Starting Lineups:
St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros
1. Schumaker 2b Bourn cf
2. Rasmus cf Matsui 2b
3. Pujols 1b Tejada ss
4. Ludwick rf Lee lf
5. Ankiel lf Blum 3b
6. DeRosa 3b Pence rf
7. Molina c I. Rodriguez c
8. Ryan ss Coste 1b
9. Carpenter p Oswalt p
CARDINALS 1ST: Schumaker struck out; Rasmus struck out; Pujols
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Bourn singled to pitcher; Bourn stole second; Matsui
singled to center [Bourn to third]; Tejada lined to third; Lee
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Matsui out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Astros 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Ludwick singled to center; Ankiel grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ludwick out at
second]; DeRosa lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals
0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Blum flied to center; Pence was called out on
strikes; I. Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Molina grounded out (shortstop to first); Ryan
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Carpenter grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Coste flied to left; Oswalt grounded out (second to
first); Bourn grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: Schumaker grounded out (pitcher to first); Rasmus
singled to right; Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Rasmus to second]; Ludwick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Matsui flied to center; Tejada grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lee singled to center; Blum flied to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: Ankiel popped to second; DeRosa homered to right;
Molina grounded out (shortstop to first); Ryan singled to
center; Carpenter struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals
1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Pence struck out; I. Rodriguez walked; Coste struck
out; Oswalt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0.
CARDINALS 6TH: Schumaker doubled to left; On a bunt Rasmus
reached on a fielder's choice [Schumaker out at third (catcher
to third)]; Pujols grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Rasmus out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Bourn walked; Matsui out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Bourn to second]; Tejada singled to catcher
[Bourn to third]; Lee forced Tejada (second to shortstop) [Bourn
scored]; Blum grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1.
CARDINALS 7TH: Ludwick singled to pitcher; Ankiel lined to
shortstop; DeRosa walked [Ludwick to second]; Molina singled to
left [Ludwick scored, DeRosa to third]; Ryan out on a sacrifice
fly to center [DeRosa scored, Molina to second (on throw to
home)]; Carpenter flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Astros 1.
ASTROS 7TH: Pence grounded out (shortstop to first); I.
Rodriguez doubled to center; Coste singled to shortstop [I.
Rodriguez stayed at second]; BERKMAN BATTED FOR OSWALT; Berkman
singled to right [I. Rodriguez to third, Coste to second]; KATA
RAN FOR BERKMAN; Bourn was called out on strikes; Matsui singled
to center [I. Rodriguez scored, Coste to third, Kata to second];
Tejada flied to right; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3,
Astros 2.
CARDINALS 8TH: BYRDAK REPLACED KATA (PITCHING); Schumaker
grounded out (third to first); Rasmus flied to left; HAWKINS
REPLACED BYRDAK (PITCHING); Pujols grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2.
ASTROS 8TH: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Blum popped
to shortstop; Pence struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals
3, Astros 2.
CARDINALS 9TH: VALVERDE REPLACED HAWKINS (PITCHING); Ludwick
struck out; Ankiel singled to center; DeRosa struck out; Ankiel
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2.
ASTROS 9TH: SCHUMAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); FRANKLIN
REPLACED ANKIEL (PITCHING); THURSTON REPLACED CARPENTER (PLAYING
2B); I. Rodriguez singled to center; Coste doubled to center [I.
Rodriguez scored]; KEPPINGER BATTED FOR VALVERDE; Keppinger
singled to left [Coste to third]; Bourn flied to left; Matsui
reached on a fielder's choice [Coste out at home (second to
catcher), Keppinger to second]; Tejada singled to left
[Keppinger scored, Matsui to second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Astros 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 3 8 0 3
Astros 4 12 0 9
