ST. LOUIS (AP) - Just like last year, the St. Louis Cardinals breezed by the San Diego Padres and into the NL championship series.
Chris Carpenter recovered from a shaky start for his second victory of the series, Juan Encarnacion hit a tiebreaking triple and the Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 Sunday night to win their best-of-five first-round NL playoff 3-1.
