St. Louis 4, Houston 1

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(87-50)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 9 0 Houston 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 WP: J. Marquis (11-13) LP: W. Rodriguez (9-7)	(72-64)

Scoring Summary

Bot 4th: Houston

- L. Berkman homered to deep left

Top 6th: St. Louis

- J. Edmonds singled to right center, A. Nunez and H. Luna scored

- Y. Molina singled to center, J. Edmonds scored, A. Pujols to second

Top 8th: St. Louis

- Y. Molina singled to left, D. Eckstein scored, A. Pujols to second

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Eckstein ss	5	1	2	0	0	2	3	.282
J. Edmonds cf	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	.269
A. Pujols 1b	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.334
Y. Molina c	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	.262
M. Grudzielanek 2b	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.296
S. Taguchi rf	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.294
A. Nunez 3b	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	.297
H. Luna lf	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	.287
J. Marquis p	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.342
Totals	31	4	9	4	3	7	15

Batting 2B - D Eckstein (22, B Duckworth). S - J Marquis 2. RBI - J Edmonds 2 (77), Y Molina 2 (45). 2-out RBI - J Edmonds 2, Y Molina. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Grudzielanek 1, D Eckstein 1, S Taguchi 1. GIDP - A Pujols, H Luna. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running SB - A Pujols (14, 3rd base off S Strickland/R Chavez). CS - S Taguchi (2, 2nd base by B Duckworth/R Chavez).    Fielding Outfield assists - H Luna (L Berkman at 3rd base). DP - 1 (D Eckstein-A Pujols).

Houston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
W. Taveras cf	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290
C. Burke 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.246
M. Ensberg 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.277
L. Berkman 1b	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.294
J. Lane rf	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	.261
L. Scott lf	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.196
A. Everett ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.249
R. Chavez c	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180
C. Biggio ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268
B. Ausmus c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
W. Rodriguez p	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.156
M. Lamb ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.207
B. Duckworth p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
S. Strickland p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
O. Palmeiro ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304
M. Gallo p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	30	1	5	1	0	5	4

Batting HR - L Berkman (16, 4th inning off J Marquis 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - L Berkman (58). 2-out RBI - L Berkman. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Everett 1. GIDP - M Ensberg. Team LOB - 2.

Fielding DP - 2 (A Everett-C Burke-L Berkman, M Ensberg-C Burke-L Berkman).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Marquis (W, 11-13)	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	4.25
Houston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
W. Rodriguez (L, 9-7)	6.0	4	3	3	2	4	0	5.85
B. Duckworth	1.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	11.02
S. Strickland	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
M. Gallo	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.87

IBB - A Pujols (by B Duckworth).

HBP - H Luna (by W Rodriguez).

Pitches-strikes - J Marquis 98-71; W Rodriguez 95-62; B Duckworth 30-17; S Strickland 9-6; M Gallo 12-7.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Marquis 16-5; W Rodriguez 8-6; B Duckworth 1-0; S Strickland 0-1; M Gallo 2-1.

Batters faced - J Marquis 30; W Rodriguez 23; B Duckworth 8; S Strickland 2; M Gallo 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Angel Hernandez. 1B--Tom Hallion. 2B--Brian Knight. 3B--Greg Gibson. Time: 2:19. Attendance: 38,277. Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Sunday, Sep 4, 2005 4:33 pm ET