Cardinals Beat Rockies 9-8: Matt Carpenter Singles Twice & Hits A Solo Home Run & Three-Run Homer; Jhonny Peralta Singles Twice. Walks, & Drives In Two Runs; Jason Heyward Triples, Walks, & Knocks In One Run

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter 4-for-5 with one double,two home runs, four RBIs (three w/two-out), four runs, one fielding error, and assisted in one double play.
Randal Grichuk 1-for-4 with one double, one run, one walk, and one strikeout.
Kolten Wong 2-for-4 with one RBI, one run, one hit by pitch, one caught stealing/pickoff, and assisted in one double play.
Jhonny Peralta 2-for-4 with two RBIs, one run, one walk, one strikeout, and assisted in two double plays.
Jason Heyward 2-for-4 with one triple, one two-out RBI, one intentional walk, and one strikeout.
Yadier Molina 1-for-4 with one walk.
Greg Garcia 0-for-1 with one RBI and one walk.
Stephen Piscotty 2-for-4 with one double and one run.
Steve Cishek entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, one walk, and struck one out.  (p-s:20-10)(g/f:1-0)
Miguel Socolovich entered in the eighth and pitched to two batters.  He allowed no hits or runs.  (p-s:7-5)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:1-0)
Carlos Villanueva entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and hit one batter for the winning decision (4-3).  (p-s:8-4)

Rough Outing:
Mark Reynolds 0-for-3 with one strikeout and assisted in one double play.
Brandon Moss 0-for-2 with one strikeout and assisted in one double play.
Carlos Martinez started and pitched five innings.  He allowed ten hits, five earned runs, one home run, hit one batter, and struck six out.  0-for-2 with one run and one strikeout.  (p-s:100-69)(g/f:7-1)
Kevin Siegrist entered in the eighth and pitched to four batters.  He allowed two hits, two runs (one earned), and committed two throwing errors.  (p-s:11-7)(g/f:1-1)

Former Cardinals:
Daniel Descalso 0-for-1 at the plate.
John Axford entered in the ninth and pitched to six batters.  He allowed two hits, two earned runs, and three walks (one intentional) for the blown save (5) and losing decision (3-5).  (p-s:25-8)(g/f:0-1)(ir-s:1-1)

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