ST. LOUIS - For the third straight year, the St. Louis Cardinals will advance to the National League Championship Series. For the second straight year, they did it at the expense of the San Diego Padres.
Chris Carpenter beat the Padres for the second time in five days, and the Cardinals advanced with a 6-2 victory over San Diego Sunday night in Game 4 of the National League Divisional Series.
The Cardinals won the series 3-1.
The Cardinals ace pitched seven-plus strong innings, allowing two runs on seven hits.
Woody Williams, a former Cardinal, took the loss for the Padres. Williams allowed four runs on 5 1-3 innings.
With the score tied at two, St. Louis broke through for four runs in the sixth inning off Williams.
Juan Encarnacion started the sixth-inning scoring with a triple to deep left, scoring Albert Pujols. Scott Spezio singled in Encarnacion, and then Ron Belliard scored on a throwing error by third baseman Russ Branyan to make it 5-2. Spezio scored on a David Eckstein sacrifice.
The Padres went 2-for-32 with runners in scoring position in the four-game series.
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