1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
Houston	0	0	3	5	1	0	0	1	x	10	10	0

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b Drew rf Edmonds cf Pujols 3b Bonilla 1b R Lankford lf Renteria ss M Matheny c Ankiel p James p a-K Robinson ph Andy Benes p b-Sutton ph Karnuth p Totals	4 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 29	1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	0 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	.270 .195 .333 .393 .208 .308 .196 .255 .000 .000 .000 .200 .000 .000

a-grounded to third for James in the 5th; b-flied to center for Andy Benes in the 8th.

BATTING
Rbi: Pujols (13).
2-out rbi: Pujols.
Gidp: Bonilla.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Pujols (2, ground ball).

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lugo ss Biggio 2b Bagwell 1b Hidalgo cf-rf Alou rf Ja Powell p b-O Merced ph B Wagner p L Berkman lf Ausmus c Truby 3b Elarton p a-G Barker ph-cf Totals	4 2 5 5 3 0 1 0 3 3 4 2 1 33	2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10	2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 10	1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 9	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 6	0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6	3 1 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 0 23	.300 .328 .309 .237 .500 .000 .250 .000 .345 .191 .231 .000 .286

a-grounded to third for Elarton in the 7th; b-homered for Ja Powell in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Alou (1, Ankiel); Bagwell (4, Ankiel); Hidalgo (4, Andy Benes); Ausmus (3, Karnuth).
HR: L Berkman (4, 4th inning off James 2 on, 1 out); Lugo (3, 5th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 1 out); O Merced (2, 8th inning off Karnuth 0 on, 2 out).
SF: Alou, Truby.
Rbi: Alou 3 (3), Truby (14), L Berkman 3 (12), Lugo (4), O Merced (2).
2-out rbi: O Merced.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hidalgo 1, Lugo 2, Elarton 1, Alou 2, Truby 2.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lugo (1, 2nd base off Ankiel/M Matheny).

FIELDING
DP: 1 (Biggio-Lugo-Bagwell).


Pitching

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ankiel (L, 1-2) James Andy Benes Karnuth	3 1 3 1	3 3 2 2	5 3 1 1	3 3 1 1	5 0 0 1	2 0 3 1	0 1 1 1	6.23 6.48 9.35 9.00

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Elarton (W, 3-1) Ja Powell B Wagner	7 1 1	3 0 0	1 0 0	1 0 0	2 0 0	7 1 0	0 0 0	5.09 4.00 0.00

Ankiel pitched to 2 batters in the 4th.

HBP: L Berkman (by Ankiel); Pujols (by Elarton); Biggio 2 (by Ankiel, (by Andy Benes).
Pitches-strikes: Elarton 96-60; Ja Powell 11-7; B Wagner 8-6; Ankiel 75-40; James 17-14; Andy Benes 50-31; Karnuth 27-15.
Ground balls-fly balls: Elarton 11-3; Ja Powell 1-1; B Wagner 3-0; Ankiel 1-6; James 2-1; Andy Benes 3-3; Karnuth 0-2.
Batters faced: Elarton 26; Ja Powell 3; B Wagner 3; Ankiel 20; James 6; Andy Benes 12; Karnuth 6.
Umpires: HP: John Hirschbeck. 1B--Chuck Meriwether. 2B--Brian Onora. 3B--Bill Welke.
T: 2:40.
Att: 39,152.
Weather: 76 degrees, clear.
Wind: 20 mph, out to left.