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Series: Game 2 of 3

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Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/20)

Game 1: Friday, September 19
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Game 2: Saturday, September 20
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Game 3: Sunday, September 21
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Astros 2

(84-70, 39-41 away)

Cardinals 3

(80-76, 47-33 home)

2:10 PM ET, September 20, 2003

Busch Stadium I, St. Louis, Missouri 

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W: J. Simontacchi (9-5)

L: D. Miceli (2-4)

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Houston - Top of 1st		SCORE
Brett Tomko pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
C Biggio grounded out to first.00
G Blum popped out to second.00
J Bagwell walked.00
J Kent grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Bagwell out at second.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 1st		SCORE
Tim Redding pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
F Vina singled to left.00
E Marrero lined out to third.00
A Pujols grounded into fielder's choice to third, F Vina out at second.00
J Drew walked, A Pujols to second.00
S Rolen grounded out to shortstop.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 2nd		SCORE
Brett Tomko pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
L Berkman grounded out to first.00
R Hidalgo doubled to deep center.00
B Ausmus grounded out to shortstop.00
A Everett struck out swinging.00
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 2nd		SCORE
Tim Redding pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
T Martinez flied out to right.00
E Renteria fouled out to first.00
C Widger grounded out to shortstop.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 3rd		SCORE
Brett Tomko pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
T Redding singled to left.00
C Biggio reached on bunt single to first, T Redding to second.00
G Blum singled to center, T Redding to third, C Biggio to second.00
J Bagwell struck out swinging.00
J Kent singled to right center, T Redding and C Biggio scored, G Blum to second.20
L Berkman struck out swinging.20
R Hidalgo walked, G Blum to third, J Kent to second.20
B Ausmus struck out swinging.20
2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 3rd		SCORE
Tim Redding pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
B Tomko struck out swinging, B Tomko safe at first on wild pitch by T Redding.20
F Vina singled to right center, B Tomko to second.20
E Marrero flied out to center.20
A Pujols flied out to center, B Tomko to third.20
J Drew singled to center, B Tomko scored, F Vina to second.21
S Rolen grounded out to second.21
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 4th		SCORE
Brett Tomko pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
A Everett lined out to third.21
T Redding struck out swinging.21
C Biggio popped out to first.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 4th		SCORE
Tim Redding pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
T Martinez flied out to left.21
E Renteria grounded out to second.21
C Widger struck out looking.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 5th		SCORE
Brett Tomko pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
G Blum grounded out to first.21
J Bagwell flied out to right.21
J Kent flied out to right.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 5th		SCORE
Tim Redding pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
B Tomko grounded out to third.21
F Vina reached on infield single to first.21
E Marrero struck out swinging.21
A Pujols walked, F Vina to second.21
J Drew walked, F Vina to third, A Pujols to second.21
S Rolen fouled out to first.21
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 6th		SCORE
Brett Tomko pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
L Berkman flied out to right.21
R Hidalgo flied out to left.21
B Ausmus struck out swinging.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 6th		SCORE
Ricky Stone pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
R Stone relieved T Redding.21
T Martinez flied out to center.21
E Renteria doubled to deep right center.21
C Widger grounded out to shortstop.21
O Palmeiro hit for B Tomko.21
M Gallo relieved R Stone.21
E Perez hit for O Palmeiro.21
E Perez safe at first on error by second baseman J Kent, E Renteria scored.22
E Perez caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop.22
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
Houston - Top of 7th		SCORE
Cal Eldred pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
C Eldred relieved B Tomko.22
A Everett popped out to first.22
O Merced hit for M Gallo.22
O Merced singled to center.22
C Porter ran for O Merced.22
C Biggio safe at first on error by third baseman S Rolen, C Porter to second.22
G Blum grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, C Biggio out at second.22
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 7th		SCORE
Brad Lidge pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
B Lidge relieved M Gallo.22
B Lidge relieved M Gallo.22
F Vina walked.22
E Marrero struck out looking.22
A Pujols grounded into fielder's choice to third, F Vina out at second.22
J Drew flied out to center.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 8th		SCORE
Cal Eldred pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
J Bagwell lined out to center.22
J Kent grounded out to second.22
L Berkman walked.22
R Hidalgo popped out to second.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 8th		SCORE
Octavio Dotel pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
O Dotel relieved B Lidge.22
J Lane in left field.22
S Rolen flied out to right.22
T Martinez struck out swinging.22
E Renteria struck out swinging.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 9th		SCORE
Jason Isringhausen pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
J Isringhausen relieved C Eldred.22
B Ausmus singled to center.22
A Everett sacrificed to first, B Ausmus to second.22
J Lane struck out swinging.22
C Biggio flied out to right.22
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 9th		SCORE
Octavio Dotel pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
K Robinson hit for C Widger.22
K Robinson struck out swinging.22
M Cairo hit for J Isringhausen.22
M Cairo walked.22
F Vina popped out to shortstop.22
E Marrero struck out swinging.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 10th		SCORE
Mike DeJean pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
M DeJean relieved J Isringhausen.22
K Robinson in right field.22
M Matheny catching.22
G Blum singled to right.22
J Bagwell struck out swinging.22
J Kent struck out looking.22
J Vizcaino hit for O Dotel.22
J Vizcaino flied out to left.22
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 10th		SCORE
Billy Wagner pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
B Wagner relieved O Dotel.22
A Pujols grounded out to third.22
J Drew doubled to deep center.22
S Rolen intentionally walked.22
T Martinez grounded into fielder's choice to first, S Rolen out at second, J Drew to third.22
E Renteria intentionally walked, T Martinez to second.22
S Taguchi hit for K Robinson.22
S Taguchi grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, E Renteria out at second.22
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 11th		SCORE
Mike DeJean pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
S Taguchi in right field.22
R Hidalgo struck out looking.22
B Ausmus walked.22
B Ausmus stole second.22
A Everett flied out to left.22
M Meluskey hit for J Lane.22
M Meluskey struck out looking.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 11th		SCORE
Billy Wagner pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
E Bruntlett in left field.22
M Matheny singled to right.22
M Matheny to second on wild pitch by B Wagner.22
J Edmonds ran for M Matheny.22
F Vina sacrificed to third, J Edmonds to third.22
B Hart hit for M DeJean.22
B Hart struck out looking.22
A Pujols intentionally walked.22
J Drew grounded out to pitcher.22
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 12th		SCORE
Jason Simontacchi pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
J Simontacchi relieved M DeJean.22
J Girardi catching.22
C Biggio walked.22
G Blum sacrificed to third, C Biggio to second.22
J Bagwell walked.22
J Kent popped out to second.22
M Ensberg hit for B Wagner.22
M Ensberg grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Bagwell out at second.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 12th		SCORE
Dan Miceli pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
D Miceli relieved B Wagner.22
S Rolen singled to right.22
S Rolen stole second.22
T Martinez flied out to right, S Rolen to third.22
E Renteria intentionally walked.22
E Renteria to second on fielder's indifference.22
S Taguchi walked.22
J Girardi grounded into fielder's choice to center, S Rolen out at home, E Renteria to third, S Taguchi to second.22
F Vina flied out to center.22
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 13th		SCORE
Jason Simontacchi pitching for St. LouisHOUSTL
R Hidalgo struck out looking.22
B Ausmus popped out to first.22
A Everett flied out to center.22
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
St. Louis - Bottom of 13th		SCORE
Dan Miceli pitching for HoustonHOUSTL
J Simontacchi struck out looking.22
A Pujols homered to left.23
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors