Network: FOX
Announcers: Joe Buck, Tim McCarver
Format: DVD (3 disks)
Quality: 9.5 (Directv Master)
Notes: Commercials edited out... Includes pre-game and post-game.

Cardinals get by in a pinch with the help of the bullpen, to beat the Rangers 3-2 in the opener.

Allen Craig greets Alexi Ogando with a pinch-hit single in the 6th to score the tie-breaking run. Then 5 St. Louis relievers combine to blank Texas the rest of the way on 1 hit and 1 walk. Chris Carpenter had cruised along until Mike Napoli's 2-run HR in the 5th that ties it.

The Cardinals broke through against C.J. Wilson in the bottom of the 4th when Lance Berkman singles home a pair of runs. Berkman has 2 of St. Louis' 6 hits.


Starting pitchers:
Rangers - Wilson
Cardinals - Carpenter

Winning pitcher: Carpenter
Losing pitcher: Wilson