: --With the game still on the line at 4-2, RHP Blaine Boyer was allowed to pitch to left-handed-hitting Milwaukee 1B Prince Fielder with two on and nobody out in the seventh. 

--In their first 24 games, the Cardinals tallied six or more runs 11 times. 

Right-hander Todd Wellemeyer, though walking seven batters and hitting two, wasn't scored on from the second through the sixth innings on Sunday. 

The Milwaukee Brewers' four-run cushion had been sliced in half before Prince Fielder's fourth home run in five games gave them plenty of breathing room. 

Braden Looper made the transformation from a closer to a starter with the St. 

Friday night's postponement against Milwaukee may cause theCardinals to bring Chris Carpenter off the disabled list as early as Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs rather than Friday as planned against Kansas City. 

On a brilliant Saturday afternoon tailored more for October than mid-May, Waino was again bueno, yet it wasn't enough for the team formerly known as the first-placeCardinals. 

Infielder Jose Martinez is expected to rejoin the SpringfieldCardinals in the next week or two. 

When Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre let the cat out of the bag the other day in Philadelphia that he had been asked to be a coach for the All-Star Game on July 14 here - and he had accepted that invitation - the National League's chances for its fi 

Jeff Suppan threw seven scoreless innings in his favorite stadium and Corey Hart hit his first homer in 27 games to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 1-0 victory over the St. 

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ON DECK 

Pitchers can only do so much to win a ball game. 

The Milwaukee Brewers managed only two hits against Adam Wainwright and the St. 

Chris Carpenter could return to the Cardinals' rotation early next week after a rainout forced a reassessment of the rotation.