KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Matt Carpenter homered for the sixth time in seven games, Austin Gomber pitched five scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-0 Friday night.
Carpenter tops the National League with 32 home runs, a .600 slugging percentage and 65 extra-base hits.
Carpenter sent a fastball from Burch Smith into the right-field fountains for a two-out , two-run drive. He extended his career high for homers as the Cardinals scored five times in the second.
Paul DeJong led off the inning with his 11th home run.