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Cardinals 6, Dodgers 1
Chris Carpenter won his fourth consecutive decision. (Scott Rovak/Cardinals)
By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
With the help of four double plays, Chris Carpenter allowed just one run in seven-plus innings, lowering his ERA to 2.19. A four-run seventh inning, sparked by Mark DeRosa's homer to lead off the frame, blew the game open after Matt Holliday opened the scoring with an RBI double in the first in his Busch Stadium debut.
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Series at a glance:
LAD
LA Dodgers (62-37)
Lost 2 		St. Louis 6, LA Dodgers 1   STL
St. Louis (54-48)
Won 1
July 27, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
LA Dodgers
 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 11 1
St. Louis
 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 X   6 11 0
Standings thru 7/27/09  |  Recap: LAD | STL  |  Gameday  |  Dodgers stats  |  Cardinals stats
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Furcal, SS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .263
Hudson, O, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .295
Ramirez, M, LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .331
Ethier, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .271
Blake, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .274
Loney, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .285
Martin, R, C 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 .263
Kemp, CF 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 .314
Wolf, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .122
  a-Pierre, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312
  McDonald, Ja, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Mota, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Kuo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Loretta, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Totals 32 1 11 1 3 5 21  

a-Grounded out for Wolf in the 7th. b-Flied out for Kuo in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Ramirez, M (13, Carpenter, C).
TB: Ramirez, M 2; Furcal 3; Kemp; Hudson, O; Blake; Ethier; Loney; Martin, R 2.
RBI: Furcal (27).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wolf 2; Ethier; Kemp 2; Ramirez, M.
SAC: Wolf.
SF: Furcal.
GIDP: Ramirez, M 2, Martin, R, Hudson, O.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Blake (8, throw).
Outfield assists: Kemp (Pujols at 2nd base).
 
St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lugo, 2B 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .313
DeRosa, 3B 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 .266
Pujols, 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .324
Holliday, LF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .297
Ludwick, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .271
Molina, Y, C 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .282
Ankiel, CF 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .240
Ryan, SS 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 .286
Carpenter, C, P 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .129
  Miller, T, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  McClellan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Franklin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 6 11 6 3 4 11  

BATTING
2B: Holliday (28, Wolf), Ryan (12, Mota).
HR: DeRosa (18, 7th inning off McDonald, Ja, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Pujols; Lugo; Ryan 5; DeRosa 4; Holliday 2; Carpenter, C; Ankiel 2.
RBI: Holliday (58), Lugo (11), DeRosa (57), Ankiel (28), Ryan 2 (17).
2-out RBI: Holliday; Lugo; Ankiel; Ryan 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ludwick 2; DeRosa; Lugo; Carpenter, C.
SAC: Carpenter, C.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
DP: 4 (DeRosa-Lugo-Pujols, Ryan-Lugo-Pujols 2, Pujols-Ryan-Pujols).
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wolf (L, 5-5) 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 3.43
McDonald, Ja 0.2 2 3 1 1 0 1 5.34
Leach 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.43
Mota 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.98
Kuo 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.68
 
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Carpenter, C (W, 9-3) 7.0 9 1 1 2 2 0 2.19
Miller, T 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.05
McClellan 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.93
Franklin (S, 23) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.21

Leach pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
Carpenter, C pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
McClellan pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Game Scores: Wolf , Carpenter, C .
WP: Carpenter, C.
HBP: Hudson, O (by Carpenter, C), Martin, R (by Carpenter, C), DeRosa (by Wolf).
Pitches-strikes: Wolf 98-62, McDonald, Ja 28-18, Leach 2-2, Mota 4-2, Kuo 10-6, Carpenter, C 99-61, Miller, T 14-8, McClellan 4-4, Franklin 18-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wolf 5-4, McDonald, Ja 1-1, Leach 0-0, Mota 0-1, Kuo 1-1, Carpenter, C 9-3, Miller, T 0-0, McClellan 0-0, Franklin 2-1.
Batters faced: Wolf 28, McDonald, Ja 5, Leach 1, Mota 2, Kuo 3, Carpenter, C 30, Miller, T 3, McClellan 1, Franklin 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Leach 2-1, Mota 2-2, Miller, T 1-0, McClellan 2-0, Franklin 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Kellogg. 1B: Rob Drake. 2B: Mark Wegner. 3B: Tim Timmons.
Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:03.
Att: 43,756.
Venue: Busch Stadium.
July 27, 2009
July 27, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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