Benito Santiago’s ninth home run, a shot into the right-field bleachers in the second inning, was all Charlie Hough needed.
Donovan Osborne (9-5) was forced to leave the game in the sixth when he was hit on the side of the left knee by a one-hop smash by Orestes Destrade. Preliminary X-rays were negative.
Cardinals first baseman Gregg Jefferies was scratched from the starting lineup just before the game and missed his seventh consecutive game because of a back strain.