Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 4, Arizona 2
When: 9:40 PM ET, Monday, April 19, 2010
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 24167

Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.

Arizona reliever Blaine Boyer (1-2) gave-up the go-ahead run in the eighth inning after Cody Rasmus greeted him with a double and scored on Adam LaRoche’s fielder error on Yadier Molina’s groundball to make it 3-2.

Holliday's homer in the fifth had tied it at 2-2.

Brad Penny (2-0) had another strong showing with his seven-inning effort in which he gave up two runs on eight hits with five strikeouts.

Arizona starter Rodrigo Lopez took the no-decision in seven innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs with four walks with seven strikeouts.

Mark Reynolds had a two-run double in the first for the Diamondbacks, who lost for the fifth straight time.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   Arizona
Brad Penny Player Rodrigo Lopez
Win W/L No Decision
7.0 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 7
2.57 ERA 2.57
Hitting
St. Louis   Arizona
Matt Holliday Player Stephen Drew
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 11 1 16 .306 16 5 3 4 2 0
Arizona 10 0 13 .278 16 7 2 1 0 2