Carpenter picks up 18th win of season

PITTSBURGH (AP) Chris Carpenter picked up his 18th victory and Albert Pujols (POO&#39;-hohlz) belted his 34th homer in the St. Louis Cardinals&#39; 8-to-3 win at Pittsburgh.<br> <br> Carpenter is the majors&#39; first 18-game winner, improving to 18-and-4 by allowing three runs and four hits in eight innings. He&#39;s 10-and-0 on the road this season, and 10-and-0 in his last 13 starts overall.<br> <br> John Rodriguez homered and had three R-B-I&#39;s as the Cardinals beat the Pirates for the 16th time in their last 19 meetings. David Eckstein added three hits and two R-B-I&#39;s to the win.<br> <br> Pirates starter Kip Wells was chased in the first inning, charged with five runs and six hits. He&#39;s 7-and-13.<br> <br> The outcome allowed Tony La Russa to tie Sparky Anderson for third place on the all-time managerial list with two-thousand-194 victories.<br> <br> (Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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