NATIONAL LEAGUE Renteria's two-run single in seventh leads Cardinals to 5-4 win over Bucs

The Pirates lost for only the second time in seven games.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Albert Pujols, Jim Edmonds and Scott Rolen -- the St. Louis Cardinals' biggest sluggers -- helped their team the most by not swinging the bat.
Pujols started a two-out rally by walking on a 3-2 pitch. Edmonds and Rolen then also drew walks to set up Edgar Renteria's tie-breaking, two-run single in the seventh inning of a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
Rolen, who also doubled, is among the National League leaders with 45 RBIs, thought the four-pitch walk he drew off Salomon Torres was his best at-bat.
"Whether you had good at-bats before or you didn't, you're in a spot where you have a chance to win the game," Rolen said. "Your best at-bat might result in a walk, and I felt that was my best at-bat of the day by far."
Cardinals avoid sweep
J.D. Drew homered for the second straight game to help the Cardinals avoid a three-game sweep. St. Louis improved to 3-4 during a 13-game homestand, the longest of the season, and avoided dropping below .500 on June 1 for the first time since 1997.
"When you're having trouble winning a game, it's not easy," manager Tony La Russa said. "I think we really hung in there, and we finally broke through."
Joe Beimel (1-1) retired the first two hitters in the seventh before walking Pujols and Edmonds. He was pitching around Pujols because "he's been a pain in our side pretty much all season," then struggled with his control against Edmonds.
"I just couldn't get the slider over for a strike," Beimel said.
After Rolen's walk, Renteria bounced a single through the hole in short to give the Cardinals a two-run lead. Renteria, who bats sixth, is third on the team with 37 RBIs.
Jack Wilson hit a three-run homer for the Pirates, who lost for only the second time in seven games. Wilson also robbed pinch-hitter Eduardo Perez of a go-ahead RBI in the sixth, making a leaping grab of his liner to shortstop and turning it into an inning-ending double play.
Errors costly to Bucs
Two errors in the second helped the Cardinals score a pair of unearned runs to take the lead. Rolen reached on second baseman Abraham Nunez's one-out fielding error, and right fielder Craig Wilson threw wildly to third on Tino Martinez's RBI single, allowing a second run to score as the ball rolled into the Pittsburgh dugout.
Pittsburgh's Josh Fogg worked six innings in his second start since coming off the disabled list with a strained abdominal muscle, allowing three runs on six hits. Only one of the runs was earned.