ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals got to .500 — again — and Matt Carpenter made it to .200 Saturday night at Busch Stadium.
A 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals, the Cardinals’ second in two nights over their cross-state rivals, evened the Cardinals’ record at 55-55. But they have been at .500 virtually every other day. In the past 16 games, they have been dead even eight times.
Carpenter, however, had never been to .200 this season, either in the regular season or spring training. But, finally, when he smashed a run-scoring pinch double in the fourth inning to break a 2-2 tie, he pushed his batting average to .200 on the nose, at 32 hits in 160 at-bats.
