place on October 2, a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Rookie Chris Duncan hit the final regular season home run at that version of Busch Stadium. Game log |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 1 || April 5 || @ Astros || 7–3 || Carpenter || Oswalt || Isringhausen || 43,567 || 1–0 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 2 || April 6 || @ Astros || 1–4 || Qualls || Tavárez || Lidge || 28,496 || 1–1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 || April 8 || Phillies || 6–5 || Reyes || Madson || Isringhausen || 50,074 || 2–1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 4 || April 9 || Phillies || 4–10 || Floyd || Suppan || || 39,242 || 2–2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 5 || April 10 || Phillies || 4–13 || Lieber || Carpenter || || 37,971 || 2–3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 6 || April 12 || Reds || 5–1 || Marquis || Harang || || 33,617 || 3–3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 7 || April 13 || Reds || 5–6 || Belisle || Mulder || Graves || 28,772 || 3–4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 8 || April 15 || @ Brewers || 3–0 || Suppan || Sheets || Isringhausen || 22,676 || 4–4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 9 || April 16 || @ Brewers || 5–3 || Carpenter || Davis || Isringhausen || 30,732 || 5–4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 10 || April 17 || @ Brewers || 3–2 || Marquis || Adams || Isringhausen || 21,144 || 6–4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 11 || April 18 || @ Pirates || 11–1 || Mulder || D. Williams || || 11,220 || 7–4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 12 || April 19 || @ Pirates || 7–1 || Morris || Fogg || || 12,285 || 8–4 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 13 || April 20 || Cubs || 1–3 || Zambrano || Suppan || Hawkins || 44,855 || 8–5 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 14 || April 21 || Cubs || 4–0 || Carpenter || Dempster || || 46,119 || 9–5 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 15 || April 22 || Astros || 8–7 || Marquis || Duckworth || Isringhausen || 44,805 || 10–5 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 16 || April 23 || Astros || 1–0 || Mulder || Qualls || || 40,058 || 11–5 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 17 || April 24 || Astros || 8–5 || Morris || Backe || Isringhausen || 39,020 || 12–5 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 18 || April 26 || Brewers || 5–3 || Suppan