Matt Carpenter doubled, singled and walked twice, and the Cardinals overcame a short outing by Tim Cooney in his major league debut to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-3, in St. Louis on Thursday for their third straight win.
Carpenter scored in his first three times on base and has 21 runs in 21 games. Matt Adams had three hits and drove in three runs — two on a tiebreaking homer.
Cooney, a 24-year-old left-hander brought up from Class AAA Memphis before the game, was given a 3-0 lead but lasted two and a third innings, allowing three runs and seven hits.