Houston 2, St. Louis 1

Preview - Box Score - Recap - Series Breakdown

(100-62)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Houston 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 6 0 WP: C. Qualls (1-0) S: B. Lidge (3) LP: J. Marquis (0-1)	(89-73)

Scoring Summary

Top 4th: St. Louis

- A. Pujols hit sacrifice fly to right center, D. Eckstein scored

Bot 4th: Houston

- J. Lane homered to deep left

Bot 7th: Houston

- M. Ensberg hit sacrifice fly to center, W. Taveras scored

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Series Avg
D. Eckstein ss	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	.154
J. Edmonds cf	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.231
J. Rodriguez ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
S. Taguchi cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Pujols 1b	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	.429
L. Walker rf	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.167
R. Sanders lf	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.200
J. Mabry 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167
Y. Molina c	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
M. Grudzielanek 2b	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.133
J. Suppan p	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
J. Marquis p	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Totals	29	1	5	1	3	7	13

Batting 2B - J Edmonds (1, B Backe). SF - A Pujols. RBI - A Pujols (3). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Mabry 1. GIDP - J Edmonds, J Mabry. Team LOB - 5.

Fielding E - J Marquis (1, bunt).

Houston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Series Avg
C. Biggio 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.267
B. Lidge p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Burke cf-lf	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.333
L. Berkman lf-1b	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.286
M. Ensberg 3b	3	0	2	1	0	0	4	.231
M. Lamb 1b	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250
D. Wheeler p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
E. Bruntlett 2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Lane rf	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	.214
B. Ausmus c	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	.214
A. Everett ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.312
B. Backe p	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
M. Gallo p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Qualls p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
O. Palmeiro ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
W. Taveras pr-cf	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Totals	29	2	6	2	6	6	22

Batting HR - J Lane (1, 4th inning off J Suppan 0 on, 1 Out). S - C Biggio. SF - M Ensberg. RBI - J Lane (2), M Ensberg (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Everett 2, C Biggio 1, M Lamb 1, M Ensberg 1. Team LOB - 11.

Fielding DP - 2 (C Biggio-A Everett-M Lamb, E Bruntlett-A Everett-L Berkman).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Series ERA
J. Suppan	5.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	1.80
J. Marquis (L, 0-1)	3.0	3	1	0	3	1	0	0.00
Houston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Series ERA
B. Backe	5.2	2	1	1	3	7	0	1.59
M. Gallo	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
C. Qualls (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
D. Wheeler (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
B. Lidge (S, 3)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.25

Pitches-strikes - J Suppan 93-55; J Marquis 50-26; B Backe 81-52; M Gallo 1-1; C Qualls 9-7; D Wheeler 13-15; B Lidge 17-13.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Suppan 7-3; J Marquis 4-5; B Backe 7-3; M Gallo 1-0; C Qualls 2-1; D Wheeler 0-3; B Lidge 3-0.

Batters faced - J Suppan 21; J Marquis 16; B Backe 21; M Gallo 1; C Qualls 3; D Wheeler 4; B Lidge 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Larry Poncino. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Tim Mcclelland. LF--Greg Gibson. RF--Wally Bell. Ejections: ST LOUIS' La Russa by Cuzzi (7th), ST LOUIS' Edmonds by Cuzzi (8th). Time: 3:11. (Plus other delay totaling 2 minutes in the 7th). Attendance: 43,010. Weather: INDOORS st 10-16-05 19:59 et

Game Notes

ST. LOUIS MANAGER TONY LARUSSA HAS BEEN EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE PHIL CUZZI IN THE SEVENTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

ST. LOUIS' JIM EDMONDS HAS BEEN EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE PHIL CUZZI IN THE EIGHTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Updated on Monday, Oct 17, 2005 2:29 am ET