The National League leading St. Louis Cardinals came to town to open a three game weekend series with the Phillies. There was a chance this could be an ugly series,and when it was announced that Cole Hamels would skip Friday night’s start with a hamstring problem, and Phillippe Aumont would get the start it became ugly.  The Cardinals pounded Aumont, and Justin De Fratus for 13 hits and 12 runs in 6 innings and cruised to a 12-4 win. The only thing Phillies fans had to cheer about was a three run homer by Ryan Howard after the game was already out of reach, and a squirrel that decided to drop into the Phillies dugout that made for some comic relief. The Phillies drop to 22-46, and the Cardinals improve to 44-23.

Cardinals: 12 R – 16 H – 1 E

Tyler Lyons: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR (W, 2-0)
Jhonny Peralta: 1/3, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Yadier Molina: 2/3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
Kolton Wong: 1/5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR
Tyler Lyons: 2/2, 1 BB, 3 R, 1 RBI
Mark Reynolds: 1/5, 1 2B, 2 RBI

Phillies: 4 R – 11 H – 1 E

Phillippe Aumont: 4 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 7 BB, 3 K, 2 HR (L, 0-1)
Justin De Fratus: 2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
Ryan Howard: 1/4, 1 BB, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR
Cesar Hernandez: 2/5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI

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