Ejections: HOU Manager Cecil Cooper by Mike Winters [Catch/trap
call]
Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 37569
Starting Lineups:
St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros
1. Schumaker cf Erstad cf
2. Ludwick rf Wigginton lf
3. Pujols 1b Tejada ss
4. Ankiel lf Berkman 1b
5. Glaus 3b Blum 3b
6. Kennedy 2b Pence rf
7. Molina c Newhan 2b
8. Looper p Quintero c
9. Izturis ss Moehler p
CARDINALS 1ST: Schumaker singled to shortstop; Ludwick struck
out; Pujols singled to left [Schumaker to second]; Ankiel
homered to right [Schumaker scored, Pujols scored]; Glaus struck
out; Kennedy flied to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Erstad singled to left; Wigginton homered to right
[Erstad scored]; Tejada doubled; Berkman walked; Blum doubled to
left [Tejada scored, Berkman to third]; Pence homered to right
[Berkman scored, Blum scored]; Newhan doubled to left; Quintero
grounded out (shortstop to first); Moehler struck out; Erstad
flied to right; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
CARDINALS 2ND: Molina singled to right; Looper out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Molina to second]; Izturis
flied to right; Schumaker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
ASTROS 2ND: Wigginton singled to catcher; Tejada grounded out
(catcher to first) [Wigginton to second]; Berkman walked; Blum
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Berkman out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
CARDINALS 3RD: Ludwick grounded out (first unassisted); Pujols
doubled to right; Ankiel flied to right; Glaus walked; Kennedy
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
ASTROS 3RD: Pence singled to left; Newhan walked [Pence to
second]; Newhan was picked off first (catcher to first);
Quintero flied into a double play to center [Pence out at second
(center to shortstop)]; Cardinal center fielder Skip
Schumaker dove for Humberto Quintero's liner and bounced up
quickly to make a throw; the ball was ruled a catch by 2B umpire
Marvin Hudson but it appeared to be a trap; Astros manager Cecil
Cooper argued the call and was ejected by 1B umpire Mike
Winters; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
CARDINALS 4TH: Molina grounded out (shortstop to first); Looper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Izturis lined to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
ASTROS 4TH: Moehler grounded out (third to first); Erstad
singled to center; Wigginton grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Erstad out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
CARDINALS 5TH: Schumaker grounded out (second to first); Ludwick
struck out; Pujols singled to center; Ankiel struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 6.
ASTROS 5TH: Tejada flied to right; Berkman tripled to center;
Blum homered to right [Berkman scored]; SPRINGER REPLACED LOOPER
(PITCHING); Pence struck out; Newhan was called out on strikes;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 8.
CARDINALS 6TH: Glaus struck out; Kennedy doubled to right;
Molina flied to center [Kennedy to third]; PHELPS BATTED FOR
SPRINGER; Phelps grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 8.
ASTROS 6TH: LARUE REPLACED MOLINA (PLAYING C ); THOMPSON
REPLACED PHELPS (PITCHING); Quintero grounded out (third to
first); ABERCROMBIE BATTED FOR MOEHLER; Abercrombie lined to
shortstop; Erstad grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 8.
CARDINALS 7TH: BYRDAK REPLACED ABERCROMBIE (PITCHING); Izturis
walked; MATHER BATTED FOR SCHUMAKER; Izturis stole second;
Mather was called out on strikes; BROCAIL REPLACED BYRDAK
(PITCHING); Ludwick struck out; Pujols homered to left [Izturis
scored]; Ankiel grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 8.
ASTROS 7TH: MATHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Wigginton was
hit by a pitch; Tejada grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Wigginton out at second]; Berkman doubled
to left; Blum grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 8.
CARDINALS 8TH: HAWKINS REPLACED BROCAIL (PITCHING); Glaus
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy flied to right; LaRue
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5,
Astros 8.
ASTROS 8TH: FRANKLIN REPLACED KENNEDY (PITCHING); MILES REPLACED
THOMPSON (PLAYING 2B); Pence flied to right; Newhan singled to
right; Quintero singled to left [Newhan to second]; LORETTA
BATTED FOR HAWKINS; Loretta grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Quintero out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 8.
CARDINALS 9TH: ERSTAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WIGGINTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BLUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); BOURN REPLACED NEWHAN (PLAYING CF); VALVERDE REPLACED
LORETTA (PITCHING); Miles singled to center; STAVINOHA BATTED
FOR IZTURIS; Stavinoha struck out while Miles stole second;
Mather popped to first; Ludwick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 8.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 5 9 0 6
Astros 8 14 0 4
