DENVER • Having helped move Dexter Fowler into scoring position with a single in the third inning, Tommy Pham got Fowler all the way home in the fifth inning with a home run.
Pham and Fowler have combined to score all three of the Cardinals' runs as the lineup provides a 3-0 lead for starter Adam Wainwright.
Pham's fourth homer of the season traveled an estimated 426 feet.
Adam Wainwright has held the Colorado Rockies scoreless through five innings, and he's done so with a whirling variety of pitches. He has carved up his total pitches almost equally among his curve, his fastball, and his cutter, a pitch that he had dry-docked in recent starts.