By Dan Moore

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Aug 31, 2011 – Tuesday night the St. Louis Cardinals finally got the Edwin Jackson they traded Colby Rasmus to acquire, and then some; the starter allowed just one run over seven innings, didn’t walk a batter, and drove in the team’s first run with a bases-loaded single to top the Milwaukee Brewers, putting the on-the-edge Cardinals to 9.5 games back in the National League Central. Jon Jay drove in the other run for the Cardinals, who improved to 71-64. Shaun Marcum, who didn’t allow a single earned run, was the hard-luck loser; he falls to 11-5 on the season.

The middle of the Cardinals’ order was 0-10, but the back of the order, including recently dropped shortstop Rafael Furcal, delivered in the fifth inning after taking advantage of two fifth-inning errors. Jackson, following up a Yadier Molina single, broke through with a single, and Jon Jay scored Furcal with a sacrifice fly to end the scoring for St. Louis. 

Jake Westbrook and Randy Wolf will meet Wednesday to continue the series, which ends with the Cardinals sending rookie Brandon Dickson—currently still a member of the Memphis Redbirds—up against Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo. Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia is being skipped in the rotation after a rough August that featured a 6.84 ERA. 

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Tuesday night the St. Louis Cardinals finally got the Edwin Jackson they traded Colby Rasmus to acquire, and then some; the starter allowed just one run over seven innings, didn’t walk a batter, and drove in the team’s first run with a bases-loaded single to top the Milwaukee Brewers, putting the on-the-edge Cardinals to 9.5 games back in the National League Central. Jon Jay drove in the other run for the Cardinals, who improved to 71-64. Shaun Marcum, who didn’t allow a single earned run, was the hard-luck loser; he falls to 11-5 on the season.

The middle of the Cardinals’ order was 0-10, but the back of the order, including recently dropped shortstop Rafael Furcal, delivered in the fifth inning after taking advantage of two fifth-inning errors. Jackson, following up a Yadier Molina single, broke through with a single, and Jon Jay scored Furcal with a sacrifice fly to end the scoring for St. Louis. 

Jake Westbrook and Randy Wolf will meet Wednesday to continue the series, which ends with the Cardinals sending rookie Brandon Dickson—currently still a member of the Memphis Redbirds—up against Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo. Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia is being skipped in the rotation after a rough August that featured a 6.84 ERA. 

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 31 (UPI) — Edwin Jackson tossed seven solid innings and provided a run-scoring single Tuesday in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2-1 win over Milwaukee.

Jackson (4-2) surrendered only one run on six hits, didn’t issue a walk and fanned three for the Cardinals, who opened a three-game set in Milwaukee with a victory.

The right-hander helped himself at the plate as well. After the Cards had loaded the bases in the fifth inning on a pair of Brewers errors and Yadier Molina’s single, Jackson lined an 0-2 pitch to right for a 1-0 lead.

John Jay followed with a sacrifice fly to double the advantage.

Milwaukee’s Shawn Marcum (11-5) took the hard-luck loss, yielding just two unearned runs on four hits over seven frames as the National League Central-leading Brewers lost for only the sixth time in 33 games.

Nyjer Morgan went 3-for-4 with an RBI double for Milwaukee.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28 (UPI) — Kyle Lohse rebounded from a rough start to collect a victory Sunday and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 7-4 win over Pittsburgh.

Lohse (12-8) was rocked for four runs (two earned) over the first two innings but then settled down to toss three scoreless frames, giving the Cards a chance to come back from a 4-3 deficit.

The right-hander yielded six hits and two walks in five innings, striking out four as the Cards took three wins in a four-game set with the Pirates.

Four St. Louis relievers combined for four shutout innings and Jason Motte picked up his first save of the year.

Ryan Theriot and Skip Schumaker each had two hits and a pair of RBI and Allen Craig drove in the go-ahead run with a fourth-inning sacrifice fly for St. Louis.

Pittsburgh’s Jeff Karstens (9-8) was lit up for five runs on nine hits in just 3 2/3 innings.

Jose Tabata, Andrew McCutchen and Ronny Cedeno each drove in a run for the Bucs.

ST. LOUIS (KDKA/AP) — For the second consecutive night, a home run in the eighth inning sank the Pirates.

They lost 5-4 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night at Busch Stadium, dropping to 61-70.

Jose Veras blew the lead when Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer to put the Cardinals on top.

Berkman reached 30 homers for the sixth time in his career, leaving him one behind teammate Albert Pujols for the NL lead, coming off a career-worst 14 homers in an injury-plagued 2010.

James McDonald (4.22 ERA) gave up three runs on five hits and struck out five over six innings.

The Bucs started off strong when they took an early lead after earning three runs in the first inning.

Andrew McCutchen, who had three hits for the night, and Ryan Doumit each had RBI singles. Josh Harrison had a sacrifice fly.

St. Louis’ Yadier Molina hit a three-run homer in the second to tie it at 3-3.

In the fourth, Jose Tabata had an RBI double.

Jake Westbrook (4.75 ERA) allowed four runs, seven hits and struck out three over six innings.

St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) – Lance Berkman’s two-run homer in the eighth
inning lifted the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4, in the
second test of a four-game series.

Yadier Molina hit a three-run homer for the Cardinals, who have won two in a
row since a three-game skid.

St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook gave up four runs on seven hits over six-plus
innings. He walked five and struck out three. Kyle McClellan (10-6) tossed a
scoreless eighth and ninth to pick up the win.

Jose Tabata, Josh Harrison, Ryan Doumit and Andrew McCutchen each drove in a
run for the Pirates.

James McDonald allowed three runs on five hits over six-plus innings for
Pittsburgh. Jose Veras (2-4) gave up the homer to Berkman to suffer the loss.

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