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Ankiel, Cardinals seek sixth straight win

Apr 7, 2008 - 1:29 PM St Louis (5-1) at Houston (2-5) 7:05 pm EDT

HOUSTON (Ticker) - Rick Ankiel will hope to continue his great start as the St. Louis Cardinals go for their sixth consecutive victory Monday when they visit the Houston Astros for the first of a three-game series.

A converted pitcher, Ankiel has homered three times in his first six games.

The lefthanded slugger is batting .348 (8-for-23) with six RBI on the season. He belted a solo shot and added an RBI double in Sunday's 3-0 triumph over the Washington Nationals.

The Cardinals will send Todd Wellemeyer (1-0, 1.80 ERA) to the mound. The righthander yielded just one run and four hits with three walks and six strikeouts over five frames in an 8-3 triumph over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.

He will be opposed by Wandy Rodriguez (0-0, 7.20)), who allowed four runs and eight hits with six strikeouts over five innings Wednesday against the San Diego Padres.

The Astros are hoping to avoid a third straight loss after falling to the Chicago Cubs, 3-2, on Sunday.

Miguel Tejada blasted his first homer of the season - and first with Houston - in the seventh to tie it at 2-2, but Derrek Lee answered with a solo shot in the bottom half of the frame.








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

    BATTERIES: STL - TODD WELLEMEYER, KELVIN JIMENEZ (8TH), KYLE MCCLELLAN (9TH)
    AND YADIER MOLINA
    HOU - WANDY RODRIGUEZ, DOUG BROCAIL (8TH), JOSE
    VALVERDE (9TH) AND J.R. TOWLES

    Apr 7 9:20 PM


  • NL
    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIGUEL TEJADA (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 9TH OFF KYLE MCCLELLAN SCORED DARIN ERSTAD.
    FINAL SCORE: HOUSTON 5, ST LOUIS 3

    Cardinals 3, Astros 5  Bot 9, 0 OutsApr 7 9:20 PM


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    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY RYAN LUDWICK SCORED CESAR IZTURIS AND TROY GLAUS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R LUDWICK ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3
    HOUSTON 3 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: C DUNCAN (.143, 0-FOR-3)

    Cardinals 3, Astros 3  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 7 9:13 PM
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    roots
    RUWTbot Added 72 roots (Close Finish)

    Cardinals 3, Astros 3  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 7 9:13 PM


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    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TROY GLAUS SCORED AARON MILES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T GLAUS ON FIRST, C IZTURIS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    HOUSTON 3 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.273, 0-FOR-3)

    Cardinals 1, Astros 3  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 7 9:12 PM


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    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY J.R. TOWLES (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF KELVIN JIMENEZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0, HOUSTON 3
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: D BROCAIL (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Cardinals 0, Astros 3  Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 7 8:52 PM


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    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS LEE (3) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    7TH OFF TODD WELLEMEYER.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0, HOUSTON 2
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M TEJADA (.250, 1-FOR-2)

    Cardinals 0, Astros 2  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 7 8:35 PM


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    AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY LANCE BERKMAN (2) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF TODD WELLEMEYER.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0, HOUSTON 1
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C LEE (.258, 0-FOR-2)

    Cardinals 0, Astros 1  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 7 8:33 PM

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