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Monster Matts wield big bats in Cards’ victory
- Updated: May 30, 2016
MILWAUKEE — While the bottom five places in the Cardinals’ order went 0-for-18 before Kolten Wong snuck a single through to right field in the eighth, the top of the lineup, in particular Matt Carpenter and Matt Holliday, supplied more than enough commotion to lift the Cardinals to a 6-0 victory over the Brewers on Monday.
With the second four-hit game of his career, Carpenter set the tone. The new father connected on a one-out single to spark a three-run third, and he found his way home two more times after doubling in the fifth and seventh innings.
The Cardinals have often contended that as their leadoff hitter goes, so, too, do they. And there seems to be something to that. St. Louis has now won nine of 12 games in which Carpenter has tallied at least two hits. Over Carpenter’s career, the Cardinals are 128-64 within those parameters.
“I never want to put that pressure on anyone that they have to be the guy, but I think it’s also a pat on the back that says that when you’re grinding your at-bats, it becomes contagious,” …
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