grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3,
Cardinals 5.
ASTROS 6TH: VERES REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Loretta walked; Blum
walked [Loretta to second]; Ausmus grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Loretta to third, Blum out at
second]; MERCED BATTED FOR CRUZ; Merced walked; HERNANDEZ RAN
FOR MERCED; Hunter flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 3, Cardinals 5.
CARDINALS 6TH: ROBERTSON REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Marrero
homered to center; Edmonds homered to right-center; Pujols flied
to right; Rolen homered to right-center; Martinez grounded out
(second to first); Renteria was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 8.
ASTROS 7TH: WHITE REPLACED VERES (PITCHING); Biggio was called
out on strikes; Berkman grounded out (second to first); Bagwell
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 8.
CARDINALS 7TH: Matheny walked; CAIRO BATTED FOR WHITE; Robertson
threw a wild pitch [Matheny to second]; Cairo singled to left
[Matheny to third]; Vina grounded out (third to first) [Cairo to
second]; Marrero was walked intentionally; Edmonds out on a
sacrifice fly to right [Matheny scored, Cairo to third]; PUFFER
REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Pujols forced Marrero (third to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 9.
ASTROS 8TH: KLINE REPLACED CAIRO (PITCHING); Ward singled to
right; Loretta grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Ward out at second]; Blum grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 9.
CARDINALS 8TH: Rolen was called out on strikes; Martinez
grounded out (pitcher to first); Renteria was hit by a pitch;
Matheny singled to second [Renteria to second]; Kline batted
left handed; Kline grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 9.
ASTROS 9TH: Ausmus flied to center; LANE BATTED FOR PUFFER; Lane
struck out; Hunter lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
3, Cardinals 9.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Astros 3 7 0 7
Cardinals 9 14 0 12
