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Article: Cardinals' Carpenter puzzles Pirates again.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
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September 1, 2006
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Byline: Rick Hummel

ST. LOUIS _ When Chris Carpenter starts a game for the Cardinals, they have almost a three-in-four chance of winning that game. Ponder that in this age of National League parity-mediocrity (choose one), where every team but a couple seems to be a .500 club.

Righthander Carpenter made his 87th career start for the Cardinals on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. His 3-1 victory in a spiffy 1 hour and 54 minutes was the Cardinals' 63rd in those 87 games for a club winning percentage of .724. Carpenter himself is 49-16 (.754) as a Cardinal.

But his numbers against the Pirates are the most staggering. In 11 career ...

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