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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 8 1 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP: S. Hitchcock (2-0) LP: D. Serafini (0-2)

Scoring Summary

Top 6th: St. Louis

-A. Pujols homered to left center, M. Cairo scored

Top 8th: St. Louis

-A. Pujols homered to left center, M. Cairo and B. Hart scored

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B. Hart 2b	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	.276
M. Cairo lf	5	2	3	0	0	0	3	.271
A. Pujols 1b	4	2	2	5	0	0	2	.368
S. Rolen 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.288
E. Perez rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.275
R. Springer p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
E. Renteria ss	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.334
M. Matheny c	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.240
S. Taguchi cf	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.368
O. Palmeiro ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274
C. Eldred p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
S. Kline p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
K. Robinson ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.266
S. Hitchcock p	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
J. Edmonds ph	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.285
Totals	34	5	8	5	4	5	11

Batting 2B - M Cairo (15, D Serafini). HR - A Pujols 2 (37, 6th inning off D Serafini 1 on, 0 Out, 8th inning off D Graves 2 on, 0 Out). RBI - A Pujols 5 (114). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cairo 1, A Pujols 1. GIDP - S Taguchi. Team LOB - 6.

Fielding E - E Renteria (16, line drive).

Cincinnati
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
R. Freel cf	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.274
R. Olmedo ss	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.263
D. Jimenez 2b	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.311
R. Branyan 1b	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.213
S. Smitherman lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250
T. Hummel 3b	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.267
J. LaRue c	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.226
W. Pena rf	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.156
D. Serafini p	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
J. Riedling p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
D. Stenson ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.297
D. Graves p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113
B. Reith p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	31	0	4	0	3	7	13

Batting 2B - J LaRue (19, S Hitchcock). S - D Serafini. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Freel 3, S Smitherman 1. Team LOB - 8.

Fielding DP - 1 (R Olmedo-R Branyan).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
S. Hitchcock (W, 2-0)	6.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0.75
C. Eldred	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.39
S. Kline	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.17
R. Springer	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.08
Cincinnati
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D. Serafini (L, 0-2)	6.0	4	2	2	3	3	1	4.91
J. Riedling	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.30
D. Graves	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	5.37
B. Reith	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.70

Pitches-strikes - S Hitchcock 85-56; C Eldred 27-16; S Kline 12-7; R Springer 15-9; D Serafini 115-78; J Riedling 10-8; D Graves 12-9; B Reith 16-9.

Ground balls-fly balls - S Hitchcock 7-7; C Eldred 1-1; S Kline 2-0; R Springer 0-2; D Serafini 5-10; J Riedling 1-0; D Graves 0-3; B Reith 2-1.

Batters faced - S Hitchcock 23; C Eldred 5; S Kline 3; R Springer 4; D Serafini 24; J Riedling 3; D Graves 6; B Reith 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Scott Nelson. 2B--Larry Young. 3B--Mike Everitt. Time: 2:47. Attendance: 29,272. Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out to center.

Updated on Sunday, Aug 31, 2003 4:16 pm ET