Troy Glaus and Rick Ankiel combined for four hits and five RBI their first two at-bats Tuesday for the Cardinals, who scored three runs in the first and four in the second. Skip Schumaker tied his career best with four hits and Albert Pujols was 0-for-4 to end a nine-game hitting streak, but walked off Josh Fogg in the eighth and has reached base safely in all 28 games.

Cardinals 3B Troy Glaus played Monday against the Reds despite his ongoing battle with watery eyes on cold, damp nights. He wore sunglasses while flying out to end the first inning and went without glasses while coaxing a full-count walk in the third. He finished 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Troy Glaus hit his first home run with St. Louis and Albert Pujols also connected to lead the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday. Glaus, who was acquired in an offseason trade that sent Scott Rolen to Toronto, entered the game leading the major leagues with the most RBI without a home run. Glaus went 87 at-bats before hitting a 1-1 offering from Brandon Backe (1-3) to center field for his 16th and 17th RBI to cap a four-run fifth inning. Glaus' drive was the first in nine games for the Cardinals and scored Ryan Ludwick, who doubled in Rick Ankiel and Pujols to put St. Louis in front 2-1.

Glaus hits first homer with Cardinals

Glaus returns to lineup versus Astros

Cardinals 3B Troy Glaus, whose 15 RBI without a homer leads the major leagues, was back in the lineup Saturday against the Astros after leaving Friday night's game with watery eyes and blurred vision. The team said he is suffering from allergic conjunctivitis, more commonly known as Pink Eye. He went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and a sacrifice fly for an RBI.

Cardinals 3B Troy Glaus left the Cardinals' game Friday night against the Astros because of blurry vision after striking out in both at-bats. Glaus took a called third strike from the Astros SP Shawn Chacon with the bases loaded for the second out of the first inning and struck out swinging with the bases loaded to end the second. A team spokesman said Glaus complained of watery eyes in a game that was delayed for two hours at the start due to heavy rain. Glaus said allergies may have caused the blurry vision. St. Louis is well known for its high mold content and it's often been cold and damp in the early going, although Glaus said, "I've never had allergies before in my life."

Cardinals 3B Troy Glaus left the Cardinals' game Friday night against the Astros because of blurry vision after striking out in both at-bats. Glaus took a called third strike from the Astros SP Shawn Chacon with the bases loaded for the second out of the first inning and struck out swinging with the bases loaded to end the second. A team spokesman said Glaus complained of watery eyes in a game that was delayed for two hours at the start due to heavy rain.

Glaus leaves with blurry vision

Cardinals 3B Troy Glaus had two hits, including his 11th double, and one run in five at-bats Thursday against the Pirates. He extended his hitting streak to six games (10-for-25). He has three multi-hit games in that span and six RBI.

Glaus doubles in fourth consecutive game

Cardinals 3B Troy Glaus had a RBI double in the ninth inning of Sunday's 8-2 loss to the Giants. He finished the game 2-for-3 with two doubles, one run and one walk. Glaus has at least one hit in four of his last five games (5-for-18).

Troy Glaus admits that his swing is a little off right now, and he worked on his mechanics after being pulled from Thursday's game. "I went to the cage during the game and started hitting. Figure it out, you know. There are some flaws in it right now that we need to fix," he tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "It's just off."We don't expect the veteran to stay in a funk too long. He is prone to streaks, and it's good to hear he's being proactive about figuring things odd.

Troy Glaus went 1-for-3 against San Francisco on Thursday, and recorded the team's only RBI in a 5-1 loss.He now has seven RBI over 10 games played this season.

Glaus lifts Cards with two-run double

Troy Glaus went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored from the cleanup spot for the Cardinals on Monday.The team needs Glaus to stay healthy enough to provide that big home run bat behind Albert Pujols, but that is far from certain to occur as Glaus has failed to see action in 120 games in three of the past five seasons.

Troy Glaus went 0-for-4 with a strikeout against Colorado on Tuesday.Glaus is going to play a reduced amount of games to keep him healthier this season, and this was a terrible outing for him.