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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals relied on power and the pitching of Carlos Martinez to solve their home woes Friday night.Matt Carpenter and Stephen Piscotty supplied two-run homers for the National Leagues leading home run team and Martinez (14-7) pitched seven strong innings in a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.The win improved the Cardinals to 31-38 at Busch Stadium and kept them a half-game behind the New York Mets for the NLs second wild card.Jimmy Nelson (7-14) retired the first eight Cardinals before Martinez started a two-out rally with a single up the middle. Carpenter followed with his 19th home run, Kolten Wong walked and Piscotty gave St. Louis the lead by hitting his 21st homer into the bullpen in right field.That gave me the extra energy to make it through and get the win for the team, Martinez said of the long balls.Martinez gave up nine hits and hit two batters in seven innings but was helped by three double plays. He equaled his win total from last season and improved to 3-0 in four starts against Milwaukee.Hes our guy right now, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. Carlos has been so consistent weve begun to anticipate hes going to have that strong outing.Nelson lasted six innings and allowed five hits but fell to 0-7 in eight career starts against St. Louis.The two guys that can really hurt him, hurt him, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Make mistakes to those guys and thats whats going to happen.Its just a crazy game and stuff happens, Nelson said. Theres never really just one answer in this game to anything. You dont want to think theres something wrong and start overanalyzing stuff so you just try to keep it simple.Scooter Gennetts two-run homer in the third gave the Brewers a 3-0 lead. Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the first when Gennett walked, Chris Carter was hit by a pitch and Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a hard one-hopper that shortstop Jedd Gyorko did not handle.After the first-inning error, the Cardinals defense later stopped two potential rallies. Piscotty made a running, over-the-head catch that saved a run in the sixth and Wong helped Martinez escape the third by making strong plays on two grounders at second base.Defense showed up, for sure, Piscotty said.Wong reached base three times by walking twice and getting hit by a pitch.Im just tired of people thinking that Im not good, said Wong, who has been relegated to backup duty much of the season. I believe in myself to the fullest.Seung-Hwan Oh worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his 17th save in 20 chances.DOUBLING UPMartinez induced double-play grounders in the second and third innings to increase his NL-leading total to 32, two shy of the Cardinals team record set by John Denny in 1978. Wong backhanded a grounder up the middle and scooped the ball from his glove to Gyorko to start the third-inning double play. Thats one of the best plays weve seen here, Matheny said. The Brewers popped out into a double play in the fourth.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: SS Aledmys Diaz (right thumb) went 2 for 4 for Double-A Springfield in a rehab start Friday night. ... RHP Trevor Rosenthal (shoulder inflammation) will throw to hitters Saturday for the first time since he went on the DL on July 26.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Chase Anderson (8-11, 4.73) has allowed three earned runs in 10 1/3 innings in two starts at Busch Stadium this season.Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (10-8, 4.61) has allowed one home run at home this season but has lost his past two home starts. Wholesale Vapormax Womens . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Cheap Nike Shox Gravity Womens . 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The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 2013, but the last three may be the boost he needs to upstage Messi after FIFA unexpectedly extended the voting period for the Ballon dOr to Nov.TORONTO -- Brandon Morrow hasnt pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays since late May and when he will again remains a mystery. The starters sore right forearm is feeling better but still isnt 100 per cent and hell be re-examined to figure out exactly whats wrong, general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. All MRIs have revealed so far is inflammation but that isnt a source of much comfort. "Its hard to be (optimistic) at this point, Im just being honest. He just hasnt been able to get it going," Anthopoulos said prior to Torontos home game Wednesday night versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. "I dont know enough about the severity. "I just know that its not safe for him to go out there. The last thing you want is a blown-out shoulder or an elbow or something like that. We dont know enough yet about Brandon." Morrow was placed on the disabled list in early June after going 2-3 with a 5.63 ERA in 10 starts for the Blue Jays. The 28-year-old has been throwing side sessions in Dunedin, Fla., but theres no time frame for when he could return. "I ask our trainers: It seems like weve given him so much rest, should he not be 100 per cent at this point? Its tough to know how everyones body recovers," Anthopoulos said. "It just might be one of those things that it just needs a lot more time than we hoped and thought." Another starter who began the season win Torontos rotation is left-hander J.A. Happ, who suffered a twisted knee and a skull fracture May 7 when he was hit by a line drive. Happ could return after one more minor-league rehab start or the club could choose to give him a couple more. "When he moves off the mound its still not 100 per cent," Anthopoulos said. "Obviously he can go out there and pitch, but hes still a little bit stiff at tiimes with some of the movements off the mound.dddddddddddd" When Happ returns, the Blue Jays would like him to eat up innings. Torontos bullpen had logged a major league-leading 353 1/3 innings heading into action Wednesday. Happ is working towards being able to throw 90-to-95 pitches. "Well see how he does," Anthopoulos said. "He runs deep counts no matter what, so its the type of guy that especially with a seven-man pen, when he is back we want to feel good enough that he can go deep enough to be able to protect the pen." Right-hander Kyle Drabek, whos coming off his second career Tommy John surgery, is doing well while Drew Hutchinson (elbow) and Sergio Santos (triceps) are also making progress, Anthopoulos said. Reliever Luis Perez (elbow) is expected to start a rehab assignment in August and would then be on pace to return by September, if not sooner. That kind of clarity doesnt exist with Morrow, whom the Blue Jays would like to be a part of their long-term future. So far in the majors, he hasnt eclipsed 180 innings in a season, but Anthopoulos declined to label Morrow as someone who might never be a 200-inning starter. Theres just no certainty about Morrows short-term prognosis, and what he could bring if and when he returns. "A lot can happen, a lot can change," Anthopoulos said. "All of a sudden he may feel great and it may just be two more weeks of rest or something. "We may see him in three weeks or September or whatnot." Anthopoulos was hopeful hed have more answers in a week or two and certainly in a couple of months. The unknown prevails for Morrow and the Blue Jays until then. "Its too early. I dont have enough information," he said. "At some point well get to the bottom of it." ' ' '