BATTING - 2B: Pujols 2 (42,off W. Rodriguez,off Gervacio); DeRosa (10,off W. Rodriguez).
HR: DeRosa 2 (10,3rd inning off W. Rodriguez 0 on 2 out,6th inning off Paronto
0 on 0 out).
SH: Lohse (5,off W. Rodriguez).
SF: Lugo (2,off W. Rodriguez).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - CS: Ludwick (2,2nd base by Gervacio/Quintero).
Starting Lineups:
St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros
1. Lugo 2b Bourn cf
2. Ryan ss Tejada ss
3. Pujols 1b Berkman 1b
4. Holliday lf Lee lf
5. Ludwick rf Blum 3b
6. DeRosa 3b Pence rf
7. LaRue c Matsui 2b
8. Schumaker cf Quintero c
9. Lohse p W. Rodriguez p
CARDINALS 1ST: Lugo flied to left; Ryan struck out; Pujols
doubled to right; Holliday singled to left [Pujols scored];
Ludwick singled to center [Holliday to third]; DeRosa doubled to
right [Holliday scored, Ludwick scored, DeRosa out at third
(right to second to catcher to third)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Bourn flied to left; Tejada homered to left; Berkman
lined to third; Lee flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Astros 1.
CARDINALS 2ND: LaRue singled to center; Schumaker singled to
center [LaRue to third]; Lohse out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Schumaker to second]; Lugo out on a sacrifice fly to
right [LaRue scored, Schumaker to third]; Ryan singled to
shortstop [Schumaker scored]; Pujols forced Ryan (third to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Blum grounded out (first to pitcher); Pence struck
out; Matsui grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1.
CARDINALS 3RD: Holliday struck out; Ludwick flied to center;
DeRosa homered to left; LaRue grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Quintero flied to right; W. Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Bourn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 1.
CARDINALS 4TH: Schumaker struck out; Lohse struck out (catcher
to first); Lugo singled to third; Ryan grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Tejada grounded out (shortstop to first); Berkman
singled to second; Lee grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Berkman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Astros 1.
CARDINALS 5TH: Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first);
Holliday popped to shortstop; Ludwick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Blum doubled to center; Pence lined to second;
Matsui walked; Quintero singled to left [Blum scored, Matsui to
second]; BOONE BATTED FOR W. RODRIGUEZ; Boone struck out; Bourn
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 2.
CARDINALS 6TH: PARONTO REPLACED BOONE (PITCHING); DeRosa homered
to left; LaRue singled to right; Schumaker singled to right
[LaRue to second]; On a bunt Lohse made an out to first; Lugo
struck out; Ryan forced Schumaker (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 2.
ASTROS 6TH: Tejada grounded out (shortstop to first); Berkman
homered to left-center; Lee struck out; Blum grounded out (first
to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3.
CARDINALS 7TH: GERVACIO REPLACED PARONTO (PITCHING); Pujols
doubled to left; Holliday singled to right [Pujols to third];
Ludwick hit into a double play (first to shortstop) [Pujols out
at home (shortstop to catcher), Holliday out at second]; Ludwick
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3.
ASTROS 7TH: MOTTE REPLACED LOHSE (PITCHING); Pence was called
out on strikes; Matsui struck out; Quintero singled to center;
KEPPINGER BATTED FOR GERVACIO; Keppinger grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3.
CARDINALS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED KEPPINGER (PITCHING); DeRosa
grounded out (third to first); LaRue grounded out (pitcher to
first); Schumaker singled to right; K. GREENE BATTED FOR MOTTE;
K. Greene forced Schumaker (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3.
ASTROS 8TH: MCCLELLAN REPLACED K. GREENE (PITCHING); Bourn
struck out; Tejada struck out; Berkman grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3.
CARDINALS 9TH: HAWKINS REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); RASMUS BATTED
FOR LUGO; Rasmus lined to shortstop; Ryan popped to first;
Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Astros 3.
ASTROS 9TH: RASMUS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SCHUMAKER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Lee lined to third; Blum
grounded out (second to first); Pence flied to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cardinals 7 15 0 5
Astros 3 6 0 3
