ST. LOUIS, July 22 (UPI) -- David Eckstein's squeeze bunt scored the winning run Friday night as St. Louis edged the Chicago Cubs, 2-1.
In relief of Chris Carpenter, who was involved in a pitcher's duel with Carlos Zambrano for eight innings, Al Reyes improved to 3-1.
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Loser Sergio Mitre fell to 2-5.
John Rodriguez homered for St. Louis, which has won two of three.
Derrek Lee had the lone RBI for Chicago, which has dropped in a row.