Cardinals 4, Astros 1
ST. LOUIS HOUSTON ab r h bi ab r h bi
Vina 2b 4 1 2 0 Lugo ss 4 0 1 0
Planco 3b 2 1 1 1 JVzcno 2b 3 1 1 0
Edmnd cf 3 1 0 0 Bgwell 1b 3 0 0 0
McGwr 1b 3 1 1 3 Brkmn lf 4 0 2 1
Pujols rf 3 0 0 0 Alou rf 3 0 0 0
Pquette lf 4 0 1 0 Hidalgo cf 4 0 1 0
Rnteria ss 3 0 0 0 Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Mrrero c 4 0 0 0 Asmus c 2 0 0 0
MMoris p 3 0 0 0 Esebio c 1 0 0 0
Timlin p 0 0 0 0 WMillr p 2 0 0 0
- Merced ph 1 0 0 0
- NCruz p 0 0 0 0
- MJcksn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4 Totals 31 1 5 1
St. Louis 100 003 000 - 4
Houston 100 000 000 - 1
DP—St. Louis 1, Houston 2. LOB—St. Louis 4, Houston 6. 2B—Vina (20). HR—Polanco (2), McGwire (12). SB—Berkman (5). S—Polanco.Team/Pitcher IP R ER BB SO St. Louis
MMorris W,12-5 8 1 1 2 9
Timlin S,3 1 0 0 1 1
Houston
WMiller L,11-5 7 4 4 4 3
NCruz 1 0 0 1 0
MJackson 1 0 0 0 0
Umpires—Home, Cooper; First, Crawford; Second, Gorman; Third, Eddings. T—2:40. A—38,523 (40,950).