1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	7	12	1
St. Louis	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	11	1

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lugo ss Spiers 2b Hidalgo cf-lf L Berkman lf G Barker pr-cf Alou rf D Ward 1b Meluskey c Truby 3b Mcknight p Franklin p a-R Cedeno ph M Valdes p Dotel p Totals	4 4 3 3 0 5 4 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 35	2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	2 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12	0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7	0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7	1 2 1 3 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17	.279 .303 .306 .292 .220 .357 .255 .313 .268 .000 .000 .278 .000 .031

a-grounded to shortstop for Franklin in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: L Berkman (24, Andy Benes); Alou (28, Andy Benes); Truby (14, Alan Benes).
HR: Hidalgo (42, 9th inning off Ge Stechschulte 0 on, 2 out).
SF: L Berkman 2.
Rbi: Alou 2 (110), Truby 2 (57), L Berkman 2 (62), Hidalgo (117).
2-out rbi: Alou, Hidalgo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alou 1,: D Ward 1.
Gidp: Spiers.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lugo 2 (18, 2nd base off Andy Benes/Ca Hernandez 2); Hidalgo 2 (13, 2nd base off Andy Benes/Ca Hernandez 2).

FIELDING
E: Hidalgo (7, fly ball).
DP: 2 (Lugo-D Ward, Spiers-Lugo-D Ward).

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b Saturria cf d-Edmonds ph P Polanco ss Drew cf Ge Stechschulte p e-R Lankford ph W Clark 1b F Tatis 3b T Howard rf Ed Perez lf Ca Hernandez c Alan Benes p b-Paquette ph-2b Andy Benes p a-Marrero ph-c c-M Mcgwire ph M Matheny c Totals	4 0 0 5 3 0 1 4 4 4 3 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 36	0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5	0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11	0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	3 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 20	.301 .000 .298 .322 .300 .000 .260 .340 .262 .200 .302 .248 .500 .250 .087 .232 .304 .263

a-grounded to third for Andy Benes in the 5th; b-flied to left for Alan Benes in the 7th; c-flied to center for Marrero in the 8th; d-walked for Saturria in the 9th; e-struck out for Ge Stechschulte in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: W Clark (13, Mcknight); Marrero (3, Mcknight); P Polanco (12, Mcknight).
SF: Ed Perez.
Rbi: P Polanco 3 (35), Ed Perez (10), W Clark (29).
2-out rbi: P Polanco 3, W Clark.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: W Clark 1, M Mcgwire 2.
Gidp: Ed Perez, T Howard.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Ca Hernandez (8, throw).
DP: 2 (F Tatis-W Clark, P Polanco-Paquette-W Clark).


Pitching

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mcknight (W, 3-1) Franklin (H, 7) M Valdes (H, 8) Dotel (S, 15)	6 2/3 1/3 1 1	8 0 2 1	4 0 0 1	2 0 0 1	1 1 0 1	2 0 0 3	0 0 0 0	4.85 4.05 4.72 5.25

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andy Benes (L, 10-9) Alan Benes Ge Stechschulte	5 2 2	5 4 3	5 1 1	4 1 1	3 0 0	4 2 1	0 0 1	5.08 5.86 5.96

WP: M Valdes.
HBP: Lugo (by Andy Benes); F Tatis (by M Valdes).
Pitches-strikes: Andy Benes 94-49; Alan Benes 30-19; Ge Stechschulte 29-17; Mcknight 102-68; Franklin 7-2; M Valdes 16-12;: Dotel 20-13.
Ground balls-fly balls: Andy Benes 3-7; Alan Benes 1-3; Ge Stechschulte 5-0; Mcknight 9-9; Franklin 0-1; M Valdes 2-1;: Dotel 0-0.
Batters faced: Andy Benes 23; Alan Benes 10;: Ge Stechschulte 8; Mcknight 29; Franklin 2; M Valdes 5; Dotel 5.
Umpires: HP: Ron Kulpa. 1B--Randy Marsh. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Marty Foster.
T: 3:05.
Att: 33,730.
Weather: 66 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 2 mph,: left to right.