St. Louis Cardinals vs. Houston Astros - Jul 18, 2001

STL

47-46

HOU

52-41

FINAL

Enron Field

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	1	0	1	0	6	1	2	0	0	11	18	2
HOU	4	2	0	0	8	1	2	0	X	17	16	2

WIN

Ron Villone

2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 K, 0 BB

LOSS

Luther Hackman

2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Box Score

STL BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1F. Viña2B	2-5	1	0	1	.309
↳ D. VeresP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
↳ K. RobinsonPH	1-1	0	0	0	.300
2P. Polanco3B	3-6	1	0	1	.329
3J. EdmondsCF	2-5	1	0	1	.289
4M. McGwire1B	2-4	2	1	2	.201
5A. PujolsRF	2-5	1	1	3	.327
6B. BonillaLF	1-3	1	0	0	.218
↳ A. BenesP	0-0	0	0	0	.143
↳ S. Clapp2B	0-1	0	0	0	.200
7E. RenteriaSS	2-5	2	0	0	.240
8E. MarreroC	2-5	1	0	2	.288
9M. MatthewsP	0-1	0	0	0	.071
↳ L. HackmanP	0-1	0	0	0	.000
↳ G. StechschulteP	0-0	0	0	0	.667
↳ C. PaquetteLF	1-2	1	0	1	.248

STL PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
M. Matthews	2.1	5	6	1	3	44-27	3.95
L. Hackman(L, 0-1)	2.0	2	2	1	1	33-17	4.82
G. Stechschulte	0.2	6	5	1	0	21-13	4.60
A. Benes	1.1	3	3	2	2	39-20	7.15
D. Veres	1.2	0	0	2	2	31-16	3.46

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

STL		HOU
18	HITS	16
2	HOME RUNS	4
29	TOTAL BASES	37
2	WALKS	7
14	STRIKEOUTS	8
22	RUNNERS LOB	13

Win Probability

HOU 100.0%

STLEVENHOU

10050100

TOP 9 · STL 11-17 HOU · HOU 100.0%Placido Polanco grounds into a force out, shortstop Julio Lugo to second baseman Craig Biggio. Kerry Robinson out at 2nd. Placido Polanco to 1st.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Mark McGwire 1-run single on a to left fielder Lance Berkman. Fernando Vina scores. Placido Polanco to 2nd.1-0
BOT 1Jeff Bagwell 1-run single on a to center fielder Jim Edmonds. Craig Biggio scores.1-1
BOT 1Moises Alou hits a home run (20). Jeff Bagwell scores. Lance Berkman scores.1-4
BOT 2Brad Ausmus hits a home run (3).1-5
BOT 2Craig Biggio hits a home run (15).1-6
TOP 3Jim Edmonds 1-run single on a to center fielder Richard Hidalgo. Placido Polanco scores.2-6
TOP 5Albert Pujols hits a home run (23). Jim Edmonds scores. Mark McGwire scores.5-6
TOP 5Eli Marrero 2-run double on a to right fielder Moises Alou. Bobby Bonilla scores. Edgar Renteria scores.

Season Series

HOU LEADS 12-7

Box Score

STL BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1F. Viña2B	2-5	1	0	1	.309
↳ D. VeresP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
↳ K. RobinsonPH	1-1	0	0	0	.300
2P. Polanco3B	3-6	1	0	1	.329
3J. EdmondsCF	2-5	1	0	1	.289
4M. McGwire1B	2-4	2	1	2	.201
5A. PujolsRF	2-5	1	1	3	.327
6B. BonillaLF	1-3	1	0	0	.218
↳ A. BenesP	0-0	0	0	0	.143
↳ S. Clapp2B	0-1	0	0	0	.200
7E. RenteriaSS	2-5	2	0	0	.240
8E. MarreroC	2-5	1	0	2	.288
9M. MatthewsP	0-1	0	0	0	.071
↳ L. HackmanP	0-1	0	0	0	.000
↳ G. StechschulteP	0-0	0	0	0	.667
↳ C. PaquetteLF	1-2	1	0	1	.248

STL PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
M. Matthews	2.1	5	6	1	3	44-27	3.95
L. Hackman(L, 0-1)	2.0	2	2	1	1	33-17	4.82
G. Stechschulte	0.2	6	5	1	0	21-13	4.60
A. Benes	1.1	3	3	2	2	39-20	7.15
D. Veres	1.2	0	0	2	2	31-16	3.46

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

STL		HOU
18	HITS	16
2	HOME RUNS	4
29	TOTAL BASES	37
2	WALKS	7
14	STRIKEOUTS	8
22	RUNNERS LOB	13

Win Probability

HOU 100.0%

STLEVENHOU

10050100

TOP 9 · STL 11-17 HOU · HOU 100.0%Placido Polanco grounds into a force out, shortstop Julio Lugo to second baseman Craig Biggio. Kerry Robinson out at 2nd. Placido Polanco to 1st.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Mark McGwire 1-run single on a to left fielder Lance Berkman. Fernando Vina scores. Placido Polanco to 2nd.1-0
BOT 1Jeff Bagwell 1-run single on a to center fielder Jim Edmonds. Craig Biggio scores.1-1
BOT 1Moises Alou hits a home run (20). Jeff Bagwell scores. Lance Berkman scores.1-4
BOT 2Brad Ausmus hits a home run (3).1-5
BOT 2Craig Biggio hits a home run (15).1-6
TOP 3Jim Edmonds 1-run single on a to center fielder Richard Hidalgo. Placido Polanco scores.2-6
TOP 5Albert Pujols hits a home run (23). Jim Edmonds scores. Mark McGwire scores.5-6
TOP 5Eli Marrero 2-run double on a to right fielder Moises Alou. Bobby Bonilla scores. Edgar Renteria scores.

Season Series

HOU LEADS 12-7

TOP 5Fernando Vina 1-run single on a to right fielder Moises Alou. Eli Marrero scores. Fernando Vina out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder Moises Alou to second baseman Craig Biggio.8-6

BOT 5Lance Berkman 1-run double on a to center fielder Jim Edmonds. Jeff Bagwell scores.8-7

BOT 5Moises Alou reaches on a throwing error by second baseman Fernando Vina. Lance Berkman scores. Moises Alou to 2nd.8-8

BOT 5Vinny Castilla 1-run double on a to right fielder Albert Pujols. Moises Alou scores.8-9

BOT 5Brad Ausmus 1-run single on a to right fielder Albert Pujols. Vinny Castilla scores.8-10

BOT 5Craig Biggio 1-run single on a to left fielder Bobby Bonilla. Brad Ausmus scores.8-11

BOT 5Jeff Bagwell hits a home run (26). Craig Biggio scores. Julio Lugo scores.8-14

TOP 6Mark McGwire hits a home run (11).9-14

BOT 6Vinny Castilla 1-run sac fly to left fielder Craig Paquette. Richard Hidalgo scores.9-15

TOP 7Craig Paquette 1-run double. Edgar Renteria scores.10-15

TOP 7Placido Polanco 1-run single on a to right fielder Moises Alou. Craig Paquette scores.11-15

BOT 7Jeff Bagwell 1-run triple. Craig Biggio scores.11-16

BOT 7Lance Berkman 1-run single on a to center fielder Jim Edmonds. Jeff Bagwell scores.11-17

NL Central Standings

NATIONAL LEAGUE

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	93	69	.574	-	W1
St. Louis	93	69	.574	-	L1
Chicago	88	74	.543	5.0	L1
Milwaukee	68	94	.420	25.0	W2
Cincinnati	66	96	.407	27.0	L5
Pittsburgh	62	100	.383	31.0	W1

FULL STANDINGS

St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, Jul 18, 2001