MLB Edmonds lifts Cards past red-hot Royals

Arizona beat the Tigers to set a franchise record with 10 straight victories.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jim Edmonds hit two more homers and had four hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Kansas City 13-9 Friday night, snapping the Royals' five-game winning streak.
Edmonds went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. He has five homers in the last four games for the Cardinals, who took over sole possession of first place in the NL Central.
Edgar Renteria homered, stole three bases and drove in four runs, and Scott Rolen homered for the second straight game.
Cardinals rookie Bo Hart, hitless on Friday, went 4-for-6 and scored four runs. It was his seventh multihit game in just nine major league outings, raising his average to .489.
St. Louis' Albert Pujols, the majors' leading hitter, went 0-for-5 with a walk. His average dropped six points to .386.
Neither starter made it out of the fourth inning.
Kansas City's Jeremy Affeldt (4-4) came out after giving up a single and a walk to start St. Louis' three-run fourth. He gave up six runs on eight hits.
ST. LOUISKANSAS CITY
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Hart 2b6440Rlaford 2b3012
Edmnd cf4443Randa 3b5011
Pujols 1b5100Beltran cf5000
Rolen 3b3212Ibanez lf5231
EduPrz lf3000Harvey 1b4000
JDrew rf2000Guiel rf4210
Rnteria ss4234Tucker dh5231
TMrtnz dh3011Berroa ss3221
Mtheny c5011Mayne c4133
OPlmro rf5000
Totals40131411Totals389149
St. Louis204311101--13
Kansas City040221000--9
E--KWilson (2). DP--St. Louis 1. LOB--St. Louis 11, Kansas City 7. 2B--Edmonds 2 (23), TMartinez (17), Matheny (12), Ibanez 2 (19), Guiel (6), Tucker 2 (16), Mayne (7). HR--Edmonds 2 (24), Rolen (15), Renteria (7), Ibanez (9). SB--Renteria 3 (17). CS--Rolen (2). SF--Renteria, Relaford 2.
IPHRERBBSO
St. Louis
Simontacchi3 1-386621
Painter1 1-332200
Calero010000
Fassero W,1-31 1-311100
Eldred210011
Isringhausen100002
Kansas City
Affeldt L,4-4368852
KWilson343311
SLowe221111
Walrond121120
Calero pitched to 1 batter in the 5th, Affeldt pitched to 2 batters in the 4th. HBP--by SLowe (Rolen). WP--Simontacchi. PB--Mayne. Umpires--Home, Chuck Meriwether; First, Gary Cederstrom; Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Tim Welke. T--3:36. A--40,347.
Diamondbacks 7, Tigers 0
DETROIT -- Rookie Brandon Webb pitched a seven-hitter and Luis Gonzalez drove in three runs as Arizona won its franchise-record 10th straight game.
ARIZONADETROIT
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Wmack ss3000Hggnsn rf4000
Hmck 3b2000WMoris 2b4000
Kata 2b5120DYong lf3010
Cintron 3b4221Witt dh4010
LGnzlz lf4123CPena 1b4020
Dllucci rf4000Halter 3b4010
Baerga dh3001RStiago ss3010
SFinley cf4110Hinch c3000
Ovrbay 1b4110ASnchz cf3010
Moeller c4122
Totals377107Totals32070
Arizona003002002--7
Detroit000000000--0
E--CPena (6), ASanchez (3). DP--Arizona 2, Detroit 1. LOB--Arizona 4, Detroit 6. 2B--Kata (4), LGonzalez (27), Moeller 2 (12), RSantiago (10). SB--Cintron (1). SF--Baerga.
IPHRERBBSO
Arizona
Webb W,4-2970012
Detroit
Bndrm L,2-12675305
Ledezma332202
Umpires--Home, Bill Welke; First, Scott Nelson; Second, Wally Bell; Third, John Hirschbeck. T--2:22. A--20,804.