We've already informed you that, in the top of the seventh, Albert Pujols singled home Allen Craig to put the Cardinals in the lead. The good news for the Phillies was that Brad Lidge worked out of a jam to keep the score at 5-4, but the bad news for the Phillies was that the score was 5-4 St. Louis, where earlier it had been 4-0 Philadelphia. Suddenly, the Phillies needed to put together a rally.
Phillies vs. Cardinals: Philadelphia Down To Final Outs
And, at least in the bottom of the seventh, they couldn't do it. Against Octavio Dotel and Marc Rzepczynski, the Phillies did get a runner aboard in the person of Jimmy Rollins, but Rzepczynski picked Rollins off first base with Chase Utley at the plate to end the inning.
In the eighth, Antonio Bastardo and Vance Worley came out of the bullpen to keep the Cardinals quiet. So the score hasn't gotten worse. But now the Phillies have but six outs remaining, or else the advantage - or at least the home-field advantage - will shift to St. Louis. All despite Chris Carpenter being bad.
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