NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 11 0 ATLANTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT, RYAN FRANKLIN (8TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH) AND YADIER MOLINA ATL - CHUCK JAMES, RAFAEL SORIANO (8TH), CHAD PARONTO (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN HOME RUNS: STL - ALBERT PUJOLS (21) OFF CHUCK JAMES IN THE 4TH, 0 ON ATL - NONE</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 11 0 ATLANTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT, RYAN FRANKLIN (8TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH) AND YADIER MOLINA ATL - CHUCK JAMES, RAFAEL SORIANO (8TH), CHAD PARONTO (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN WP - ADAM WAINWRIGHT (9-7) LP - RAFAEL SORIANO (2-2) SAVE - JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (19) HOME RUNS: STL - ALBERT PUJOLS (21) OFF CHUCK JAMES IN THE 4TH, 0 ON ATL - NONE TIME: 2:39 ATT: 42,712 PROBABLES: STL - BRADEN LOOPER (7-7, 4.60) ATL - BUDDY CARLYLE (4-2, 4.00)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (4) VS ATLANTA (2) - FINAL ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .309 J Edmonds cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .239 A Pujols 1b 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 .319 J Encarnacion rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 2 .283 R Ludwick lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .252 a-C Duncan ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .289 S Taguchi pr-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .294 Y Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .254 A Miles 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .274 B Ryan 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .327 A Wainwright p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265 R Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-S Schumaker ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 J Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 11 4 4 4 19 a-singled to right for R Ludwick in the 8th; b-flied out to center for R Franklin in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - R Ludwick (12, C James); A Pujols (19, R Soriano). HR - A Pujols (21, 4th inning off C James 0 on, 1 Out). S - A Wainwright. SF - J Encarnacion. RBI - A Pujols (59), J Encarnacion 2 (34), C Duncan (52). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Miles 1, J Edmonds 3, S Taguchi 1, B Ryan 1. Team LOB - 10. BASERUNNING: SB - S Taguchi (5, 2nd base off R Soriano/B McCann). FIELDING: PB - Y Molina. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg W Harris lf 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 .317 E Renteria ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .329 C Jones 3b 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .341 A Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .218 B McCann c 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .269 J Francoeur rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .291 K Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .290 J Franco 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .193 C James p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 a-S Thorman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .215 R Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-M Diaz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .356 Totals 35 2 8 1 2 7 16 a-singled to left center for C James in the 7th; b-grounded to shortstop for C Paronto in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - E Renteria 2 (26, A Wainwright 2); B McCann (22, A Wainwright). RBI - C Jones (44). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Harris 1, A Jones 2, J Franco 1. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: CS - W Harris (5, 2nd base by A Wainwright/Y Molina). FIELDING: E - W Harris (2, throw). DP: 1 (K Johnson-J Franco-B McCann). ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 000 100 021 -- 4 ATLANTA - 100 000 001 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era A Wainwright (W, 9-7) 7 6 1 1 2 7 0 4.18 R Franklin (H, 15) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.32 J Isringhausen (S, 19) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.64 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era C James 7 6 1 1 2 4 1 3.58 R Soriano (L, 2-2) 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 3.64 C Paronto 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 3.86 WP - A Wainwright 2, J Isringhausen. IBB - A Pujols (by C Paronto). Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright 100-62; R Franklin 8-5; J Isringhausen 12-9; C James 106-77; R Soriano 22-15; C Paronto 21-10. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 12-2; R Franklin 1-2; J Isringhausen 2-1; C James 7-10; R Soriano 2-0; C Paronto 1-2. Batters faced: A Wainwright 29; R Franklin 3; J Isringhausen 5; C James 29; R Soriano 6; C Paronto 6. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Lance Barksdale. T--2:39. Att--42,712. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ST LOUIS (4) AT ATLANTA (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATLANTA 1ST: W Harris struck out swinging, W Harris safe at first on wild pitch by A Wainwright. W Harris to second on wild pitch by A Wainwright. W Harris to third on passed ball by Y Molina. E Renteria grounded out to third. C Jones singled to left, W Harris scored. A Jones struck out swinging. B McCann fouled out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 4TH: J Edmonds flied out to center. A Pujols homered to left. J Encarnacion singled to left. R Ludwick struck out swinging. Y Molina grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 8TH: R Soriano relieved C James. A Pujols doubled to deep right. J Encarnacion singled to left, A Pujols scored, J Encarnacion to third on throwing error by left fielder W Harris. C Duncan hit for R Ludwick. C Duncan singled to right, J Encarnacion scored. S Taguchi ran for C Duncan. S Taguchi stole second. Y Molina singled to right, S Taguchi to third. A Miles grounded into double play, second to first to catcher, S Taguchi out at home, Y Molina to second. B Ryan grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) ST LOUIS 3, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 9TH: C Paronto relieved R Soriano. S Schumaker hit for R Franklin. S Schumaker flied out to center. D Eckstein walked. J Edmonds singled to center, D Eckstein to third. A Pujols intentionally walked, J Edmonds to second. J Encarnacion hit sacrifice fly to left, D Eckstein scored, J Edmonds to third. S Taguchi grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Pujols out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 9TH: J Isringhausen relieved R Franklin. J Francoeur singled to center. K Johnson singled to right, J Francoeur to second. J Franco grounded into fielder's choice to third, K Johnson out at second, J Francoeur to third. M Diaz hit for C Paronto. J Francoeur scored, J Franco to second on wild pitch by J Isringhausen. M Diaz grounded out to shortstop. W Harris flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, ATLANTA 2.</div>
Wainwright, Pujols power Cards past Braves <h3>ST LOUIS 4, ATLANTA 2</h3>ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Adam Wainwright finally got a win at TurnerField, but it was not in an Atlanta Braves' uniform. Wainwright overcame some early wildness to toss seven solidinnings and Albert Pujols homered and scored twice to lead theSt. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Braves on Friday. The 25-year old Wainwright (9-7), who was selected by the Bravesin the first round of the 2000 draft, has been nothing short ofdominant in July. Entering Friday, he had allowed just tworuns and 11 hits in 14 innings this month. Wainwright notched his third straight victory by allowing onerun, six hits and two walks while striking out seven. The native of St. Simons, Georgia recorded the win in his firststart against the club that drafted him but ultimately tradedhim away in a package for J.D. Drew in 2004. Prior to Friday'sgame, Wainwright had worked four scoreless innings over threerelief appearances against Atlanta. Things did not look good for Wainwright in the first. The righthander struck out Willie Harris, but the speedsterreached after Wainwright's throw went all the way to thebackstop. Harris advanced to second when the righthanderuncorked a second wild pitch and moved to third on a passedball. After Edgar Renteria grounded out, Chipper Jones laced a singleto left field, plating Harris for a 1-0 edge. Pujols then gave Wainwright a boost. The 27-year-old slugger smashed his 21st homer of the year, a415-foot shot into the left-center field bleachers to knot thegame at 1-1 in the fourth inning. Pujols then led off thedecisive eighth with a double off reliever Rafael Soriano (2-2). Juan Encarnacion plated Pujols with a single, advanced to secondon the throw home and took third on Harris' throwing error.Yadier Molina plated Encarnacion with a base hit to give theCardinals a 3-1 edge. It was the third shaky outing in the last four appearances forthe normally reliable Soriano, who has blown two saves and beensaddled with a loss during that stretch. The righthander hasallowed five runs over his last 3 1/3 innings. Encarnacion added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly off ChadParonto in the ninth. Jason Isringhausen allowed a run and two hits in the ninth butsettled down to record his 19th save. Atlanta starter Chuck James continued his recent streak ofdominance, allowing one run and six hits, walking two andstriking out four in seven solid frames. The Atlanta-areanative, who entered Friday with a 2-0 record and 1.02 ERA in hisprevious three starts, threw 77 of his season-high 106 pitchesfor strikes. Renteria and Jones had two hits apiece for the Braves, who lostfor only the second time in their last six meetings with theCardinals.
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ST LOUIS (4) AT ATLANTA (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St Louis Starting Lineups -- D Eckstein SS, J Edmonds CF, A Pujols 1B, J Encarnacion RF, R Ludwick LF, Y Molina C, A Miles 2B, B Ryan 3B, A Wainwright RHP. Atlanta Starting Lineups -- W Harris LF, E Renteria SS, C Jones 3B, A Jones CF, B McCann C, J Francoeur RF, K Johnson 2B, J Franco 1B, C James LHP. Umpires -- Gary Cederstrom (HP), Jim Reynolds (1B), Bill Welke (2B), Lance Barksdale (3B). Gametime Weather: 78 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind left to right at 10 mph. ST LOUIS 1ST: D Eckstein flied out to left. J Edmonds popped out to shortstop. A Pujols grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, ATLANTA 0. ATLANTA 1ST: W Harris struck out swinging, W Harris safe at first on wild pitch by A Wainwright. W Harris to second on wild pitch by A Wainwright. W Harris to third on passed ball by Y Molina. E Renteria grounded out to third. C Jones singled to left, W Harris scored. A Jones struck out swinging. B McCann fouled out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 2ND: J Encarnacion struck out looking. R Ludwick doubled to deep right center. Y Molina grounded out to shortstop. A Miles grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 2ND: J Francoeur grounded out to pitcher. K Johnson grounded out to second. J Franco grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 3RD: B Ryan flied out to right. A Wainwright struck out swinging. D Eckstein flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 3RD: C James grounded out to second. W Harris grounded out to first. E Renteria doubled to deep left. C Jones walked. A Jones grounded into fielder's choice to third, E Renteria out at third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 4TH: J Edmonds flied out to center. A Pujols homered to left. J Encarnacion singled to left. R Ludwick struck out swinging. Y Molina grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 4TH: B McCann doubled to deep right. J Francoeur flied out to left, B McCann to third. K Johnson struck out swinging. J Franco grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 5TH: A Miles walked. B Ryan singled to left, A Miles to second. A Wainwright sacrificed to third, A Miles to third, B Ryan to second. D Eckstein flied out to center. J Edmonds struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 5TH: C James struck out swinging. W Harris struck out looking. E Renteria doubled to deep left. C Jones reached on infield single to shortstop, E Renteria to third. A Jones grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 6TH: A Pujols walked. J Encarnacion flied out to center. R Ludwick grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Pujols out at second. Y Molina flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 6TH: B McCann struck out swinging. J Francoeur walked. K Johnson grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Francoeur out at second. J Franco grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 7TH: A Miles grounded out to shortstop. B Ryan singled to left center. A Wainwright bunt popped out foul to catcher. D Eckstein singled to left, B Ryan to second. J Edmonds flied out to center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 7TH: S Thorman hit for C James. S Thorman singled to left center. W Harris bunted into fielder's choice to third, S Thorman out at second. W Harris caught stealing second, catcher to second. E Renteria struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 8TH: R Soriano relieved C James. A Pujols doubled to deep right. J Encarnacion singled to left, A Pujols scored, J Encarnacion to third on throwing error by left fielder W Harris. C Duncan hit for R Ludwick. C Duncan singled to right, J Encarnacion scored. S Taguchi ran for C Duncan. S Taguchi stole second. Y Molina singled to right, S Taguchi to third. A Miles grounded into double play, second to first to catcher, S Taguchi out at home, Y Molina to second. B Ryan grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) ST LOUIS 3, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 8TH: S Taguchi in left field. R Franklin relieved A Wainwright. C Jones flied out to center. A Jones popped out to second. B McCann grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, ATLANTA 1. ST LOUIS 9TH: C Paronto relieved R Soriano. S Schumaker hit for R Franklin. S Schumaker flied out to center. D Eckstein walked. J Edmonds singled to center, D Eckstein to third. A Pujols intentionally walked, J Edmonds to second. J Encarnacion hit sacrifice fly to left, D Eckstein scored, J Edmonds to third. S Taguchi grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Pujols out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, ATLANTA 1. ATLANTA 9TH: J Isringhausen relieved R Franklin. J Francoeur singled to center. K Johnson singled to right, J Francoeur to second. J Franco grounded into fielder's choice to third, K Johnson out at second, J Francoeur to third. M Diaz hit for C Paronto. J Francoeur scored, J Franco to second on wild pitch by J Isringhausen. M Diaz grounded out to shortstop. W Harris flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, ATLANTA 2.</div>
Wainwright, Pujols power Cards past Braves <h3>ST LOUIS 4, ATLANTA 2</h3>ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Adam Wainwright finally got a win at TurnerField, but it was not in an Atlanta Braves' uniform. Wainwright overcame some early wildness to toss seven solidinnings and Albert Pujols homered and scored twice to lead theSt. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Braves on Friday. The 25-year old Wainwright (9-7), who was selected by the Bravesin the first round of the 2000 draft, has been nothing short ofdominant in July. Entering Friday, he had allowed just tworuns and 11 hits in 14 innings this month. Wainwright notched his third straight victory by allowing onerun, six hits and two walks while striking out seven. "Kelly (Johnson) was my roommate for four years," Wainwrightsaid. "A lot of those guys, I came up with. It's special topitch against them." "Pitching against his old organization at his home, all thatstuff doesn't distract him," Cardinals manager Tony LaRussasaid. "That was really, really quality." The native of St. Simons, Georgia recorded the win in his firststart against the club that drafted him but ultimately tradedhim away in a package for J.D. Drew in 2004. Prior to Friday'sgame, Wainwright had worked four scoreless innings over threerelief appearances against Atlanta. "I watched (Smoltz) from 1990 or 1991 on," Wainwright said. "Iwatched him, (Tom) Glavine, (Steve) Avery, every night at 7:35with dinner. It was important to me because I had more peoplehere who took the time to watch me pitch. This game was for theteam and the guys who came to see me." Things did not look good for Wainwright in the first. The righthander struck out Willie Harris, but the speedsterreached after Wainwright's throw went all the way to thebackstop. Harris advanced to second when the righthanderuncorked a second wild pitch and moved to third on a passedball. After Edgar Renteria grounded out, Chipper Jones laced a singleto left field, plating Harris for a 1-0 edge. "The easy solution to prevent that is to not get the ball up,"Wainwright said. "I'm tall and the mound is high and there wassomething in the background. After that, I wanted to make surethe ball was down." Pujols then gave Wainwright a boost. The 27-year-old slugger smashed his 21st homer of the year, a415-foot shot into the left-center field bleachers to knot thegame at 1-1 in the fourth inning. "(It was a) fastball," Atlanta starter Chuck James said."Definitely not where I wanted it, where he wanted it. Iusually don't watch homers. I watched that one. I didn't knowif it was going to stay in the stadium." Pujols then led off the decisive eighth with a double offreliever Rafael Soriano (2-2). Juan Encarnacion plated Pujols with a single, advanced to secondon the throw home and took third on Harris' throwing error.Yadier Molina plated Encarnacion with a base hit to give theCardinals a 3-1 edge. It was the third shaky outing in the last four appearances forthe normally reliable Soriano, who has blown two saves and beensaddled with a loss during that stretch. The righthander hasallowed five runs over his last 3 1/3 innings. "It's just location," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "Same oldthing when a pitcher gets hit hard, it's location." Encarnacion added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly off ChadParonto in the ninth. Jason Isringhausen allowed a run and two hits in the ninth butsettled down to record his 19th save. James continued his recent streak of dominance, allowing one runand six hits, walking two and striking out four in seven solidframes. The Atlanta-area native, who entered Friday with a 2-0record and 1.02 ERA in his previous three starts, threw 77 ofhis season-high 106 pitches for strikes. "It's definitely like I felt the most comfortable so far," Jamessaid. "I went through a pretty good stretch last year. I gotgood run support last year. I'd probably say consistently (thelast time I was this way) was in the minor leagues." Renteria and Jones had two hits apiece for the Braves, who lostfor only the second time in their last six meetings with theCardinals.
Wainwright, Pujols power Cards past Braves <h3>ST LOUIS 4, ATLANTA 2</h3>ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Adam Wainwright finally got a win at TurnerField, but it was not in an Atlanta Braves' uniform. Wainwright overcame some early wildness to toss seven solidinnings and Albert Pujols homered and scored twice to lead theSt. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Braves on Friday. The 25-year old Wainwright (9-7), who was selected by the Bravesin the first round of the 2000 draft, has been nothing short ofdominant in July. Entering Friday, he had allowed just tworuns and 11 hits in 14 innings this month. Wainwright notched his third straight victory by allowing onerun, six hits and two walks while striking out seven. "Kelly (Johnson) was my roommate for four years," Wainwrightsaid. "A lot of those guys, I came up with. It's special topitch against them." "Pitching against his old organization at his home, all thatstuff doesn't distract him," Cardinals manager Tony LaRussasaid. "That was really, really quality." The native of St. Simons, Georgia recorded the win in his firststart against the club that drafted him but ultimately tradedhim away in a package for J.D. Drew in 2004. Prior to Friday'sgame, Wainwright had worked four scoreless innings over threerelief appearances against Atlanta. "I watched (Smoltz) from 1990 or 1991 on," Wainwright said. "Iwatched him, (Tom) Glavine, (Steve) Avery, every night at 7:35with dinner. It was important to me because I had more peoplehere who took the time to watch me pitch. This game was for theteam and the guys who came to see me." Things did not look good for Wainwright in the first. The righthander struck out Willie Harris, but the speedsterreached after Wainwright's throw went all the way to thebackstop. Harris advanced to second when the righthanderuncorked a second wild pitch and moved to third on a passedball. After Edgar Renteria grounded out, Chipper Jones laced a singleto left field, plating Harris for a 1-0 edge. "The easy solution to prevent that is to not get the ball up,"Wainwright said. "I'm tall and the mound is high and there wassomething in the background. After that, I wanted to make surethe ball was down." Pujols then gave Wainwright a boost. The 27-year-old slugger smashed his 21st homer of the year, a415-foot shot into the left-center field bleachers to knot thegame at 1-1 in the fourth inning. "(It was a) fastball," Atlanta starter Chuck James said."Definitely not where I wanted it, where he wanted it. Iusually don't watch homers. I watched that one. I didn't knowif it was going to stay in the stadium." Pujols then led off the decisive eighth with a double offreliever Rafael Soriano (2-2). Juan Encarnacion plated Pujols with a single, advanced to secondon the throw home and took third on Harris' throwing error.Pinch hitter Chris Duncan plated Encarnacion with a base hit togive the Cardinals a 3-1 edge. It was the third shaky outing in the last four appearances forthe normally reliable Soriano, who has blown two saves and beensaddled with a loss during that stretch. The righthander hasallowed five runs over his last 3 1/3 innings. "It's just location," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "Same oldthing when a pitcher gets hit hard, it's location." Encarnacion added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly off ChadParonto in the ninth. Jason Isringhausen allowed a run and two hits in the ninth butsettled down to record his 19th save. James continued his recent streak of dominance, allowing one runand six hits, walking two and striking out four in seven solidframes. The Atlanta-area native, who entered Friday with a 2-0record and 1.02 ERA in his previous three starts, threw 77 ofhis season-high 106 pitches for strikes. "It's definitely like I felt the most comfortable so far," Jamessaid. "I went through a pretty good stretch last year. I gotgood run support last year. I'd probably say consistently (thelast time I was this way) was in the minor leagues." Renteria and Jones had two hits apiece for the Braves, who lostfor only the second time in their last six meetings with theCardinals.
