PITTSBURGH PIRATES VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BASEBALL
Pittsburgh Pirates Ty Wigginton gets a face full of dirt as he slides headfirst into homeplate, beating the tag of St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina in the seventh inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on September 13, 2005. Wigginton was able to score from second base on a single by Jason Bay. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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Daniel Descalso raced home with the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning Wednesday, helping lift St. Louis over the New York Mets 4-2.
Lance Lynn overcame a rough start to notch a victory and the St. Louis Cardinals scored three times in the seventh inning to best the New York Mets 6-3.
John Mayberry ignited a five-run first inning with an RBI double Friday and Philadelphia went on to record a rain-shortened, 8-2 win over St. Louis.
Kevin Frandsen's run-scoring infield hit highlighted a rally Sunday that lifted Philadelphia to a 7-4 win and doubleheader sweep of Colorado.
Cliff Lee pitched seven shutout innings and Jimmy Rollins went 3-for-5 with a homer Saturday in the Philadelphia Phillies' 5-1 win over Atlanta.
Kyle Kendrick had a solid outing and Kevin Frandsen had four hits in leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the New York Mets.
Jay Bruce gave Cincinnati a two-run lead with an eighth-inning homer Wednesday and the Reds survived a shaky ninth to defeat Philadelphia 3-2.
Mark Buehrle allowed five hits and the Miami Marlins scored six times in the eighth inning Wednesday en route to a 9-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ty Wigginton's sacrifice fly completed a four-run, ninth-inning rally Monday that handed the Philadelphia Phillies a 7-6 comeback win over Milwaukee.
Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz slammed back-to-back homers in the seventh inning Wednesday, rallying Philadelphia to a 9-2 win over the New York Mets.
