Daniel Descalso Strikes Again, St. Louis Cardinals Top Padres In Extras
The St. Louis Cardinals use yet more late-inning heroics from Daniel Descalso to beat the San Diego Padres in extras.
Daniel Descalso Strikes Again, St. Louis Cardinals Top Padres In Extras
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Chris Carpenter Can't Keep Padres At Bay, Cardinals Drop Series-Ender 3-1
Chris Carpenter pitched one of his best games of the season Wednesday night, but the St. Louis Cardinals' veteran ace wasn't quite as good as San Diego Padres sophomore Mat Latos, who improved to 2-6 after throwing eight innings and allowing just one run. Latos and Carpenter, 1-5, have each begun the season as hard-luck losers, but something had to give—and Wednesday it was the Cardinals' offense, held scoreless for eight innings after Lance Berkman drove in Jon Jay to put them up 1-0 after the top of the first inning.
Chase Headley doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to put the Padres up for good; Brad Hawpe's second-inning home run off Carpenter, his fourth of the year, had tied the game earlier. Jay and Berkman had two hits for the Cardinals, while Daniel Descalso doubled and Tyler Greene picked up the Cardinals' other hit. Carpenter struck out six without allowing a walk, and went the distance for the Cardinals in the loss.
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Daniel Descalso Strikes Again, St. Louis Cardinals Top Padres In Extras
Daniel Descalso is hitting .239/.311/.359 so far in 2011, but yet another apparently clutch hit in Tuesday night's victory over the San Diego Padres will lead casual St. Louis Cardinals fans to wonder whether he's gotten up to .400 yet. Descalso's 11th-inning single put the Cardinals ahead for good after a four-inning stalemate to improve their record to a season-best 30-20. Kyle McClellan didn't have the run-support to pick up his seventh win but his six innings of work were as impressive as any he's thrown to date; he struck out four without a walk to work around an early Ryan Theriot error that led to a two-unearned-run homer.
That home run, by Brad Hawpe, was the extent of the San Diego Padres' offensive output. Aaron Harang put in a dominant performance for a no decision of his own, striking out seven in as many innings, but the Cardinals' bullpen just held up a little better—Miguel Batista picked up the win with two scoreless innings, aided by some strong defense, while Eduardo Sanchez struck out one to pick up his fifth save.
