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Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 8 1  Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1

BOXSCORE St Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1 St Louis Cardinals Batter Pos AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Vina 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268 Drew RF 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .261 Edmonds CF 5 1 0 0 0 3 6 .310 Pujols 3B 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 .298 Martinez 1B 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .265 Renteria SS 4 1 1 4 0 2 4 .309 Robinson LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274 Matheny C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238 Morris P 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .145 Veres P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 35 5 8 5 3 10 16 BATTING HR: Renteria (9, 6th inning off Padilla, V, 3 on, 0 out). RBI: Pujols (93), Renteria 4 (61). S: Morris. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pujols 2, Renteria 2. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING E: Robinson (2, fielding). Philadelphia Phillies Batter Pos AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Ledee CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .233 Rollins SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Abreu RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .294 Burrell LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .281 Lieberthal C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .292 Lee 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .248 Polanco 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .274 Anderson 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .270 Padilla, V P 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .044 Cormier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 a-Glanville PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .217 Timlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Totals 35 1 8 1 0 7 12 a-Singled for Cormier in the 7th. BATTING HR: Abreu (13, 8th inning off Morris, 0 on, 1 out). RBI: Abreu (62). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lieberthal, Ledee. Team LOB: 7. FIELDING E: Lee (4, fielding). St Louis Cardinals Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Morris (W, 15-7) 8.0 8 1 1 0 6 1 3.25 Veres 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.86 Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Padilla, V (L, 12-8) 6.0 6 5 4 1 6 1 3.32 Cormier 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5.69 Timlin 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.75 Adams 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.88 WP: Padilla, V, Cormier. IBB: Pujols (by Cormier). HBP: Vina (by Padilla, V). Pitches-strikes: Morris 106-75, Veres 10-9, Padilla, V 88-59, Cormier 28-15, Timlin 11-8, Adams 14-10. Ground outs-fly outs: Morris 9-9, Veres 2-0, Padilla, V 6-6, Cormier 0-1, Timlin 1-2, Adams 1-0. Batters faced: Morris 32, Veres 3, Padilla, V 27, Cormier 6, Timlin 3, Adams 4. Umpires: HP: John Hirschbeck. 1B: C.B. Bucknor. 2B: Mark Carlson. 3B: Wally Bell. Weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 12 mph, Out to CF. T: 2:32 (:34 delay). Att: 58,493. Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball and the Office of the Commissioner

Cardinals starter Matt Morris (15-7) went eight innings and allowed one run on eight hits, no walks and struck out six. A winner of three consecutive starts, Morris lost his shutout when Bobby Abreu homered with one out in the eighth. Dave Veres finished up for St. Louis with a scoreless ninth.

Renteria's grand slam capped an inning in which the Cardinals' first five hitters reached off Vicente Padilla (13-7) in the sixth. J.D. Drew led off with a single, and Jim Edmonds rifled a potential double play grounder through the legs of Travis Lee, who was charged with his fourth error.

Albert Pujols laced a single to right to score Drew, and Tino Martinez bounced one past Marlon Anderson to load the bases for Renteria. The shortstop smoked a 1-0 fastball out to right center.

With the win, the Cardinals can do no worse than maintain their four-game lead over the Astros and 5 1/2-game lead over the Reds, who were playing each other. They return to Busch after a 6-1 road trip and have won eight of their past nine games, following an 0-7 stretch.

The Phillies fell to five games under .500 at 59-64. They are off Monday before beginning a six-game road trip through Milwaukee and St. Louis.

Scott Rolen sat out Sunday's game with a tight left shoulder.

Ken Mandel covers the Phillies for MLB.com and can be reached at philliesfans2002@yahoo.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.