Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter pitched well, but not as good as Indians starter Cliff Lee. Last year’s AL Cy Young winner, who normally dominates the Royals, took care of the Cardinals in a 4-1 loss for St. Louis which drops them a half game behind Milwaukee in the NL Central.

Lee took a no-hitter in the eighth inning until Yadier Molina, the NL leader in votes for catchers, singled to end Lee’s bid.  Lee ended up giving up three hits and two walks while going the distance on 93 pitches with 70 of those as strikes.

As far as Carp, he went seven innings, but the long ball hurt him just enough to hand him his first loss of the year.  Mark DeRosa homered in the first with one on and catcher Kelly Shoppach homered in the fifth to account for Cleveland’s runs.