St. Louis 7, Houston 3

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(1-0)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 11 0 Houston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 0 WP: C. Carpenter (1-0) S: J. Isringhausen (1) LP: R. Oswalt (0-1)	(0-1)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: St. Louis

- J. Edmonds homered to deep left, L. Walker and S. Rolen scored

Bot 3rd: Houston

- C. Biggio singled to center, W. Taveras scored

Top 6th: St. Louis

- J. Edmonds hit sacrifice fly to deep center, A. Pujols scored, S. Rolen to third

- R. Sanders homered to deep right, S. Rolen scored

Top 7th: St. Louis

- L. Walker homered to deep right

Bot 8th: Houston

- C. Biggio doubled to left, O. Palmeiro and A. Everett scored

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Eckstein ss	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200
L. Walker rf	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	.600
J. Isringhausen p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Pujols 1b	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.400
S. Rolen 3b	5	2	2	0	0	1	4	.400
J. Edmonds cf	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	.500
M. Grudzielanek 2b	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250
R. Sanders lf	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	.333
J. Tavarez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. King p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Mabry rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Y. Molina c	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
C. Carpenter p	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Reyes p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Taguchi lf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	37	7	11	7	2	3	11

Batting 2B - S Rolen (1, R Oswalt). HR - J Edmonds (1, 1st inning off R Oswalt 2 on, 2 Out), R Sanders (1, 6th inning off R Oswalt 1 on, 2 Out), L Walker (1, 7th inning off R Springer 0 on, 2 Out). SF - J Edmonds. RBI - J Edmonds 4 (4), R Sanders 2 (2), L Walker (1). 2-out RBI - J Edmonds 3, R Sanders 2, L Walker. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Rolen 1, Y Molina 1. GIDP - S Rolen. Team LOB - 6.

Fielding DP - 1 (D Eckstein-M Grudzielanek-A Pujols).

Houston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Everett ss	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	.000
C. Biggio 2b	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	.750
J. Bagwell 1b	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000
M. Ensberg 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
L. Scott lf	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
C. Burke ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Lane rf	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
B. Ausmus c	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000
W. Taveras cf	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500
R. Oswalt p	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. Springer p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Harville p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
O. Palmeiro ph	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
D. Wheeler p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Vizcaino ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Totals	32	3	7	3	4	3	8

Batting 2B - J Lane (1, C Carpenter); O Palmeiro (1, A Reyes); C Biggio (1, A Reyes); W Taveras (1, R King). S - R Oswalt. RBI - C Biggio 3 (3). 2-out RBI - C Biggio 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Everett 2, B Ausmus 1, M Ensberg 1. GIDP - J Bagwell. Team LOB - 7.

Base Running SB - C Biggio (1, 3rd base off J Tavarez/Y Molina).    Fielding DP - 1 (A Everett-C Biggio-J Bagwell).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C. Carpenter (W, 1-0)	7.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	1.29
A. Reyes	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	27.00
J. Tavarez	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
R. King	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
J. Isringhausen (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Houston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Oswalt (L, 0-1)	6.0	7	6	6	1	2	2	9.00
R. Springer	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	9.00
C. Harville	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
D. Wheeler	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Pitches-strikes - C Carpenter 97-63; A Reyes 21-11; J Tavarez 11-4; R King 12-5; J Isringhausen 6-2; R Oswalt 106-67; R Springer 14-8; C Harville 13-7; D Wheeler 15-12.

Ground balls-fly balls - C Carpenter 14-5; A Reyes 1-1; J Tavarez 0-0; R King 1-1; J Isringhausen 1-0; R Oswalt 9-8; R Springer 3-0; C Harville 1-2; D Wheeler 2-0.

Batters faced - C Carpenter 24; A Reyes 5; J Tavarez 2; R King 4; J Isringhausen 2; R Oswalt 26; R Springer 4; C Harville 5; D Wheeler 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Tony Randazzo. Time: 2:44. Attendance: 43,567. Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 12 mph, out to left.

Updated on Wednesday, Apr 6, 2005 3:36 am ET