Ankiel leads Cards past Astros

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09/23/2007 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rick Ankiel laced a game-ending two-run triple into the right-field corner with no outs in the ninth inning, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros.

Ankiel finished 3-for-5 on the night, and Albert Pujols's pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth scored the first run of the inning. St. Louis starter Todd Wellemeyer only allowed a hit and a walk during his five innings, fanning five. Kelvin Jimenez (3-0) got the last out of the ninth to earn the win.

Carlos Lee ripped a go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the ninth for Houston. Roy Oswalt started for the Astros, scattering eight hits and an unearned run over seven innings, striking out two and walking one. Brad Lidge (5-3) didn't get an out in the ninth, taking his eighth blown save of the season.

After allowing a single to Miguel Cairo, and walking Brendan Ryan to start the ninth, Lidge faced Pujols in a scene reminiscent of their fateful meeting in Game 6 of the 2005 NLCS. With two outs in the ninth inning of that game, and trailing 4-2, Pujols blasted a majestic three-run shot, and the Cards won the game 5-4.

On Sunday night, the Cards slugger just missed a repeat performance, ripping a screaming liner that bounced off the wall in left, scoring one run to make it a 3-2 game. But then Ankiel came through by pulling a grounder down the line, scoring the tying and game-winning runs.

The Astros had gone ahead on Lee's homer in the ninth. Lance Berkman led off the ninth with a grounder up the middle that bounced off the glove of Cardinals shortstop David Eckstein and into center. Lee made the error count almost immediately, belting a fly ball out to left to break up the 1-1 tie.

The Cardinals plated a run in the second thanks to a Houston fielding gaffe. With two outs and the bases empty, Wellemeyer singled to right. Ryan followed with a double to left, moving Wellemeyer to third. Houston third baseman Ty Wigginton's throwing error allowed Eckstein to reach base, and Wellemeyer to cross home, giving the Cards a 1-0 lead.

The Astros tied it in the seventh. Craig Biggio, playing in St. Louis for the last time, led off with a single to center, moved to second on Lee's one-out single, and moved to third on Hunter Pence's fielder's choice grounder. Mark Loretta then legged out an infield single, scoring Biggio with the tying run.

Game Notes

This season will be the first since 2003 that neither the Cardinals nor the Astros make the playoffs...Skip Schumaker went 1-for-4 with a single, extending his career-long hitting streak to eight games...Attendance was 46,169.

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