1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	9	1
Houston	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	x	7	9	0

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b Renteria ss R Lankford lf Wainhouse p F Tatis 3b Edmonds cf T Howard rf Paquette 1b Matheny c Andy Benes p a-Davis ph M Thompson p Dunston lf Totals	4 5 4 0 4 3 3 4 4 1 1 0 1 34	0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 9	0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5	1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8	1 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 13	.390 .306 .143 .000 .333 .536 .500 .368 .308 .500 .278 .000 .250

a-singled for Andy Benes in the 6th.

BATTING
2B: Edmonds (4, Dotel).
3B: T Howard (1, Dotel).
HR: Edmonds (4, 2nd inning off Dotel 0 on, 1 out); T Howard (2, 6th inning off Dotel 1 on, 0 out).
S: Andy Benes.
Rbi: Edmonds (9), T Howard 3 (9), Paquette (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: F Tatis 1, Renteria 1.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: F Tatis (1, 2nd base by Dotel/Eusebio).

FIELDING
E: Renteria (2, throw).
DP: 1 (F Tatis-Vina-Paquette).

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
R Cedeno cf Spiers 3b Bagwell 1b Hidalgo lf Alou rf Ru Johnson 2b Eusebio c Bogar ss Dotel p a-Meluskey ph Y Perez p Ja Powell p b-D Ward ph B Wagner p Totals	5 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 32	1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	0 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	2 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10	1 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	.103 .160 .250 .423 .296 .167 .143 .259 .000 .118 .000 .000 .267 .000

a-flied to center for Dotel in the 6th; b-grounded to pitcher for Ja Powell in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Hidalgo 2 (3, Andy Benes, Wainhouse); Bagwell (3, Andy Benes).
HR: Hidalgo (4, 2nd inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 0 out); Alou (3, 2nd inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 0 out); Bogar (1, 6th inning off M Thompson 0 on, 2 out).
Rbi: Hidalgo 3 (10), Alou (6), Eusebio (1), Bagwell (7), Bogar (5).
2-out rbi - Eusebio,: Bagwell, Bogar.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bogar 1,: Alou 1, R Cedeno 1.
Gidp: Ru Johnson.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: R Cedeno (2, 2nd base off Wainhouse/Matheny).
CS: Ru Johnson (1, 2nd base by M Thompson/Matheny).


Pitching

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andy Benes M Thompson (Bs, 1) Wainhouse (L, 0-1)	5 1 2	5 2 2	4 1 2	4 1 1	3 0 2	9 0 1	2 1 0	5.40 2.25 7.50

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dotel Y Perez (W, 1-0) Ja Powell (H, 1) B Wagner (S, 3)	6 1 1/3 2/3 1	9 0 0 0	5 0 0 0	5 0 0 0	3 0 0 0	6 2 0 0	2 0 0 0	5.25 3.00 1.59 0.00

WP: Wainhouse.
Ibb: Alou (by Wainhouse).
Pitches-strikes: Dotel 98-64; Y Perez 18-10; Ja Powell 5-3; B Wagner 7-5; Andy Benes 93-57; M Thompson 16-10; Wainhouse 44-21.
Ground balls- fly balls: Dotel 2-9; Y Perez 1-1; Ja Powell 1-1; B Wagner 1-2;: Andy Benes 2-4; M Thompson 1-1; Wainhouse 3-2.
Batters faced: Dotel 29; Y Perez 4; Ja Powell 2; B Wagner 3; Andy Benes 23;: M Thompson 4; Wainhouse 10.
Umpires: HP: Mark Hirschbeck. 1B--Wally Bell. 2B--Brian Onora. 3B--Dan Iassogna.
T: 2:51.
Att: 38,783.
Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, right to left.