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HOU 4, STL 6
Cardinals win series, 4-3
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By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
Carlos Beltran continued his torrid postseason by crushing his sixth homer in seven games in the first inning, but Houston dropped Game 2 after Dan Miceli gave up two solo homers in the eighth. Full story >
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 Scott Rolen bashed two homers on Thursday to help lead the Cards to a 2-0 series lead. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)
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By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
St. Louis took command of the NLCS thanks to back-to-back solo home runs by Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen off Dan Miceli in the eighth inning. Larry Walker and Rolen also had two-run shots in the fifth. Full story >
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| Houston | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Biggio, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .300 |
| Miceli, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Beltran, CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
| Bagwell, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Berkman, RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 |
| Kent, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .250 |
| 1-Everett, PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ensberg, 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 |
| Vizcaino, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Ausmus, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Munro, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Harville, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Bruntlett, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Wheeler, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Palmeiro, PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 | |
a-Grounded into a forceout for Harville in the 6th. b-Flied out for Wheeler in the 8th.
1-Ran for Kent in the 9th.
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BATTING
2B: Kent (1, Morris), Berkman (1, Calero).
HR: Beltran (2, 1st inning off Morris, 0 on, 1 out), Ensberg (1, 4th inning off Morris, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Biggio; Beltran 4; Berkman 3; Kent 2; Ensberg 5; Vizcaino 2; Ausmus.
RBI: Beltran (3), Ensberg 2 (2), Berkman (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Biggio 2, Ensberg 2, Bagwell 2.
Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING
SB: Berkman (1, 3rd base off Calero/Matheny).
CS: Bagwell (1, 2nd base by Morris/Matheny), Ensberg (1, 2nd base by Calero/Matheny).
PO: Bagwell (1st base by Matheny).
FIELDING
E: Munro (1, pickoff).
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| St. Louis | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Womack, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| Walker, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .444 |
| Pujols, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .714 |
| Rolen, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .375 |
| Edmonds, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 |
| Renteria, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| Sanders, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 |
| Isringhausen, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matheny, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Morris, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Anderson, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kline, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Calero, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-Cedeno, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Tavarez, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Taguchi, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |
a-Walked for Morris in the 5th. b-Struck out for Calero in the 7th.
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BATTING
2B: Edmonds (2, Munro).
HR: Walker (1, 5th inning off Munro, 1 on, 2 out), Rolen 2 (2, 5th inning off Harville, 1 on, 2 out; 8th inning off Miceli, 0 on, 0 out), Pujols (2, 8th inning off Miceli, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Womack; Walker 4; Pujols 6; Rolen 8; Edmonds 2; Matheny.
RBI: Walker 2 (3), Rolen 3 (4), Pujols (3).
2-out RBI: Walker 2, Rolen 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rolen, Walker, Sanders 2.
S: Morris.
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING
SB: Womack (2, 2nd base off Munro/Ausmus).
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Sanders (Vizcaino at 2nd base).
DP: (Matheny-Pujols-Womack).
Pickoffs: Matheny (Bagwell at 1st base).
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Kline pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
WP: Morris 2.
Balk: Morris.
IBB: Ausmus (by Morris).
Pitches-strikes: Munro 80-47, Harville 9-7, Wheeler 19-14, Miceli 17-13, Morris 86-56, Kline 3-2, Calero 28-18, Tavarez 11-7, Isringhausen 16-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Munro 6-4, Harville 0-0, Wheeler 1-3, Miceli 2-1, Morris 2-6, Kline 0-0, Calero 2-2, Tavarez 2-1, Isringhausen 0-3.
Batters faced: Munro 21, Harville 2, Wheeler 6, Miceli 5, Morris 24, Kline 2, Calero 8, Tavarez 3, Isringhausen 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Harville 1-1, Calero 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Eric Cooper. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: Mike Winters. 3B: Angel Hernandez. LF: Ed Rapuano. RF: Tim Welke.
Weather: 48 degrees, rain.
Wind: 12 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:02 (:28 delay).
Att: 52,347.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball and the Office of the Commissioner
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