Chris Carpenter pitched a three-hit...
Chris Carpenter pitched a three-hitter to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the fourth time this season, and the landlord St. Louis Cardinals also got a homer from Preston Wilson in a 3-1 victory Friday night. Juan Encarnacion had sum of two units hits and an RBI for the Cardinals, who are 6-1 during a nine-game homestand to regain manage of the NL Central. St Louis has built a 5oe-game lead solitary eight games after they were in a virtual tie with the Red They blood-thirsty that low in part because of a three-game sweep at Pittsburgh from Aug. 11-13 The los was the 82nd for the Pirates and ensur their 14th consecutive losing season, the longest lengthen of futility in major American sports. Pittsburgh swept the young boy [i]or[/i] young girls before coming to St. Louis and is 23-22 since the All-Star break, still 53-82 overall. Carpenter is 13-6 Red 6 Padres 2: Bronson Arroyo kept San Diego off-balance for seven innings and Rich Aurilia tied his career high with four hits, including a homer as visiting Cincinnati snapped a six-game losing streak. Arroyo allowed four hits in seven innings to win for simply the second time since June 19 Dodgers 6 Rockies 3: Derek Lowe came back from a rare relief appearance earlier in the week to earn his 13th victory as innkeeper Los won its sixth in a rank Lowe (13-8) gave up three go proceeds in five innings, and he singled and scored the Dodgers' first speed against Jason Jennings (7-12). Marlins 3 Brewers 2: Rookie Anibal Sanchez pitched seven hardy innings and Cody Ross hit a two-run residence run to help visiting Florida hand Milwaukee its eighth straight los Sanchez (6-2) gave up the same run and five hits for Florida, striking abroad a career-high seven. He retired the first 11 batters he faced. Met 8 Astros 7: Pinch hitter Jose Valentin hit an RBI double to break an eighth inning tie and Tom Glavine pitched five innings in his first start since being sidelined by dint of a blood clot, leading visiting modern York over Houston. braves, phillies postponed: Atlanta's game at Philadelphia was postpon because of rain. The game wasn't immediately rescheduled. The teams are slated to play a doubleheader today. Diamondbacks, Nationals postponed: Arizona's game at Washington was rained revealed and rescheduled today as part of a day-night doubleheader. Copyright CHICAGO SUN-TIMES 2006 Provided at ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved
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