St. Louis 8, Houston 6, 10 innings

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(24-30)	Final 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E St. Louis 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 8 11 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 6 11 0 WP: J. Isringhausen (2-0) LP: D. Wheeler (0-2)	(23-33)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: St. Louis

- D. Eckstein homered to deep left

Top 5th: St. Louis

- J. Encarnacion homered to deep left

- G. Bennett doubled to deep right, R. Ludwick scored

Top 6th: St. Louis

- J. Edmonds singled to right, S. Spiezio scored

Bot 6th: Houston

- H. Pence singled to center, O. Palmeiro scored

Bot 7th: Houston

- M. Ensberg singled to right, L. Scott scored

- L. Berkman grounded into fielder's choice, M. Ensberg scored, E. Munson to third, A. Everett out at second

- M. Loretta grounded into fielder's choice, E. Munson scored, L. Berkman out at second

Top 8th: St. Louis

- A. Pujols homered to deep right

Bot 8th: Houston

- H. Pence homered to deep center

Top 10th: St. Louis

- S. Taguchi homered to deep left

- A. Pujols homered to deep left center, D. Eckstein scored

Bot 10th: Houston

- M. Loretta homered to deep left

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Eckstein ss	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	.284
S. Spiezio 3b	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	.279
A. Pujols 1b	5	2	2	3	0	0	1	.292
J. Edmonds cf	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	.239
J. Encarnacion rf	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.231
R. Ludwick lf	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.246
J. Isringhausen p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
G. Bennett c	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.254
B. Ryan 2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
A. Miles ph-2b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261
B. Looper p	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
R. Flores p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. Franklin p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Taguchi lf	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.258
Totals	40	8	11	8	0	6	6

Batting 2B - R Ludwick (4, J Jennings); G Bennett (3, J Jennings); S Spiezio (8, J Jennings). HR - D Eckstein (2, 1st inning off J Jennings 0 on, 0 Out), J Encarnacion (2, 5th inning off J Jennings 0 on, 0 Out), A Pujols 2 (11, 8th inning off C Qualls 0 on, 2 Out, 10th inning off D Wheeler 1 on, 2 Out), S Taguchi (2, 10th inning off D Wheeler 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - D Eckstein (10), J Encarnacion (8), G Bennett (9), J Edmonds (20), A Pujols 3 (31), S Taguchi (8). 2-out RBI - A Pujols 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Eckstein 1. GIDP - A Pujols. Team LOB - 2.

Fielding Outfield assists - J Encarnacion (L Berkman at 2nd base). DP - 1 (D Eckstein-B Ryan-A Pujols).

Houston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Loretta 2b-3b	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	.328
M. Lamb 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.264
C. Qualls p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Biggio 2b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
H. Pence cf	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	.375
C. Lee lf	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	.313
L. Scott rf	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	.232
M. Ensberg 3b	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.234
D. Wheeler p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
T. Miller p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Lane ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.165
E. Munson c	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.286
B. Ausmus c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236
A. Everett ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218
J. Jennings p	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
O. Palmeiro ph	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.175
D. Borkowski p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
L. Berkman ph-1b	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.238
Totals	40	6	11	6	1	1	11

Batting 2B - L Scott (11, B Looper). HR - H Pence (5, 8th inning off R Franklin 0 on, 0 Out), M Loretta (1, 10th inning off J Isringhausen 0 on, 0 Out). S - A Everett. RBI - H Pence 2 (23), M Ensberg (15), L Berkman (30), M Loretta 2 (13). 2-out RBI - H Pence. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Lane 1, C Lee 1, L Scott 1. GIDP - E Munson. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running SB - H Pence (5, 2nd base off B Looper/G Bennett).    Fielding DP - 1 (M Ensberg-M Loretta-M Lamb).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
B. Looper	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	3.72
R. Flores (H, 5)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.05
R. Franklin (BS, 2)	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.50
J. Isringhausen (W, 2-0)	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1.64
Houston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Jennings	6.0	7	4	4	0	2	2	3.13
D. Borkowski	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38
C. Qualls	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.55
D. Wheeler (L, 0-2)	1.2	3	3	3	0	3	2	4.85
T. Miller	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.75

Pitches-strikes - B Looper 87-52; R Flores 4-4; R Franklin 18-12; J Isringhausen 25-14; J Jennings 80-50; D Borkowski 11-8; C Qualls 17-11; D Wheeler 34-24; T Miller 4-3.

Ground balls-fly balls - B Looper 13-4; R Flores 2-0; R Franklin 3-2; J Isringhausen 2-4; J Jennings 7-9; D Borkowski 2-1; C Qualls 2-1; D Wheeler 2-0; T Miller 0-0.

Batters faced - B Looper 24; R Flores 3; R Franklin 6; J Isringhausen 9; J Jennings 24; D Borkowski 3; C Qualls 4; D Wheeler 8; T Miller 1.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Adrian Johnson. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Gary Cederstrom. 3B--Lance Barksdale. Time: 3:01. Attendance: 40,483. Weather: INDOORS

Game Notes

THE HOME RUN BY ST LOUIS SHORTSTOP DAVID ECKSTEIN LED OFF THE GAME.

Updated on Monday, Jun 4, 2007 4:17 am ET