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MLB: St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 0

ST. LOUIS, April 10 (UPI) -- Jake Westbrook hurled a five-hit shutout and Matt Carpenter socked one of four St. Louis homers Wednesday in the Cardinals' 10-0 rout of Cincinnati.

Westbrook (1-1) logged his first victory of the year with the 112-pitch performance, overcoming four walks and striking out three for his fourth career whitewash.

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Carpenter went 4-for-5 with a two-run shot while Matt Adams and Carlos Beltran also each went deep with a man aboard as the Cardinals banged out 14 hits.

Adams finished with three RBI for St. Louis, which took the rubber match of a three-game set.

Reds starter Homer Bailey (1-1) was roughed up for seven runs on nine hits over five full frames, walking two batters in the loss.

Joey Votto doubled and singled for Cincinnati.

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