1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	15	0
St. Louis	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	x	10	11	3

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Biggio 2b Meluskey c Bagwell 1b L Berkman rf Alou lf Hidalgo cf Bogar ss a-Spiers ph-ss Lugo pr Truby 3b Dotel p Slusarski p Henry p b-D Ward ph G Barker pr M Valdes p Totals	5 5 5 5 4 5 3 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 41	1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	1 3 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15	2 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6	1 1 2 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16	.256 .297 .284 .296 .347 .289 .136 .307 .299 .313 .034 .000 .000 .216 .194 .000

a-grounded to first for Bogar in the 7th; b-singled for Henry in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: L Berkman (10, Ga Stephenson); Hidalgo (19, James).
3B: Alou (1, Ga Stephenson).
HR: Bagwell 2 (20, 1st inning off Ga Stephenson 0 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Veres 0 on, 0 out); Alou (11, 3rd inning off Ga Stephenson 0 on, 1 out); Hidalgo (21, 3rd inning off Ga Stephenson 0 on, 1 out).
S: Dotel.
Rbi: Bagwell 2 (56), Alou 2 (38), Biggio 2 (25), Meluskey (41), Hidalgo 2 (58).
2-out rbi: Bagwell, Alou, Hidalgo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hidalgo 1, L Berkman 1, Spiers 2, Meluskey 1, Truby 1.
Gidp: Bagwell.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: G Barker (2, 2nd base off Slocumb/M Matheny).

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Renteria ss Drew rf Edmonds cf M Mcgwire 1b R Lankford lf F Tatis 3b Paquette 2b Marrero c M Matheny c Ga Stephenson p a-Ankiel ph M Thompson p James p b-T Howard ph Slocumb p Veres p Totals	4 5 3 2 5 3 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 35	2 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10	1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11	0 1 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10	1 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9	0 1 1 1 7 5 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24	.282 .288 .344 .301 .234 .372 .252 .244 .244 .034 .286 .000 .000 .184 .000 .000

a-struck out for Ga Stephenson in the 4th; b-struck out for James in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Edmonds 2 (16, Slusarski 2).
HR: M Mcgwire (30, 1st inning off Dotel 2 on, 1 out); Paquette (8, 4th inning off Dotel 0 on, 0 out); F Tatis (7, 6th inning off Henry 2 on, 2 out).
Rbi: M Mcgwire 3 (65), Paquette (38), Drew (39), Edmonds 2 (52), F Tatis 3 (31).
2-out rbi: F Tatis 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Paquette 1, F Tatis 3, M Matheny 2.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Marrero (4, 2nd base off Dotel/Meluskey).

FIELDING
E: Drew (5, ground ball); Paquette (6, throw); M Matheny (2, throw).
DP: 1 (F Tatis-Paquette-M Mcgwire).


Pitching

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dotel Slusarski (L, 1-5) Henry M Valdes	3 1/3 2 1 2/3 1	7 2 1 1	6 2 2 0	6 2 2 0	3 2 2 2	5 2 1 1	2 0 1 0	5.77 3.97 4.40 2.00

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ga Stephenson M Thompson (W, 1-1) James (H, 7) Slocumb (H, 9) Veres (S, 16)	4 2 1/3 2/3 1 1	11 1 1 1 1	7 1 0 0 1	6 0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0 2	3 1 0 0 2	3 0 0 0 1	4.30 3.12 4.00 4.35 3.07

WP: Dotel, Veres.
Ibb: M Mcgwire (by Henry).
Pitches-strikes: Ga Stephenson 80-54; M Thompson 32-20; James 11-8; Slocumb 16-9; Veres 36-20; Dotel 82-54; Slusarski 36-20; Henry 29-15; M Valdes 25-10.
Ground balls-fly balls: Ga Stephenson 4-5; M Thompson 2-4; James 1-1; Slocumb 1-2; Veres 0-1; Dotel 1-4; Slusarski 2-2; Henry 2-2; M Valdes 0-2.
Batters faced: Ga Stephenson 22; M Thompson 9; James 3; Slocumb 4; Veres 6; Dotel 20; Slusarski 10; Henry 8; M Valdes 6.
Umpires: HP: Tim Welke. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Mark Wegner. 3B--Ian Lamplugh.
T: 3:34.
Att: 47,675.
Weather: 86 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 12 mph, right to left.