Batting: St. Louis, top of 1st. Pitching: Roy Oswalt C Eli Marrero: Base on balls. 1B Eduardo Perez: SINGLES to shallow left-center. Marrero to second. 2B Miguel Cairo: SINGLES to center Marrero to third. Perez to second. Marrero tries to score... Wilkerson throws home... Marrero scores! Perez to third. Cairo to second. 3B Albert Pujols: SINGLES down the left field line. Perez scores. Cairo to third. SS Edgar Renteria: Lines out to the third baseman. LF J.D. Drew: Flies out to right field. Cairo tags up at third... He scores without a throw. CF Orlando Palmeiro: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... 3 runs, 3 hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 3, Houston 0
Batting: Houston, bottom of 1st. Pitching: Woody Williams C Brad Ausmus: Grounds out to the shortstop. 1B Orlando Merced: Popped out to the shortstop. 2B Jose Vizcaino: Grounds out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 3, Houston 0
Batting: St. Louis, top of 2nd. Pitching: Roy Oswalt RF Damian Jackson: Grounded out to the first baseman via a bunt. P Woody Williams: Flies out to right-center. C Eli Marrero: DOUBLES down the left field line. 1B Eduardo Perez: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: St. Louis 3, Houston 0
Batting: Houston, bottom of 2nd. Pitching: Woody Williams 3B Morgan Ensberg: Flies out to shallow right-center. SS Julio Lugo: Strikes out looking. LF Lance Berkman: Base on balls. CF Brad Wilkerson: Grounds out to the pitcher. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 3, Houston 0
Batting: St. Louis, top of 3rd. Pitching: Roy Oswalt 2B Miguel Cairo: Reaches on a fielding error by the third baseman. 3B Albert Pujols: Strikes out looking. SS Edgar Renteria: Reaches base on an error by the rightfielder. Cairo to second. LF J.D. Drew: Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Renteria out at 2nd base. Cairo to third. CF Orlando Palmeiro: Drew steals second. Throwing error by the catcher, runner to third. Cairo scores. Drew to third. Strikes out swinging. Inning over... one run, no hits, 3 errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 0
Batting: Houston, bottom of 3rd. Pitching: Woody Williams RF Wilfredo Cordero: Grounds out to the second baseman. P Roy Oswalt: Strikes out swinging. C Brad Ausmus: Flies out to short left-center. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 0
Batting: St. Louis, top of 4th. Pitching: Roy Oswalt RF Damian Jackson: Strikes out swinging. P Woody Williams: Strikes out swinging. C Eli Marrero: Grounds out to the second baseman. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 0
Batting: Houston, bottom of 4th. Pitching: Woody Williams 1B Orlando Merced: Grounds out to the second baseman. 2B Jose Vizcaino: Grounds out to the shortstop. 3B Morgan Ensberg: SINGLES to left SS Julio Lugo: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 0
Batting: St. Louis, top of 5th. Pitching: Roy Oswalt 1B Eduardo Perez: SINGLES to shallow right field. 2B Miguel Cairo: Flies out down the left field line. 3B Albert Pujols: DOUBLES to the gap in left-center. Perez to third. SS Edgar Renteria: Grounds out to the pitcher. LF J.D. Drew: Strikes out looking. Inning over... no runs, 2 hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 0
Batting: Houston, bottom of 5th. Pitching: Woody Williams LF Lance Berkman: Grounds out to the shortstop. CF Brad Wilkerson: Flies out to right-center. RF Wilfredo Cordero: SINGLES to right P Roy Oswalt: Grounds out to the first baseman. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 0
Batting: St. Louis, top of 6th. Pitching: Roy Oswalt CF Orlando Palmeiro: Flies out to deep left-center. RF Damian Jackson: Strikes out looking. P Woody Williams: Grounds out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 0
Batting: Houston, bottom of 6th. Pitching: Woody Williams C Brad Ausmus: Grounds out to the shortstop. 1B Orlando Merced: SINGLES to right 2B Jose Vizcaino: Lines out to the third baseman. 3B Morgan Ensberg: Merced steals second. Throwing error by the catcher, runner to third. Merced to third. DOUBLES down the left field line. Merced scores. SS Julio Lugo: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... one run, 2 hits, one error. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 1
Batting: St. Louis, top of 7th. Pitching: Roy Oswalt C Eli Marrero: Strikes out swinging. 1B Eduardo Perez: Grounds out to the shortstop. 2B Miguel Cairo: SINGLES to the gap in right-center. 3B Albert Pujols: New pitcher: Brandon Puffer. Grounds out to the second baseman. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 1
Batting: Houston, bottom of 7th. Pitching: Woody Williams LF Lance Berkman: Strikes out swinging. CF Brad Wilkerson: Grounds out to the shortstop. RF Wilfredo Cordero: Flies out to left-center. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 1
Batting: St. Louis, top of 8th. Pitching: Brandon Puffer SS Edgar Renteria: Grounds out to the first baseman. LF J.D. Drew: Flies out to right-center. CF Orlando Palmeiro: Flies out to right-center. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 1
Batting: Houston, bottom of 8th. Pitching: Woody Williams PH Jeff Bagwell: Grounds out to the shortstop. C Brad Ausmus: New pitcher: Brett Tomko. Base on balls. 1B Orlando Merced: New pitcher: Jason Isringhausen. PH Jose Vidro: Flies out to center field. PH Brian L. Hunter: SINGLES to center Ausmus to second. Ausmus to third. 3B Morgan Ensberg: Flies out to right-center. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 1
Batting: St. Louis, top of 9th. Pitching: Brandon Puffer RF Damian Jackson: New pitcher: Billy Wagner. New 1B: Geoff Blum. New 2B: Craig Biggio. Grounds out to the second baseman. PH Scott Rolen: Flies out to right-center. C Eli Marrero: Popped out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 1
Batting: Houston, bottom of 9th. Pitching: Jason Isringhausen SS Julio Lugo: New pitcher: Al Levine. Lugo thrown out at second by the leftfielder while trying to stretch a single into a double. LF Lance Berkman: Grounds out to the third baseman. CF Brad Wilkerson: SINGLES to right RF Wilfredo Cordero: Flies out to the gap in right-center.
Game over. Score: St. Louis 4, Houston 1