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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- After the St. Louis Cardinals climbed back from
a six-run deficit to tie the game, Carlos Hernandez figured his job
was easy. Hernandez's run-scoring single in the ninth capped the comeback
in a 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
"I had a feeling," said Hernandez, who's 7-for-24 with four
RBIs since joining the Cardinals at the trade deadline. "When we
tied this game, I knew we were going to take it. It's a great
attitude we've got."
Philadelphia, which has lost five straight, led 6-0 in the
sixth. Phillies pitchers walked 12, including six in five shutout
innings by starter Robert Person, and relievers walked two batters
with the bases loaded in a three-run seventh.
"I don't think we're a very confident group right now,"
Phillies manager Terry Francona said. "It tears your insides out
when you outplay a team and end up losing."
Fernando Tatis doubled off Wayne Gomes and scored on Edgar
Renteria's groundout in the sixth for the first Cardinals' run. Jim Edmonds and Tatis each walked with the bases loaded in the
Cardinals' four-walk seventh, with Ray Lankford adding a sacrifice fly.
J.D. Drew, who walked his first four times up, tied it with a
two-run single in the eighth off Vicente Padilla. His hit, which
followed a fielding error by third baseman Scott Rolen and a walk,
was the first by the Cardinals in 10 at-bats with runners in
scoring position.
Chris Brock (6-6) walked Lankford with one out in the ninth,
pinch-hitter Eric Davis singled and Hernandez hit an 0-2 pitch over
left fielder Kevin Sefcik, who was playing in.
Hernandez said all three pitches were high fastballs. "The third one, I was right on it," he said. "He did me a big favor." Brock said he was trying to strike out Hernandez. "I threw the pitch I wanted to throw," Brock said.
"Obviously, it wasn't high enough."
Hernandez knew he had the game-winner as soon as he got the ball
in the air. "If he catches that ball, we score anyway," Hernandez said.
"My first reaction was, game over."
Jason Christiansen (3-8) got the last two outs in the ninth as
the NL Central leaders won their third straight and fifth in six
games. It was the Cardinals' third win in 47 games when trailing
after seven innings.
On June 22, St. Louis overcame an 8-1 deficit to beat San
Francisco 11-10. "We've got a lot of clutch guys, so we should be dynamite in
the last three innings of every game we play," manager Tony La
Russa said.
Person, who lives in suburban University City, went to a
three-ball count on 11 of 22 batters, throwing 111 pitches. He has
not allowed a run in 14 innings at Busch Stadium in three career
appearances.
"I was just uncomfortable from the start," Person said. "I
hate pitching after a day off. I just didn't feel anything."
Cardinals rookie Rick Ankiel also was wild, walking three in 4
1-3 innings. Ankiel allowed five runs -- four earned -- on four hits
and has one win in his last 10 starts.
Ankiel was most disappointed about the fourth inning, when he
walked Mike Lieberthal and Pat Burrell with two outs and then gave
up Kevin Jordan's two-run single.
"I think it's embarrassing to have an inning like that,"
Ankiel said. "I can't explain it, I just know it's embarrassing."
Another run scored in the inning on Hernandez's passed ball. Rolen drew a bases-loaded walk off Gene Stechschulte, and
Lieberthal followed with a sacrifice fly in the fifth to make it
5-0. Alex Arias hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Game notes
A crowd of 46,253 gave the Cardinals their 27th sellout in
53 home dates. ... The Cardinals plan to call up Esix Snead, who
stole his 100th base in 123 games on Thursday for Class A Potomac,
in September to use him as a pinch-runner. ... Edmonds is in a
2-for-23 slump. ... Left-handed hitters are batting .143 against
Person. The Cardinals' left-handed batters were 1-for-12 with four
walks Friday. ... St. Louis 2B Fernando Vina is 15-for-43 during a
10-game hitting streak. ... Phillies OF Doug Glanville had two hits
and is batting .411 (23-for-56) for his career at Busch. ... This
was Ankiel's first appearance against the Phillies. The only team
he hasn't faced is the New York Mets. ... Drew, who walked 43 times
in 272 at-bats entering the game, walked for the fourth time
against Ed Vosberg in the seventh. ... Shawon Dunston, who fouled
out attempting to bunt for the final out of the seventh, is
3-for-28 as a pinch-hitter. ... The 12 walks are a Cardinals'
season high. The previous high was 11 against the Dodgers on June 23.
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