1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Houston	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	8	13	3
St. Louis	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	8	3

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
R Cedeno lf Lugo ss Bagwell 1b Hidalgo cf Alou rf Meluskey c Spiers 2b Truby 3b W Miller p a-D Ward ph G Barker pr Franklin p Slusarski p M Valdes p b-L Berkman ph Dotel p Jose Cabrera p Totals	5 5 3 5 4 3 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38	1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8	4 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13	0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5	1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	0 5 0 2 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17	.274 .280 .317 .304 .355 .310 .304 .266 .118 .259 .220 .000 .111 .000 .292 .031 .000

a-singled for W Miller in the 7th; b-walked for M Valdes in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Bagwell 2 (35, Hentgen, Veres); Meluskey (19, Christiansen).
HR: Hidalgo (40, 3rd inning off Hentgen 0 on, 1 out); Truby (11, 10th inning off Ge Stechschulte 2 on, 1 out).
S: R Cedeno, Meluskey.
Rbi: Hidalgo 2 (115), Meluskey (67), Bagwell (123), Truby 3 (55).
2-out rbi: Hidalgo, Bagwell.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Spiers 2, Alou 1, Truby 1, Hidalgo 1.
Gidp: Truby, Lugo.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: R Cedeno (10, 2nd base by Hentgen/M Matheny); G Barker (6, 2nd base by Hentgen/M Matheny).

FIELDING
E: R Cedeno (3, fly ball); Spiers (8, throw); Truby (12, throw).
DP: 3 (Lugo-Bagwell, W Miller-Lugo, Truby-Bagwell).

ST LOUIS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Vina 2b P Polanco pr-2b Drew rf Edmonds cf W Clark 1b Paquette 1b F Tatis 3b R Lankford lf Renteria ss M Matheny c Hentgen p a-M Mcgwire ph James p Christiansen p Veres p b-T Howard ph Alan Benes p Ge Stechschulte p Totals	2 2 4 3 2 3 5 4 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 38	1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6	2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8	0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7	0 0 2 1 0 3 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18	.302 .318 .303 .299 .336 .244 .269 .255 .280 .263 .143 .306 .000 .000 .000 .190 .500 .000

a-flied to center for Hentgen in the 7th; b-struck out for Veres in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: M Matheny (21, W Miller); Paquette (24, Dotel).
HR: R Lankford (24, 4th inning off W Miller 0 on, 0 out).
Rbi: W Clark 2 (28), R Lankford 2 (63), Paquette (54).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: F Tatis 1, M Matheny 2.
Gidp: Renteria 2.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: F Tatis (7, throw); Renteria 2 (24, throw 2).
Outfield assists: Drew (Bagwell at 2nd base).
DP: 3 (M Matheny-Vina, P Polanco-Renteria-Paquette, Renteria-Paquette).


Pitching

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
W Miller Franklin Slusarski M Valdes Dotel (W, 3-5) Jose Cabrera (S, 2)	6 1 1/3 2/3 1 2/3 1/3	6 0 1 0 1 0	4 1 0 0 1 0	3 0 0 0 1 0	2 0 0 0 3 0	4 0 0 0 3 0	1 0 0 0 0 0	5.30 4.12 3.67 4.80 5.22 5.79

ST LOUIS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hentgen James (H, 10) Christiansen (Bs, 3) Veres Alan Benes (L, 2-2) Ge Stechschulte	7 1/3 1/3 1 1/3 1/3 2/3	10 0 1 1 0 1	3 1 0 1 2 1	3 0 0 1 2 1	2 0 0 1 2 0	5 0 0 1 0 1	1 0 0 0 0 1	4.42 3.00 5.21 2.89 5.93 6.10

Franklin pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP: Hentgen.
Ibb: Spiers (by Alan Benes).
HBP: Vina (by W Miller); Bagwell (by James).
Pitches-strikes: Hentgen 116-83; James 5-2; Christiansen 11-6; Veres 18-12; Alan Benes 11-3; Ge Stechschulte 10-7; W Miller 102-63; Franklin 19-13; Slusarski 10-7; M Valdes 4-2; Dotel 49-27; Jose Cabrera 3-2.
Ground balls-fly balls: Hentgen 6-7; James 0-1; Christiansen 1-0; Veres 2-1; Alan Benes 1-0; Ge Stechschulte 1-0; W Miller 7-6; Franklin 1-2; Slusarski 1-0; M Valdes 2-0; Dotel 0-2; Jose Cabrera 0-1.
Batters faced: Hentgen 29; James 2; Christiansen 3; Veres 6; Alan Benes 3; Ge Stechschulte 3; W Miller 26; Franklin 4; Slusarski 3; M Valdes 1; Dotel 9; Jose Cabrera 1.
Umpires: HP: Angel Hernandez. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Randy Marsh.
T: 3:58.
Att: 39,155.
Weather: 90 degrees, clear.
Wind: 9 mph, in from right.