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Cards, Wainwright aim for another win over PhilsBaseball Betting Lines05/04/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - There's a reason why the St. Louis Cardinals have the best record in the National League and that's pitching. The Cardinals are tops in the majors with a 2.58 earned run average thanks to the arms of ace Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Jaime Garcia and Brad Penny. All four have at least three wins, with Carpenter and Wainwright sitting with four victories apiece. Wainwright will shoot for his fifth win of the season Tuesday in the second portion of a four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Wainwright is 4-1 with a 2.13 ERA in five starts and rebounded nicely from his only loss of the 2010 campaign the last time out. After he allowed two runs through eight innings of a 2-0 loss at San Francisco, Wainwright held Atlanta to three runs in six innings of a 10-4 rout last Thursday in the Gateway City. The lanky right-hander finished third to Giants ace Tim Lincecum and Carpenter in the closest three-way finish in Cy Young voting history last year. In six career matchups (4 starts) with the Phils, Wainwright is 2-1 with a 3.10 ERA. In his previous appearance against Philadelphia on May 5 last season, Wainwright was rattled for seven runs and nine hits in six innings of a 10-7 setback at Busch Stadium. He'll be in good shape if he pitches the way Garcia did in last night's 6-3 triumph in the series opener. The lefty tamed the Phils' lineup to a run and three hits through six innings while striking out six and walking four. "A couple times we left it up there, they popped it," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa about Garcia. "But he made a whole lot of good pitches and we had a lot of offensive contributions. It was a terrific game for us." Nick Stavinoha hit a tie-breaking pinch-hit home run in the seventh and David Freese contributed a three-run double for the NL Central-leading Cardinals, who have won three in a row and eight of nine games. Colby Rasmus went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs batted in. St. Louis will also visit Pittsburgh for three games during its tour through Pennsylvania. The Phillies entered last night's series opener fresh off back-to-back wins over the New York Mets in which they scored a total of 21 runs. They got solo homers from Chase Utley and Jayson Werth last night, but it wasn't enough to avoid a fifth loss in eight tries. Werth had two hits and two runs scored for the two-time defending National League champion Phils, who are 2-2 so far on a 10-game homestand. "We had a tough inning when they scored five in the seventh," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. "I felt like their guy (Garcia) pitched a pretty good game. He kind of moved the ball around and had a good breaking ball at times. We couldn't score enough runs. Bottom line was that we got done in in the seventh." Joe Blanton made his 2010 debut for Philadelphia after opening the season on the disabled list with an oblique problem. The bulky right-hander was reached for four runs and 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings and struck out four. Philadelphia will also host rival Atlanta on the residency and hopes starting pitcher Cole Hamels can get back into a groove this evening. Since winning his first two starts of the 2010 season, the left-hander is 0-2 with a 5.39 earned run average in three starts. He did not record a decision in his team's 7-6 win over San Francisco on Wednesday, as he gave up four runs and nine hits in six innings while striking out a season-best 10 batters. Hamels, who is 2-2 with a 5.28 ERA in five starts, has lasted at least six innings over his winless run. The 2008 World Series MVP will start against St. Louis for the seventh time in his career and is 2-2 with a 4.22 ERA over the first six appearances. Philly won four of five meetings with the Cardinals a year ago and is 6-4 over the last 10 encounters at Citizens Bank Park.
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