St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 26, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 2001 at Enron Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 3 0 1 0
  Drew ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Polanco 3b,2b 5 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 3
Pujols lf 3 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 2 1 2 0
Paquette rf,3b 4 0 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 1 2 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Saturria lf 0 0 0 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
Lugo ss 4 0 2 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 2 1
Berkman lf 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf 4 0 0 0
Merced rf 3 0 0 0
  Truby ph 1 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Villone p 1 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Barker ph 1 0 0 0
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
St. Louis 000 120 110580
Houston 000 000 001152
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (15-10) 7.0 4 0 0 2 10
  Mathews   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Kline   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Villone  L (6-8) 5.0 4 3 3 2 7
  Cruz   2.0 2 1 0 0 1
  Dotel   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Linebrink   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
3
10

  E–Berkman (6), Merced (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Edmonds (35,off Villone); Matheny (11,off Linebrink).  HR–St. Louis McGwire 2 (27,5th inning off Villone 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Dotel 0 on, 0 out), Houston Bagwell (38,9th inning off Mathews 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kile (5,off Cruz).  SF–Drew (4,off Cruz).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:49.  A–44,203.
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