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Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals

2000-07-02 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 44796 · 89°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph from RF · 2:59

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–3. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 5th. Scott Elarton earned the win and Marc Valdes picked up the save. Richard Hidalgo went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	6	10
SLN	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	8

W: Scott Elarton L: Darryl Kile SV: Marc Valdes

Umpires — HP: Jim Reynolds · 1B: Mark Wegner · 2B: Ian Lamplugh · 3B: Tim Welke · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julio Lugo	5	0	0	0	0	2
Mitch Meluskey	4	1	1	0	1	1
Jeff Bagwell	4	1	2	3	0	0
Lance Berkman	4	1	1	1	0	3
Richard Hidalgo	4	2	2	2	0	2
Daryle Ward	4	0	1	0	0	2
Chris Truby	4	0	2	0	0	1
Tim Bogar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Elarton	3	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Spiers	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Edgar Renteria	5	0	0	0	0	1
J. D. Drew	3	3	2	1	1	1
Jim Edmonds	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark McGwire	4	0	1	1	0	2
Ray Lankford	3	0	2	1	1	1
Fernando Tatis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Paquette	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Matheny	4	0	1	0	0	1
Darryl Kile	2	0	1	0	0	1
Thomas Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shawon Dunston	1	0	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Elarton	6.0	6	1	7
Jose Cabrera	2.0	1	1	1
Marc Valdes	1.0	1	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	7.0	7	1	10
Heathcliff Slocumb	1.0	3	0	1
Mike James	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julio Lugo: K/C
Mitch Meluskey: 13/G13+
Jeff Bagwell: 8/F8RM

Bot 1

Edgar Renteria: 63/G6S
J. D. Drew: HR/F8RXD+
Jim Edmonds: K/C
Mark McGwire: K

Top 2

Lance Berkman: K
Richard Hidalgo: HR/F7D+
Daryle Ward: 9/F9D+
Chris Truby: S7/L7S
Tim Bogar: 53/G

Bot 2

Ray Lankford: W
Fernando Tatis: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+
Craig Paquette: 63/G6

Top 3

Scott Elarton: 63/G6
Julio Lugo: 9/F9M
Mitch Meluskey: W
Jeff Bagwell: S8/G6M+.1-3
Lance Berkman: K

Bot 3

Mike Matheny: K
Darryl Kile: K
Edgar Renteria: 4/P8RS

Top 4

Richard Hidalgo: HR/F7LD+
Daryle Ward: K
Chris Truby: K/C
Tim Bogar: K/C

Bot 4

J. D. Drew: K/C
Jim Edmonds: 8/F8RM
Mark McGwire: 3/FL/P23F

Top 5

Scott Elarton: S8/P8LS-
Julio Lugo: 9/F89M
Mitch Meluskey: S7/G56.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: HR/F7LD+.2-H;1-H
Lance Berkman: K
Richard Hidalgo: K

Bot 5

Ray Lankford: K/C
Fernando Tatis: E6/G6-
Craig Paquette: 9/F9M
Mike Matheny: S9/L89S-.1-2
Darryl Kile: S7/L7S.2-3;1-2
Edgar Renteria: 8/F8RXD+

Top 6

Daryle Ward: K
Chris Truby: 7/F78D+
Tim Bogar: E4/G34-
Scott Elarton: K

Bot 6

J. D. Drew: T9/L89D+
Jim Edmonds: 3/FL/P23F
Mark McGwire: S7/L78M+.3-H
Ray Lankford: D9/L89M+.1-3
Fernando Tatis: 5/FL/P25F
Craig Paquette: K

Top 7

Julio Lugo: 9/F89M
Mitch Meluskey: 13/G13
Jeff Bagwell: 43/G4+

Bot 7

Mike Matheny: 43/G4
Thomas Howard: 6/P5
Edgar Renteria: 63/G6

Top 8

Lance Berkman: HR/F78XD+
Richard Hidalgo: K
Daryle Ward: S9/G3+
Chris Truby: CS2(24)
Chris Truby: S8/L8LS+
Tim Bogar: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 8

J. D. Drew: W
Jim Edmonds: 5/P2L
Mark McGwire: K+SB2/C
Ray Lankford: D9/L89M+.2-H
Fernando Tatis: 3/P3

Top 9

Bill Spiers: 43/G4
Julio Lugo: K
Mitch Meluskey: K/C

Bot 9

Craig Paquette: 8/F8RD
Mike Matheny: 4/P34D
Shawon Dunston: S7/L7S+
Edgar Renteria: K

Notes & reviews

18 minute rain delay in the ninth

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