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 Howard, a St. Louis native who has 22 career home runs in 66 games
against the Cardinals, hit Michael Wacha's first pitch of a one-out
at-bat in the sixth over the right field wall, 411 feet from the
plate. It was his sixth homer of the season.
Nola (2-2) struck out seven and walked one. Among his 111 pitches,
76 were strikes. Nola retired the final 10 Cardinals he faced.
Hector Neris relieved Nola in the eighth and struck out the side.
Jeanmar Gomez pitched the ninth, earning his ninth save. The three
Phillies pitchers combined on a three-hitter.
Wacha (2-2) pitched eight innings, limiting the Phillies to five
hits while walking three and striking out eight. Wacha threw 100
pitches, 59 for strikes.
 After Matt Carpenter led off the bottom of the first with a double
to the gap in left-center, the Cardinals did not get another runner
as far as second base.
The Phillies (16-11) won for the sixth time in seven games, evening
the four-game series at a victory each. The Cardinals (13-14) lost
for the fifth time in six games.
Wacha flirted with danger during the first five innings, allowing
four hits while walking two, but the Phillies were 0-for-5 with
runners in scoring position and struck out six times, including
twice looking.
Meanwhile, Nola was just as good in the early innings, if not
better. He allowed a leadoff double to Carpenter in the bottom of
the first, then allowed only Yadier Molina's infield single with two
outs in the fourth.
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First base umpire Quinn Wolcott originally called Molina out, but
the Cardinals challenged the ruling on the field, and the call was
overturned after a 74-second review.
NOTES: Phillies RHP Aaron Nola entered the game ranked third in the
National League in walks-and-hits-per-inning-pitched ratio at 0.88
(six walks, 23 hits, 33 innings). ... Before Monday, the Phillies
had lost four in a row in Busch Stadium and six of seven overall.
... Philadelphia is in the midst of a 19-game stretch in which 16
are on the road. ... In their first 26 games, St. Louis scored a
major-league-leading 153 runs with an major-league-high 40 home
runs. ... With a three-run homer Monday night, Cardinals RHP Adam
Wainwright became the third pitcher in franchise history to have
three RBIs in consecutive games, joining Dizzy Dean (1936) and Ray
Burris (1986).
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