Cardinals 10 - 1 Astros
Final
  for this game

Astros, Cards play rubber game of three-game series

Apr 8, 2007 - 4:01 PM St Louis (1-4) at Houston (1-4) 2:05 pm EDT

HOUSTON (Ticker) -- The Houston Astros earned their first win of the season on Saturday. Now they will try to win a series for the first time when they meet the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

Jason Jennings (0-1) will make his second start of the season for Houston. He was acquired from Colorado for pitchers Jason Hirsh and Taylor Buchholz and center fielder Wily Taveras.

The 28-year-old righthander pitched six strong innings in his Houston debut, yielding one run and five hits but did not get a decision. Jennings is 3-3 with a 3.52 ERA in seven career starts against the Cardinals.

St. Louis counters with its own offseason acquisition, righthander Kip Wells (0-1). The Cardinals signed Wells to fill the role of No. 2 starter behind ace Chris Carpenter. The former Pirate gave up four runs - two earned - in six innings last Tuesday in his St. Louis debut - a loss to the New York Mets.

Wells is 3-6 with a 5.03 career ERA against the Astros.

Houston ace Roy Oswalt pitched a five-hitter to lead the Astros to their first win of the season - a 5-1 victory over St. Louis on Saturday.

Former MVP Albert Pujols is 1-for-17 this season with no RBI for St. Louis.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 10 13 0
    HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: STL - KIP WELLS, RYAN FRANKLIN (8TH), JOSH HANCOCK (9TH) AND YADIER
    MOLINA
    HOU - JASON JENNINGS, BRIAN MOEHLER (7TH), TREVER
    MILLER (8TH), DAN WHEELER (8TH), BRAD

    Apr 8 5:01 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY LUKE SCOTT SCORED MORGAN ENSBERG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, L SCOTT ON SECOND, C LEE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
    HOUSTON 1 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M LORETTA (.167, 1-FOR-3)

    Cardinals vs. AstrosApr 8 5:00 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY YADIER MOLINA SCORED SCOTT ROLEN AND SCOTT
    SPIEZIO.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, Y MOLINA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
    HOUSTON 0 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A KENNEDY (.188, 0-FOR-3, BB)

    Cardinals vs. AstrosApr 8 4:46 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY SCOTT ROLEN SCORED DAVID ECKSTEIN, SO TAGUCHI AND
    ALBERT PUJOLS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, S ROLEN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 8
    HOUSTON 0 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J EDMONDS (.231, 1-FOR-3, BB)

    Cardinals vs. AstrosApr 8 4:42 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY YADIER MOLINA SCORED ALBERT PUJOLS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, Y MOLINA ON FIRST, S ROLEN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 5
    HOUSTON 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A KENNEDY (.200, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Cardinals vs. AstrosApr 8 4:17 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SCOTT ROLEN SCORED SO TAGUCHI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S ROLEN ON FIRST, A PUJOLS ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 4
    HOUSTON 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J EDMONDS (.250, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Cardinals vs. AstrosApr 8 4:04 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
    HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS
    HOU - BRIAN MOEHLER

    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: L BERKMAN (.211, 0-FOR-2)
    C LEE (.263, 0-FOR-1, BB)
    L SCOTT (.214, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 8 3:51 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 0 1 2 0 3 5 0
    HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS
    HOU - JASON JENNINGS

    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: D ECKSTEIN (.211, 0-FOR-2)
    C DUNCAN (.375, 0-FOR-1, BB)
    A PUJOLS (.105, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)

    Apr 8 3:15 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ALBERT PUJOLS (1) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 3RD OFF JASON JENNINGS SCORED CHRIS DUNCAN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3, HOUSTON 0
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S ROLEN (.111, 0-FOR-1)

    Cardinals vs. AstrosApr 8 2:46 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 0 1 1 2 0
    HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS
    HOU - JASON JENNINGS

    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C LEE (.278, 1 HR, 5 RBI)
    L SCOTT (.250, 1 HR, 2 RBI)
    M LORETTA (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Apr 8 2:28 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY JASON JENNINGS ALLOWED JIM EDMONDS TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KENNEDY ON FIRST, P WILSON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    HOUSTON 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: K WELLS (.000, 0-FOR-0)

    Cardinals vs. AstrosApr 8 2:28 PM

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