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Carpenter did look like the pitcher the Cards had hoped for his last time out on Thursday against Philadelphia, as he held the Phillies to a run and five hits in seven innings.

 

"He's had a rough stretch, but we always feel like he's our most dominant pitcher," Skip Schumaker said.

 

The Cards will be trying to make it two straight wins tonight after winning Tuesday's opener, as Matt Holliday and Colby Rasmus belted solo home runs to lead St. Louis to a 6-2 victory. Nick Punto added a pair of hits, including an RBI single, while David Freese also had a pair of hits for the Cardinals, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

 

Kyle Lohse (8-4) worked five innings to pick up the win, yielding four hits while fanning two and walking one. He didn't pitch after a 27-minute rain delay.

 

Zach Britton (6-6) worked 5 2/3 innings in defeat for Baltimore, giving up four runs on seven hits.

 

"It was more of a case of us not doing anything offensively," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of his starter's performance. "It's a process for him, he's doing some things real well and there's some things he'll do better at as he goes forward."

 

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets exploded offensively on Tuesday to move above .500 for the first time since the first week of the season. Tonight, they shoot for a series win when they play the middle test of their three-game interleague set against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran each cleared the bases in the fourth and fifth inning, respectively, to break a 299-game drought without a grand slam, as the Mets rolled to a commanding 14-3 win.

 

"We're not one of those bopping teams," Bay admitted. "We're more of a string two or three hits together instead of a bloop and a blast. It was nice to show that we can still hit the ball out of the ballpark."

 

"It sure feels like the beginning of the season, if we were at all," Dickey said about his team having a winning record. "Hopefully this is going to be that resistance point that when we break through we can really continue to go."

 

Tigers starter Rick Porcello (6-6) continued his recent struggles, yielding seven runs on 11 hits in just 3 2/3 innings. Over his last three starts, he has given up 21 runs in 11 1/3 frames.

 

Heading to the hill for the Mets tonight will be lefty Chris Capuano, who has won three of his last four starts. Capuano beat the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, scattering five hits over six scoreless innings before leaving with cramps in his right side. He also struck out seven without walking a batter and improved to 6-7 on the year to go along with a 3.99 ERA.

 

Detroit, meanwhile, will counter with lefty Phil Coke, who is just 1-7 with a 4.32 ERA. Coke did not get a decision on Friday against Arizona, but was not good, as he allowed six runs (five earned) in 4 2/3 innings of his team's 7-6 loss.

 

The Mets won two of three at home versus the Tigers last year, but dropped two of three in their last trip to Detroit in 2007.

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