PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Zack Wheeler (10-3, 2.69 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 132 strikeouts); Cardinals: Kyle Leahy (8-4, 3.45 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 99 strikeouts)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andre Pallante gave up four hits over six innings and Everson Pereira homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Tuesday night. Pereira hit his fifth homer of the season and first since being claimed off waivers by the Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox on Thursday in the eighth to give St.

ST. LOUIS — The Phillies could smell blood in the water. Bryce Harper had just won a nine-pitch battle, fouling off four of them, to draw the third consecutive walk from Caleb Ferguson. The Cardinals reliever walked the bases loaded without recording an out in the eighth inning on Tuesday.

Everson Pereira, the newest Cardinal, homered and made a catch at the wall, while reliever Ryne Stanek's 'Houdini' made a 2-0 victory possible Tuesday.

Edmundo Sosa drove in three runs and Kyle Schwarber reached base four times as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Monday night. Phillies right-hander Andrew Painter took a no-hitter into the sixth before running out of steam.

Everson Pereira hit a solo homer to help the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over the Phillies on Tuesday. Pereira has his first homer as a member of the Cardinals, and it extended the lead for St. Louis to 2-0. The former Yankees prospect is going to get a chance ...

ST. LOUIS — There was no backup plan. As the Cardinals wheeled around the bases in the eighth inning, finding gap after gap, lucky break after lucky break, interim manager Don Mattingly could do nothing but watch.

"I'd do it differently,” Cardinals manager Oli Marmol said of the potential pinch-hit spot in the eighth inning. “I mean, it's an opportunity to give (Jimmy Crooks), but at the