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 Scoring in each of the last three innings, St. Louis blanked
Milwaukee 4-0 in the rubber game of a three-game series at Busch
Stadium.
Starter John Lackey (1-0) worked seven innings for the win,
scattering five hits and walking one while striking out eight.
Lackey recorded a strikeout in every inning and retired the last
seven hitters he faced.
Mike Fiers (0-2) matched Lackey until the bottom of the sixth, when
he found trouble on an unsuccessful third pass through the lineup.
Third baseman Matt Carpenter led off with a double to right-center
and scored on a one-out single to center by left fielder Matt
Holliday. After Holliday stole second, he moved to third on a single
by shortstop Jhonny Peralta.
First baseman Mark Reynolds doubled to the wall in left-center,
plating Holliday and ending the day for Fiers. The right-hander
pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing seven hits and two runs, with a walk
and four strikeouts.
Carpenter made it 3-0 in the seventh when he ripped a two-out double
off reliever Will Smith, bringing second baseman Kolten Wong home.
Catcher Yadier Molina's two-out RBI single in the eighth scored left
fielder Randal Grichuk to cap the scoring.
The Brewers (2-7) stranded men at first and second in the third,
fourth and fifth innings. Lackey maneuvered out of the last jam by
inducing a pop-up from first baseman Adam Lind, who entered the day
15-of-28 against Lackey.
That was it for the Milwaukee offense, which managed just a
meaningless single over the last four innings.
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Carpenter, Peralta, Reynolds and Molina each registered two hits for
the Cardinals (5-3).
NOTES: Milwaukee CF Carlos Gomez, who suffered a hamstring injury in
the ninth inning Wednesday, returned to Milwaukee for further
examination and could wind up on the disabled list. ... St. Louis 3B
Matt Carpenter's four-RBI game Sunday at Cincinnati was the first
for a Cardinals' leadoff man since Rafael Furcal did it on Aug. 3,
2011, against Milwaukee. ... St. Louis LF Matt Holliday entered the
game with a .455 on-base percentage, seventh in the National League.
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