Carpenter doubled twice during the Cardinals’ six-run first inning and by the end of the seventh had tied a major-league and Cardinals record with four doubles in a single game. During the Cardinals’ 12-3 thumping of the Rockies, Carpenter became the 42nd player with four doubles in a game and the first Cardinal since Joe Medwick had four in August 1937 against Boston.
Narratives are strewn, crushed and crumpled, all over this month for the resurgent, wild card-leading Cardinals and their leading player, Carpenter. Rookie Austin Gomber tamed Colorado with six solid innings to become the first Cardinals lefty since Kent Mercker in July 1999 to win a game at Coors.