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Cardinals' bullpen continues to shine

The team's six other relievers combined to cover eight scoreless innings, during which they allowed one hit -- a single to Brandon Phillips in the ninth. The other three baserunners to reach -- all via a walk -- never advanced further than first.

"It was tremendous," Maness said. "Set the donut. One guy comes in. You just try to match that and keep passing the ball."

Maness preserves the win
Maness preserves the win 8/5/15: Seth Maness gets Ivan De Jesus Jr. to ground out, ending the game after 13 innings and recording the win

Matheny acknowledged deploying some creativity in trying to maximize his resources to cover as many innings as necessary.