Box score


ST LOUIS (9) VS HOUSTON (2) - FINAL

ST LOUIS               ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Vina 2b                 4  2  1  0   0  0   1  .269
Drew rf                 3  2  2  3   2  1   0  .227
Edmonds cf              5  0  1  1   0  1   0  .318
Pujols 3b               4  1  0  0   1  2   3  .367
R Lankford lf           4  2  2  1   1  2   2  .326
Paquette 1b             5  1  2  3   0  1   2  .241
Marrero c               4  1  0  0   0  1   1  .320
P Polanco ss            3  0  1  0   1  2   1  .326
M Morris p              3  0  0  1   0  1   2  .000
 a-K Robinson ph        1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 Ge Stechschulte p      0  0  0  0   0  0   0 1.000
 Timlin p               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 36  9  9  9   5 11  12

a-flied to center for M Morris in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - Paquette (2, Lima); P Polanco (2, N Cruz). 3B - R
Lankford (2, Lima). HR - Drew 2 (6, 1st inning off Lima 1 on, 0
out, 4th inning off Lima 0 on, 1 out); Paquette (2, 5th inning
off Lima 1 on, 0 out). RBI - Drew 3 (9), R Lankford (9),
Paquette 3 (4), Edmonds (10), M Morris (1). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - P Polanco 1, R Lankford 1, Paquette 1.
Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (Vina-P Polanco-Paquette, Pujols-Vina-Paquette). 

HOUSTON                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Vizcaino ss             3  0  0  0   1  0   0  .238
Biggio 2b               3  1  1  0   1  0   0  .328
Bagwell 1b              4  1  1  0   0  1   2  .305
L Berkman lf            4  0  0  0   0  2   1  .323
Alou rf                 4  0  2  1   0  0   0  .500
 G Barker pr            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .286
Hidalgo cf              4  0  3  1   0  1   0  .270
Ausmus c                4  0  1  0   0  1   3  .196
Truby 3b                4  0  0  0   0  1   5  .214
Lima p                  1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 N Cruz p               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 a-C Hayes ph           1  0  0  0   0  1   0  .200
 K Bottenfield p        0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .200
 b-O Merced ph          1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .235
 M Jackson p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 33  2  8  2   2  7  11

a-struck out for N Cruz in the 5th; b-grounded to first for K
Bottenfield in the 8th.

BATTING: RBI - Alou (4), Hidalgo (14). 2-out RBI - Alou,
Hidalgo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Truby 3. GIDP
- Ausmus, Bagwell.  Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - Vizcaino (2, bobble). Outfield assists - Hidalgo
(P Polanco at 2nd base). DP: 1 (Hidalgo-Biggio). 

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    St Louis       - 410 130 000  --  9
    Houston        - 200 000 000  --  2

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ST LOUIS                     ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
M Morris (W, 2-2)             7       5   2   2   1   5   0   4.13
Ge Stechschulte               1       1   0   0   1   0   0   1.08
Timlin                        1       2   0   0   0   2   0   2.16

HOUSTON                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Lima (L, 1-1)                 4       8   9   8   3   5   3   7.17
N Cruz                        1       1   0   0   0   0   0   4.00
K Bottenfield                 3       0   0   0   0   4   0   3.94
M Jackson                     1       0   0   0   2   2   0   0.00

Lima pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.

HBP - Vina (by Lima).  Pitches-strikes: Lima 99-65; N Cruz 9-5;
K Bottenfield 25-19; M Jackson 25-13; M Morris 98-63; Ge
Stechschulte 16-7; Timlin 18-12.  Ground balls-fly balls: Lima
4-3; N Cruz 1-1; K Bottenfield 1-4; M Jackson 1-0; M Morris
12-4; Ge Stechschulte 3-0; Timlin 0-1.  Batters faced: Lima 25;
N Cruz 3; K Bottenfield 9; M Jackson 5; M Morris 26; Ge
Stechschulte 4; Timlin 5. 

UMPIRES: HP--Chuck Meriwether. 1B--Brian Onora. 2B--Bill Welke.
3B--John Hirschbeck.
T--2:47.  Att--40,981.   Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy.  
Wind: 15 mph, right to left.