"He seemed to always hit homers against us, so he might as well hit homers for us," manager Mike Matheny said. "He's dangerous from both sides. I think his swing right-handed tends to have a lot of chance for power, but he's really been driving the ball from the left side as well."
With Carpenter and Fowler leading the club in home runs, the Cardinals entered Sunday ranked third in the Majors with 23 home runs between their Nos. 1 and 2 batters in the order. Only the Cubs (33) and Brewers (31) have more.
Lyons continues to offer length
Despite conversation earlier this year about sliding Tyler Lyons into a higher-leverage bullpen role, he remains the club's preferred long reliever, as was evidenced in Saturday's 15-7 loss.