Phillies blank Cardinals 4-0 behind Kendrick

Wainwright Blanks Padres, As Garcia Did

From Elias: Adam Wainwright threw a four-hit shutout as the Cardinals defeated the Padres, 4-0. The last pitcher to shut out San Diego on four or fewer hits was Wainwright's teammate, Jaime Garcia, in April 2011, also at Busch Stadium.

MONDAY FANTASY FACTS - Garcia staying classy against San Diego

Jaime Garcia has allowed just 3 ER in 3 career starts against the Padres with 16 strikeouts.

FRIDAY FANTASY FACTS - Prado making lefties pay

Entering Thursday, Martin Prado is 16-for-41 (.390) against left-handed pitchers this season, with four-extra base hits. He faces leftie Jaime Garcia Friday.

Johnson Stays Hot... And Norris Beats Garcia Again

From Elias: Chris Johnson's first-inning grand-slam home run sounded the keynote and Bud Norris again outdueled Jaime Garcia in the Astros' 8-2 victory over the Cardinals. Johnson, who had a two-homer game against the Mets on Wednesday, has three home runs and 10 RBIs over his last three games, becoming the first Astros player to reach those figures over a three-game span since the first three games of the 2001 season, when Richard Hidalgo had three homers and 10 RBIs in a series sweep of the Brewers. Norris, who is 20-25 for his big-league career in decisions against other pitchers, is 3-0 in four head-to-head starts against Garcia; Garcia, meanwhile, is 29-15 against everybody else, but he's now 0-3 against Norris. (In addition, the Astros also won the game in which both Norris and Garcia started but had no decision.)

MLB - Cardinals Starting Pitchers

Kyle Lohse improves to 4-0 on the year joining teammate Lance Lynn. Take a look at what Cardinals starting pitchers NOT named Chris Carpenter or Adam Wainwright have done this season. Lynn, Lohse, Westbrook and Garcia are a combined 13-1 with a 1.67 ERA in the Cardinals first 21 games.

MLB - Garcia 3B

Jaime Garcia's RBI triple in the 6th was his first career three-bagger. It's the first triple by a Cardinals pitcher since Adam Wainwright hit one on the final weekend of the 2009 season.

Carpenter has bulging disk; Cards eye 'Plan B'

The St. Louis Cardinals are preparing a "Plan B" in case former Cy Young award winner Chris Carpenter is unable to recover from a bulging disc in his neck.

Kings of Command: The true best pitchers in baseball

Tristan H. Cockcroft highlights pitchers who met specific criteria in 2011, which can be used to predict strong future performance.