1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	7	10	0
Pittsburgh	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	9	1

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
P Polanco 2b R Lankford lf M Mcgwire 1b Edmonds cf Paquette 3b Drew rf Renteria ss Marrero c Andy Benes p a-E Davis ph James p J Rodriguez p Veres p Totals	5 2 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 37	1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7	3 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10	3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6	0 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 12	0 0 3 6 0 0 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 20	.379 .207 .324 .379 .289 .308 .266 .205 .158 .304 .000 .000 .000

a-walked for Andy Benes in the 8th.

BATTING
3B: Marrero (1, Ritchie); P Polanco (1, Sauerbeck).
HR: M Mcgwire (18, 1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 1 out).
Rbi -: M Mcgwire 3 (42), P Polanco 3 (11), R Lankford (15).
2-out rbi -: P Polanco, M Mcgwire.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Marrero 2, Edmonds 3.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
CS: R Lankford (2, 2nd base by Mi Williams/Kendall).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: R Lankford (W Cordero at 2nd base).

PITTSBURGH	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
W Morris 2b Kendall c Vander Wal rf Giles cf W Cordero lf I Cruz 1b Meares ss Sojo 3b Ritchie p J Wallace p Jo Silva p a-Aven ph Sauerbeck p Mi Williams p b-K Young ph Totals	5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 35	0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6	1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6	.238 .336 .328 .344 .291 .200 .242 .303 .300 .000 .000 .245 .000 .000 .252

a-grounded to shortstop for Jo Silva in the 7th; b-flied to right for Mi Williams in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: W Cordero (13, Veres).
HR: Giles (12, 1st inning off Andy Benes 1 on, 2 out); Sojo (4, 7th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 2 out); Kendall (3, 8th inning off James 0 on, 1 out); Meares (4, 9th inning off Veres 0 on, 0 out).
Rbi: Giles 2 (44), Sojo (14), Kendall (14), Meares (20).
2-out rbi: Giles 2, Sojo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: I Cruz 2.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Sojo (4, throw).


Pitching

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andy Benes (W, 4-2) James J Rodriguez (H, 1) Veres (S, 8)	7 1/3 1/3 1 1/3	6 1 0 2	3 1 0 1	3 1 0 1	1 1 0 0	5 0 0 1	2 1 0 1	4.04 3.68 0.00 3.43

PITTSBURGH	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ritchie (L, 2-3) J Wallace Jo Silva Sauerbeck Mi Williams	5 1/3 2/3 1 2/3 1 1/3	7 0 1 2 0	5 0 0 2 0	5 0 0 2 0	4 1 0 1 0	6 1 2 2 1	1 0 0 0 0	4.25 2.31 4.72 3.60 2.08

Pitches-strikes: Ritchie 97-56; J Wallace 15-9; Jo Silva 19-14; Sauerbeck 18-12; Mi Williams 15-10; Andy Benes 110-73; James 15-8; J Rodriguez 5-2; Veres 23-16.
Ground balls-fly balls: Ritchie 6-4; J Wallace 0-1; Jo Silva 1-0; Sauerbeck 0-0; Mi Williams: 0-2; Andy Benes 6-9; James 1-0; J Rodriguez 0-1; Veres 1-2.
Batters faced: Ritchie 28; J Wallace 3; Jo Silva 4; Sauerbeck 5; Mi Williams 3;: Andy Benes 27; James 3; J Rodriguez 1; Veres 6.
Umpires: HP: Tony Randazzo. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Ed Montague.
T: 3:01.
Att: 33,034.
Weather: 63 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 2 mph,: out to left.