Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 0
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, May 26, 2012
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 94°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 44476

Phillies 4, Cardinals 0:
Kyle Kendrick tossed a seven-hit shutout for his first victory as visiting Philadelphia won its fourth straight.

Kendrick (1-4), who had been backed by five total runs in his previous four starts, fanned four and walked none. He needed just 94 pitches to improve to 5-1 lifetime against St. Louis, which has won just five of its last 16 games.

Hunter Pence led off the fourth with a single and scored on a double by Shane Victorino, who was 0-for-8 in the series before finding the gap in left-center. The Phillies broke it open with a three-run sixth highlighted by John Mayberry Jr.’s two-run double.

The Phillies improved to 21-6 when scoring four or more runs, compared to 4-17 when scoring three or fewer.

Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday took away a home run in the first inning when he jumped against the wall in left and snared Jimmy Rollins’ drive.

Jaime Garcia (3-3) went six innings for the Cardinals, allowing four runs on six hits.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cardinals manager Mike Matheny rested SS Rafael Furcal, who had missed just three starts and one game, and C Yadier Molina, who had appeared in 42 of St. Louis’ first 46 games, starting 39 of them. … The Phillies go for the four-game sweep Sunday behind Roy Halladay, who will be opposed by Adam Wainwright.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia   St. Louis
Kyle Kendrick Player Jaime Garcia
Win W/L Loss
9.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 6
7 Hits 6
0.00 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Philadelphia   St. Louis
Hunter Pence Player David Freese
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Philadelphia 7 0 11 .219 14 8 4 3 0 0
St. Louis 7 0 8 .219 12 4 0 0 0 0