St. Louis Cardinals
Houston Astros
5
–
1
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Pitching
St. Louis Cardinals
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel PineiroW | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 19 |
| Brad Thompson | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Blake Hawksworth | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 |
Houston Astros
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike HamptonL | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| Jose Valverde | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Russ Ortiz | 2.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 |
| Tim Byrdak | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Geoff Geary | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Scoring Summary
▲ 3rd
Colby Rasmus triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Pence. Chris Duncan scores. Jason LaRue scores.
2–0
▲ 6th
Rick Ankiel singles on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Pence. Tyler Greene scores. Albert Pujols to 3rd. Rick Ankiel to 2nd.
3–0
▲ 6th
Khalil Greene hits a ground-rule double (1) on a fly ball to center field. Albert Pujols scores. Rick Ankiel scores.
5–0
▼ 9th
John Gall doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Colby Rasmus. Chris Johnson scores.
5–1
Box Score
St. Louis Cardinals
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFSkip Schumaker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CBryan Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3BTyler Greene | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3BBrett Wallace | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1BAlbert Pujols | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RFBrian Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1BAllen Craig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| CFRick Ankiel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| LFJon Jay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SSKhalil Greene | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SSBrendan Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LFChris Duncan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2BJoe Thurston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJason LaRue | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PBrad Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PBlake Hawksworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CFColby Rasmus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PJoel Pineiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston Astros
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2BKazuo Matsui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2BDrew Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CFJason Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LFMatt Kata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1BLance Berkman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3BChris Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3BGeoff Blum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1BJohn Gall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RFHunter Pence | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DHDarin Erstad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CLou Santangelo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SSTommy Manzella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CFBrian Bogusevic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SSEdwin Maysonet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHumberto Quintero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PMike Hampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJose Valverde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PRuss Ortiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PTim Byrdak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PGeoff Geary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |