The magic number is two. The Cardinals win again big over Houston, 11-2 the final Tuesday night. There were plenty of offensive heroes as Colby Rasmus went deep and Mark DeRosa drove in two more runs.
Rasmus hit his 16 th homer and went 3 for 3, even Yadi went deep late in the eighth inning. Rick Ankiel, Albert Pujols, Molina and Mark DeRosa each had two hits while Molina and DeRosa drove in two runs apiece as the Cardinals pounded out another 15 hits.
Yorman Bazardo was making just his sixth major league start and once the Cardinals figured him out (which didn’t take long) they piled on the runs. The Cards scored three in the third and three more in the fourth to chase Bazardo. What was more impressive is that the Cardinals scored five of those six runs while recording just one out. The Cards rallied with two outs in the third and then started the fourth with three straight singles.
Joel Pineiro picked up his 15 th win going seven innings allowing just one run on five hits.
The Cardinals could clinch the Central Division tonight with a win against Houston and a Cubs loss at Milwaukee.
