PHILADELPHIA, May 6 (UPI) -- Philadelphia's Jayson Werth supported Roy Halladay's pitching with a 3-run home run Thursday in the Phillies' 7-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Halladay (6-1) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and seven hits over seven innings. He walked three and struck out nine in helping Philadelphia to its sixth win in eight games.
Werth hit his fifth home run of the season in the first inning in hanging the loss on Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse (0-2). Lohse allowed five runs -- three earned -- and nine hits in four innings.
St. Louis answered with a run in the second when David Freese reached third on Werth's error in right field and scored on a grounder that resulted in another Phillies error.
But Philadelphia increased its lead to 5-1 in its half of the inning on Ryan Howard's 2-run single.
The Phillies added a run in the fifth on Raul Ibanez's second homer of the season. Both teams scored in the seventh with the Cardinals RBI going to Albert Pujols and Philadelphia getting a run-scoring hit from Carlos Ruiz.
