Cardinals back Mikolas with 3 HRs in win over Phillies

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Miles Mikolas pitched seven stellar innings and Yadier Molina
hit one of three home runs that powered the St. Louis Cardinals past the
Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 on Monday night.

Matt Carpenter and Paul DeJong also went deep as the Cardinals snapped a
four-game skid. Mikolas (4-2) allowed only three hits in his second-longest
outing this season. He struck out five and did not issue a walk.

John Brebbia and Jordan Hicks finished the five-hitter.

Molina added two singles for a three-hit game. In his last 16 games at home,
Molina has three homers and 18 RBIs. He has hit safely in 14 of those games,
batting .349 during that span.

The Cardinals chased starter Vince Velasquez (1-2) in the fifth when he gave up
two homers sandwiched around a single. He allowed five runs on four hits and
five walks. In his last seven games (six starts), Velasquez has received just
seven runs of support.

Molina got the first St. Louis hit when he belted a 2-2 pitch into the left
field seats in the fourth inning. He drove in Jose Martinez, who drew his second
walk from Velasquez. Molina’s third home run of the season extended his hitting
streak to 12 games.

St. Louis put together a big inning in the fifth, sending nine batters to the
plate. Carpenter led off with a homer. After Paul Goldschmidt singled, DeJong
hit his seventh home run of the season.

Phillies reliever Edgar Garcia, who was making his big league debut, got an out
but then gave up singles to Martinez and Molina. A wild pitch advanced both
before Kolten Wong’s sacrifice fly accounted for the fourth run of the inning
and a 6-0 lead.

ARCH NEMESIS

Philadelphia is 3-12 in its last 15 games in St. Louis. Since the start of the
2010 season, the Phillies are 12-24 at Busch Stadium.

SPECIAL VISITOR

Dabo Swinney, coach of Clemson’s national champion football team, visited
Cardinals manager Mike Shildt at Busch Stadium. The two met during spring
training when Shildt invited Swinney to speak to the ballclub.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (shoulder) pitched Sunday in the fifth inning
for Class A Peoria and retired three batters on six pitches, getting three
groundouts. “I’ll take three outs on six pitches every day, regardless,”
Shildt said. “It was great for Carlos. We’re happy for him. He’s back here.
He’ll play catch and then he’ll go to (Triple-A) Memphis and get an opportunity
in the next couple days to throw again and we’ll just continue to evaluate where
we are with him.”

UP NEXT

Phillies: RHP Aaron Nola (2-0, 5.06 ERA) gave up one run and seven hits over 5
2/3 innings in his last start against Detroit but did not figure in the
decision. He is 2-2 with a 2.84 ERA in four career starts against St. Louis.

Cardinals: RHP Dakota Hudson (2-2, 4.80) will be making his first
regular-season appearance against the Phillies. He had a career-high seven
strikeouts and went six innings for the first time in his last start, a 2-1 loss
at Washington.

Game time is 6:45 with the pre-game at 5:50 on KTLO-AM.

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