ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Matt Carpenter homered and Adam Wainwright turned in his
second successive strong outing to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the San
Francisco Giants 8-3 on Sunday.
Randal Grichuk drove in four runs for St. Louis, which snapped a four-game
skid.
San Francisco had won seven of eight.
Wainwright (4-3) allowed one run and five hits over 6 1/3 innings. He also had
an RBI double in the sixth.
The veteran right-hander tossed seven sharp innings in a 5-0 win over the
Chicago Cubs last Sunday. Before that, Wainwright had given up four earned runs
in each of his three previous starts.
Carpenter hit a two-run homer off Matt Cain (3-2) in the fifth. Cain gave up
seven runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings. He is 0-4 in six regular-season
starts at Busch Stadium.
St. Louis has Monday off before beginning a series in Los Angeles Tuesday night.
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