Article: Carpenter, Cardinals Blank Pirates 4-0

ALAN ROBINSON, AP Sports Writer
AP Online
04-19-2006
Dateline: PITTSBURGH
Chris Carpenter always arrives at the ballpark thinking he is going to pitch an exceptional game. Maybe that's why he does exactly that so often. Carpenter limited the Pirates to two hits over eight innings in his third consecutive strong start, and Jim Edmonds and David Eckstein homered in the St. Louis Cardinals' 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.

The right-handed Carpenter has been near perfect on the road the last two seasons, going 14-1 in 18 starts, and he was again in beating the Pirates for the sixth time in seven career decisions. Repeatedly getting ahead in the count, he didn't allow a ...

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