Starting Lineups:
St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros
1. Eckstein ss Biggio 2b
2. Ankiel rf Pence cf
3. Pujols 1b Berkman 1b
4. Edmonds cf Lee lf
5. Duncan lf Wigginton 3b
6. Rolen 3b Scott rf
7. Molina c Loretta ss
8. Looper p Ausmus c
9. Miles 2b Williams p
CARDINALS 1ST: Eckstein struck out; Ankiel singled to second;
Pujols flied to right; Edmonds singled to right [Ankiel to
second]; Duncan homered to right [Ankiel scored, Edmonds
scored]; Rolen grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Biggio singled to pitcher; Pence walked [Biggio to
second]; Berkman struck out; Lee struck out; Wigginton lined to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Molina singled to center; Looper out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Molina to second]; Miles
doubled to right [Molina scored]; Eckstein flied to center;
Ankiel was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Scott struck out; Loretta flied to right; Ausmus
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals
4, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Pujols singled to center; Edmonds grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Pujols to second]; Duncan grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rolen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Williams popped to second; Biggio grounded out
(first unassisted); Pence grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Molina grounded out (shortstop to first); Looper
grounded out (third to first); Miles popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Berkman singled to left; Lee flied to right;
Wigginton was hit by a pitch [Berkman to second]; Scott grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Wigginton out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: Eckstein grounded out (second to first); Ankiel
singled to right; Pujols singled to left [Ankiel to second];
Edmonds walked [Ankiel to third, Pujols to second]; MCLEMORE
REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Duncan singled to right [Ankiel
scored, Pujols to third, Edmonds to second]; Rolen singled to
center [Pujols scored, Edmonds to third, Duncan to second];
Molina was called out on strikes; Looper struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Loretta grounded out (third to first); Ausmus flied
to right; PALMEIRO BATTED FOR MCLEMORE; Palmeiro lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 6TH: DRISKILL REPLACED PALMEIRO (PITCHING); Miles
doubled to center; Eckstein grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Miles to third]; Ankiel doubled to right [Miles scored]; Pujols
flied to center; Edmonds flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Biggio grounded out (shortstop to first); Pence
singled to left; Berkman grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Pence to second]; Lee flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 7TH: Duncan was called out on strikes; Rolen flied to
right; Molina singled to center; Looper flied to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Wigginton struck out; Scott flied to center; Loretta
doubled to left; Ausmus popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 8TH: Miles lined to left; Eckstein singled to right;
Ankiel flied to left; Pujols singled to right [Eckstein to
second]; TAGUCHI RAN FOR PUJOLS; Edmonds was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 0.
ASTROS 8TH: ANKIEL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); TAGUCHI
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SPRINGER REPLACED EDMONDS
(PITCHING); DUNCAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LUDWICK
REPLACED LOOPER (PLAYING RF); BURKE BATTED FOR DRISKILL; Burke
struck out; Biggio popped to second; Pence struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 9TH: MOEHLER REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING); Duncan singled
to left; RYAN BATTED FOR ROLEN; Ryan popped to shortstop; Molina
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Duncan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 9TH: RYAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); PERCIVAL REPLACED
SPRINGER (PITCHING); Berkman singled to center; Lee forced
Berkman (shortstop to second); Wigginton singled to left [Lee to
second]; Scott struck out; Loretta forced Wigginton (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 7 16 0 9
Astros 0 6 0 7
