Astros: Houston's Jeff Bagwell went 1-for-12 in the Arizona series and is 4-for-26 since the All-Star break.
Cardinals: Team is 906-905 overall against the Dodgers Mark McGwire leads the majors with 22 intentional walks, four short of the team record set by Stan Musial in 1958. Willie McCovey holds the major-league record with 45 in 1969.
Diamondbacks: With the temperature outside hitting a record 117 degrees for Wednesday night's game against Houston, and with recent criticism from fans about the heat inside Bank One Ballpark, the air conditioner was cranked up, and it was just 79 degrees on the field at gametime Arizona's streak of 81 games with an extra-base hit became the longest in the majors when Cleveland's 91-game streak ended Wednesday.