St. Louis reliever Kevin Siegrist played with fire in the eighth inning.
Siegrist came on in the eighth for reliever Matt Bowman but quickly ran into trouble. Two errors -- a dropped catch error by first baseman Matt Carpenter and a fielding error by shortstop Greg Garcia -- led to a bases loaded situation with two outs.
However, a slick defensive play by Carpenter on a sharp ground ball by outfielder Gregory Polanco ended the threat, as Carpenter slid into first to beat Polanco to the base.
Additionally, a good throw by left fielder Randal Grichuk kept Josh Harrison from advancing on a fly out almost to the warning track by Josh Bell.