Cardinals 8, Astros 4

ST. LOUIS HOUSTON <\B> ab r h bi ab r h bi

Vina 2b 6 1 2 0 Biggio 2b 5 0 1 0

Planco 3b 5 0 3 0 Asmus c 5 1 1 0

Perez 1b 2 0 0 0 Bgwell 1b 3 1 2 0

JDrew rf 2 1 1 0 Brkmn cf 5 0 1 2

Pujols lf 4 1 2 3 Hidalgo rf 4 0 1 2

Rbnson lf 0 1 0 0 Ward lf 4 0 0 0

Edmnd cf 4 1 1 0 Ensbrg 3b 3 0 1 0

Rnteria ss 4 0 0 0 AEvrtt ss 3 0 0 0

Difelice c 4 2 3 2 CHrndz p 2 1 1 0

Mrrero rf 4 1 3 2 Stone p 0 0 0 0

TMrtnz 1b 1 0 0 0 Blum ph 0 0 0 0

Morris p 3 0 0 0 NCruz p 0 0 0 0

Timlin p 1 0 0 0 Lnbrnk p 0 0 0 0

Kline p 0 0 0 0 Dotel p 0 0 0 0

Cairo ph 0 0 0 1 Merced ph 1 1 1 0

Hckmn p 0 0 0 0

Totals 40 8 15 8 Totals 35 4 9 4

St. Louis 010 010 123 - 8

Houston 002 000 002 - 4

E—Pujols (1), Renteria (1), Marrero (1). DP—St. Louis 2. LOB—St. Louis 11, Houston 10. 2B—Vina (2), JDrew (2), Pujols (3), Difelice (1), Marrero (2), Berkman (1). 3B—Marrero (1). HR—Pujols (1), Difelice (2), Marrero (1). SF—Pujols, Cairo.Team/Pitcher IP R ER BB SO St. Louis

Morris W,2-0 6 2 0 2 7

Timlin 1 0 0 1 0

Kline 1 0 0 1 1

Hackman 1 2 2 1 0

Houston

CHernandez 5 2 2 2 1

Stone 1 0 0 0 0

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NCruz L,0-1 1 2/ 3 3 0 1

Linebrink 1/3 3 3 1 0

Dotel 1 0 0 0 1

Timlin pitched to 1 batter in the 8th, Linebrink pitched to 5 batters in the 9th. HBP—by Linebrink (Difelice), by Morris (Blum). Umpires—Home, Tim McClelland; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Brian Runge; Third, Jim Wolf. T—3:08. A—36,255 (40,950).

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