Oswalt is stopped (back), after two such cards as Phils trounce

9:47 AM Posted by Mario Galarza

CBSSports.com wire reports
23 June 2011

St. LOUIS--Chris Carpenter at last a another win. He had more than enough help.

The Cardinals starters who had won since May 10 not threw seven strong innings and Jon Jay and Lance Berkman homered St. Louis to a 12-2-win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday to lead.

Carpenter (2-7) allowed one run and five hits, a string of seven consecutive following starts without stopping victory. Carpenter seven painted and walked one.

"I feel nor I would a quality guy, every fifth day running out there," Carpenter said. "I believe in me and I think my stuff and my ability to get outs."

St. Louis won for the first time since three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols on Sunday sharing his left forearm. The Cardinals managed only two runs and 11 hits during the first two games without Pujols, who is 4-6 weeks.

Philadelphia Starter Roy Oswalt (4-6) left after two innings due to tightness in his lower back. He gave four runs and five hits in his shortest since a two inning outing in a 9 loss to Atlanta on September 10, 2009.

"I was throwing the ball as the ball more surging," Oswalt said. "I will have an MRI on Monday, I think."

The Phillies, sweeping the three-game series sought, closed out a six game trip at 3-3.

Carpenter joined the game run with 11-lowest support among NL starters to 3.38 runs per game. His team-mates scored three times in the second and once in the third, referred to it by an early 5-0-padding.

Zimmermann has at least six innings in 14 of 16 starts of this season. It allows three or less in four his last six starts, but could a victory due to the absence of which pick up offensive support.

"I feel just like every time when it adopted the Hill, he has had bad luck," Berkman said. "The guy can catch not only a break."

Former 10 the first 11 hitters Zimmermann. He made three consecutive singles in the sixth, including a run-scoring single by Ryan Howard, with two outs.

In particular, he confused the Cardinals only, though.

"He was angry the whole game," said Cardinals rookie catcher Tony Cruz. "What I called, he was there." "He was just on."

Jay hit his fifth Homer of the season, a 422-foot shot to the right of Oswalt, the Cardinals a 1-0-lead type. Berkman from a six run outburst in the watch with a three-run shot, his 18 of season limited.

Colby Rasmus, skip Schumaker, and rookie catcher Tony Cruz opened the second with consecutive singles, pushing the lead to 2-0. Carpenter added a sacrifice bunt, before torn Ryan Theriot two-run single to make it 4-0.

Cruz added a run-scoring single in the sixth. 2 For 3 with the first two RBI of his career ended.

Matt Holliday went two runs with a single bases loaded in the eighth you painkillers that Danys Baez, who gave up six runs in the inning.

Carlos Ruiz hit an zwei-Out Homer in the ninth for Philadelphia.

Notes

The Phillies fell to 19-17 on the road and remain one of the five teams with records from home to win way. Holliday broke from a 0 to 10 skid with a third inning double. In his career against Philadelphia is 6-2. Berkman has 54 RBI. He had 58 all last season.

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