GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ST LOUIS (40-47) at PHILADELPHIA (46-44)

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Nunez at shortstop.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S Taguchi (.291, 2 HR, 15 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - PITCHING CHANGE
PHI: MICHAEL ZAGURSKI (1-0, 4.70) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 0

DUE UP FOR STLOUIS: S TAGUCHI (.291, 2 HR, 15 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Zagurski relieved B Sanches.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S Taguchi (.291, 2 HR, 15 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Bourn in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S Taguchi (.291, 2 HR, 15 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Ryan hit for S Rolen.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, S TAGUCHI ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B Ryan (.268, 2 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ST LOUIS 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 10 15 1
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - TROY PERCIVAL
PHI - MICHAEL ZAGURSKI

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: M BOURN (.250, 0 HR, 5 RBI)
C COSTE (.375, 1-FOR-2)
A NUNEZ (.268, 0 HR, 13 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">ST LOUIS (10) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Eckstein ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308
S Schumaker cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .297
A Pujols 1b 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 .315
C Duncan lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .290
S Taguchi lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294
S Rolen 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .266
b-B Ryan ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .268
J Encarnacion rf 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .275
A Kennedy 2b 5 2 2 2 0 1 3 .217
Y Molina c 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .262
A Wainwright p 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .281
a-R Ludwick ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .256
T Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 41 10 15 10 2 6 16

a-homered to center for A Wainwright in the 8th; b-walked for S Rolen in the
9th.

BATTING: 2B - S Rolen (14, A Eaton); A Kennedy (8, A Eaton); S Schumaker 2 (5,
A Eaton 2). HR - A Pujols 2 (20, 5th inning off A Eaton 1 on, 0 Out, 7th inning
off B Sanches 0 on, 0 Out), C Duncan (17, 5th inning off A Eaton 0 on, 0 Out),
J Encarnacion (7, 7th inning off B Sanches 0 on, 2 Out), A Kennedy (1, 7th
inning off B Sanches 0 on, 2 Out), R Ludwick (7, 8th inning off B Sanches 0 on,
0 Out). S - J Encarnacion. RBI - A Kennedy 2 (16), A Wainwright (4), S Rolen
(39), A Pujols 3 (57), C Duncan (48), J Encarnacion (29), R Ludwick (23). 2-out
RBI - A Wainwright, J Encarnacion, A Kennedy. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - J Encarnacion 1, Y Molina 1. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - A Kennedy (5, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Pujols-D Eckstein-A
Pujols).


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .291
A Nunez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
S Victorino rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .279
C Utley 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .331
R Howard 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .262
A Rowand cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .322
P Burrell lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .229
M Zagurski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G Dobbs 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .294
R Barajas c 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .218
C Condrey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Mesa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259
B Sanches p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Bourn lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
A Eaton p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .225
C Coste c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375

Totals 31 0 7 0 2 7 24

a-grounded into fielder's choice to third for J Mesa in the 6th.

BATTING: 2B - R Howard (15, T Percival). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - C Utley 3, W Helms 2, R Barajas 1, G Dobbs 1. GIDP - C Utley. Team LOB -
10.


----------------------------------------------------
ST LOUIS - 021 030 310 -- 10
PHILADELPHIA - 000 000 00 -- 0
----------------------------------------------------

ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
A Wainwright 7 6 0 0 2 5 0 4.36
T Percival 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.17

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
A Eaton 4 10 6 6 1 1 2 5.98
C Condrey 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.98
J Mesa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20
B Sanches 2 4 4 4 0 2 4 6.39
M Zagurski 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.41

A Eaton pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.

WP - A Eaton. HBP - A Rowand (by A Wainwright). Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright
109-67; T Percival 21-12; A Eaton 69-49; C Condrey 10-7; J Mesa 5-4; B Sanches
43-28; M Zagurski 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 9-7; T Percival
0-1; A Eaton 9-2; C Condrey 1-1; J Mesa 2-1; B Sanches 1-3; M Zagurski 0-1.
Batters faced: A Wainwright 30; T Percival 4; A Eaton 23; C Condrey 3; J Mesa
3; B Sanches 10; M Zagurski 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce.

Weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Ryan at third base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 0 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: M Bourn (.250, 0 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - PITCHING CHANGE
STL: ANDY CAVAZOS (0-0, 6.57) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 0

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPH: M BOURN (.250, 0 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Cavazos relieved T Percival.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 0 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: M Bourn (.250, 0 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MICHAEL BOURN (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 9TH OFF ANDY CAVAZOS.
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 1

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: C COSTE (.375, 1-FOR-2)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL ST LOUIS AT PHILADELPHIA
NOTE: THE HOME RUN BY PHILADELPHIA'S MICHAEL BOURN IN THE
NINTH INNING WAS THE FIRST OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER.</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CHASE UTLEY SCORED CHRIS COSTE.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C UTLEY ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: R HOWARD (.262, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ST LOUIS 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 10 15 2
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT, TROY PERCIVAL (8TH), ANDY CAVAZOS (9TH) AND
YADIER MOLINA

PHI - ADAM EATON, CLAY CONDREY (5TH), JOSE MESA (6TH),
BRIAN SANCHES (7TH), MICHAEL ZAGURSKI (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS,
CHRIS COSTE (5TH)

HOME RUNS: STL - ALBERT PUJOLS (19) OFF ADAM EATON IN THE 5TH, 1 ON
CHRIS DUNCAN (17) OFF ADAM EATON IN THE 5TH, 0 ON
ALBERT PUJOLS (20) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
JUAN ENCARNACION (7) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
ADAM KENNEDY (1) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
RYAN LUDWICK (7) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

PHI - MICHAEL BOURN (1) OFF ANDY CAVAZOS IN THE 9TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ST LOUIS 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 10 15 2
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT, TROY PERCIVAL (8TH), ANDY CAVAZOS (9TH) AND
YADIER MOLINA

PHI - ADAM EATON, CLAY CONDREY (5TH), JOSE MESA (6TH),
BRIAN SANCHES (7TH), MICHAEL ZAGURSKI (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS,
CHRIS COSTE (5TH)


WP - ADAM WAINWRIGHT (8-7)
LP - ADAM EATON (8-6)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: STL - ALBERT PUJOLS (19) OFF ADAM EATON IN THE 5TH, 1 ON
CHRIS DUNCAN (17) OFF ADAM EATON IN THE 5TH, 0 ON
ALBERT PUJOLS (20) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
JUAN ENCARNACION (7) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
ADAM KENNEDY (1) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 7TH, 0 ON
RYAN LUDWICK (7) OFF BRIAN SANCHES IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

PHI - MICHAEL BOURN (1) OFF ANDY CAVAZOS IN THE 9TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:01 ATT: 44,872

PROBABLES: PHI - JAMIE MOYER (7-7, 4.43)
LOS - BRAD PENNY (10-1, 2.39)

PROBABLES: STL - BRADEN LOOPER (6-7, 4.72)
FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM (4-4, 4.94)</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">ST LOUIS (10) VS PHILADELPHIA (2) - FINAL

ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Eckstein ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308
S Schumaker cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .297
A Pujols 1b 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 .315
C Duncan lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .290
S Taguchi lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294
S Rolen 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .266
b-B Ryan ph-3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .268
J Encarnacion rf 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .275
A Kennedy 2b 5 2 2 2 0 1 3 .217
Y Molina c 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .262
A Wainwright p 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .281
a-R Ludwick ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .256
T Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Cavazos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 41 10 15 10 2 6 16

a-homered to center for A Wainwright in the 8th; b-walked for S Rolen in the
9th.

BATTING: 2B - S Rolen (14, A Eaton); A Kennedy (8, A Eaton); S Schumaker 2 (5,
A Eaton 2). HR - A Pujols 2 (20, 5th inning off A Eaton 1 on, 0 Out, 7th inning
off B Sanches 0 on, 0 Out), C Duncan (17, 5th inning off A Eaton 0 on, 0 Out),
J Encarnacion (7, 7th inning off B Sanches 0 on, 2 Out), A Kennedy (1, 7th
inning off B Sanches 0 on, 2 Out), R Ludwick (7, 8th inning off B Sanches 0 on,
0 Out). S - J Encarnacion. RBI - A Kennedy 2 (16), A Wainwright (4), S Rolen
(39), A Pujols 3 (57), C Duncan (48), J Encarnacion (29), R Ludwick (23). 2-out
RBI - A Wainwright, J Encarnacion, A Kennedy. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - J Encarnacion 1, Y Molina 1. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: E - A Kennedy 2 (6, ground ball 2). DP: 1 (A Pujols-D Eckstein-A
Pujols).


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .291
A Nunez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
S Victorino rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .278
C Utley 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 5 .333
R Howard 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .261
A Rowand cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .322
P Burrell lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .229
M Zagurski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G Dobbs 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .294
R Barajas c 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .218
C Condrey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Mesa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259
B Sanches p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Bourn lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .259
A Eaton p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .225
C Coste c 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .360

Totals 37 2 9 2 2 8 26

a-grounded into fielder's choice to third for J Mesa in the 6th.

BATTING: 2B - R Howard (15, T Percival); C Utley (36, A Cavazos). HR - M Bourn
(1, 9th inning off A Cavazos 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Bourn (6), C Utley (74).
2-out RBI - C Utley. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Utley 3, W
Helms 2, R Barajas 1, R Howard 1, G Dobbs 1. GIDP - C Utley. Team LOB - 11.


----------------------------------------------------
ST LOUIS - 021 030 310 -- 10
PHILADELPHIA - 000 000 002 -- 2
----------------------------------------------------

ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
A Wainwright (W, 8-7) 7 6 0 0 2 5 0 4.36
T Percival 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.17
A Cavazos 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 6.75

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
A Eaton (L, 8-6) 4 10 6 6 1 1 2 5.98
C Condrey 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.98
J Mesa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20
B Sanches 2 4 4 4 0 2 4 6.39
M Zagurski 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.41

A Eaton pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.

WP - A Eaton. HBP - A Rowand (by A Wainwright). Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright
109-67; T Percival 21-12; A Cavazos 22-17; A Eaton 69-49; C Condrey 10-7; J
Mesa 5-4; B Sanches 43-28; M Zagurski 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: A
Wainwright 9-7; T Percival 0-1; A Cavazos 2-0; A Eaton 9-2; C Condrey 1-1; J
Mesa 2-1; B Sanches 1-3; M Zagurski 0-1. Batters faced: A Wainwright 30; T
Percival 4; A Cavazos 6; A Eaton 23; C Condrey 3; J Mesa 3; B Sanches 10; M
Zagurski 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce.

T--3:01. Att--44,872.
Weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ST LOUIS 10
PHILADELPHIA 2 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ST LOUIS (10) AT PHILADELPHIA (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ST LOUIS 2ND: S Rolen doubled to deep left center. J Encarnacion
sacrificed to pitcher, S Rolen to third. A Kennedy doubled to deep left
center, S Rolen scored. Y Molina grounded out to third, A Kennedy to third.
A Wainwright singled to center, A Kennedy scored. D Eckstein grounded out to
pitcher. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 3RD: S Schumaker doubled to deep right center. A Pujols grounded
out to second, S Schumaker to third. C Duncan walked. C Duncan to second on
wild pitch by A Eaton. S Rolen grounded out to first, S Schumaker scored,
C Duncan to third. J Encarnacion grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 5TH: S Schumaker doubled to shallow left. A Pujols homered to
center, S Schumaker scored. C Duncan homered to center. S Rolen singled to
left. C Condrey relieved A Eaton. C Coste catching. J Encarnacion struck out
swinging. A Kennedy flied out to left. Y Molina grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, S Rolen out at second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 6, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 7TH: B Sanches relieved J Mesa. A Pujols homered to left.
C Duncan grounded out to shortstop. S Rolen struck out swinging. J Encarnacion
homered to left. A Kennedy homered to right. Y Molina flied out to center.
(3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 9, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 8TH: R Ludwick hit for A Wainwright. R Ludwick homered to center.
D Eckstein struck out swinging. S Schumaker flied out to left. A Pujols flied
out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 9TH: B Ryan at third base. A Cavazos relieved T Percival.
M Bourn homered to right. C Coste safe at first on error by second baseman
A Kennedy. A Nunez grounded out to first, C Coste to second. S Victorino
grounded out to third. C Utley doubled to deep center, C Coste scored.
R Howard struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ST LOUIS 10,
PHILADELPHIA 2.</div>

 

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL ST LOUIS AT PHILADELPHIA
NOTE: THE LOSS BY THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES MARKED THE
10,000TH LOSS IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.</div>

 

Wainwright, Pujols' blasts help send Phillies to 10,000th loss

<h3>ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 2</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Adam Wainwright did what none of theother St. Louis Cardinals pitchers could do so far this series -shut down the hot Philadelphia Phillies offense. In theprocess he helped the Philadelphia reach a dubious milestone.

Wainwright threw seven scoreless innings Sunday as the Cardinalsavoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Phillies, whobecame the first professional sports franchise to reach the10,000-loss plateau at a sold-out Citizens Bank Park.

Philadelphia posted a combined 23 runs and 37 hits in taking thefirst two games of the series but could not solve Wainwright(8-7) in front of a national TV audience.


Wainwright's outing provided some rest for an overworkedbullpen, which totaled 12 innings of action over the past twodays. Kip Wells and Mike Maroth, who started on Friday andSaturday respectively for St. Louis, combined to allow 10 earnedruns in six innings.


A converted closer, Wainwright held the Phillies - who havescored the most runs in the National League - to just six hits,recording five strikeouts and two walks.


It wasn't the first time that Wainwright had success against thePhillies. He improved to 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA against the teamin three appearances - two starts.


As impressive as Wainwright was on the hill, the St. Louisoffense was just as good. St. Louis exploded for 10 runs, 14hits and six home runs off the NL's worst pitching staff by ERA(4.88). David Eckstein was the only starter not to record abase hit.


Pujols had three hits, including a pair of home runs, andknocked in three runs.


The 2005 NL MVP, Pujols now has four homers in his last 12at-bats and has homered in three consecutive games after cominginto the series with a career-worst streak of 72 at-bats withouta home run.


With St. Louis leading, 3-0, in the fifth, Pujols and ChrisDuncan hit back-to-back home runs off starter Adam Eaton (8-6)to highlight a three-run frame that made it 6-0.


Juan Encarnacion and Adam Kennedy went back-to-back in theseventh off reliever Brian Sanches, just minutes after Pujolssent his second homer of the game to left field.


Skip Schumaker had two doubles and Adam Kennedy had a pair ofhits and knocked in two runs. Ryan Ludwick added a pinch-hithome run in the eighth.


The Phillies had chances to score, but were 0-for-10 withrunners in scoring position. Wainwright fought out of abases-loaded, two-out jam in the third and a bases-loadedone-out jam in the sixth.


Eaton allowed 10 hits and six earned runs in four innings topick up the loss. It was his second defeat to the Cardinals inthe past month after surrendering six earned runs in 5 1/3innings on June 23 in an 8-3 loss in St. Louis.