 allowed one run, four hits and two walks in 7 1/3 innings and struck out eight.''I know what I'm capable of and know what I can do,'' Nola said. ''Today was me. I felt confident in all of my pitches.''The 24-year-old right-hander had a promising start to his career, but he did not pitch after July 20 last season because of right elbow trouble. He has been inconsistent this season.''That looked like the old Nola, and that was great to see,'' Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. ''That's the Nola we have come to love. He was outstanding, hitting paint on both sides.''Joseph drove in three runs as Philadelphia, a major league-worst 23-48, won for just the second time in 15 games.''Positive vibes, right?'' Joseph said. ''You have to keep your heads up. It's a long season. It's easy to get lost in the record, but we have the opportunity to make a personal difference and team difference every day.''Paul DeJong homered on a hanging curveball leading off the eighth, pulling the Cardinals to 3-1, and Matt Carpenter walked with one out. Pat Neshek relieved and got Tommy Pham to ground into an inning-ending double play, and Luis Garcia followed with a perfect ninth. Carlos Martinez (6-6) gave up three runs - two earned - and six hits with four strikeouts in six innings. The Cardinals, who made three errors, had won their previous five games against the Phillies.''He was making pitches on the corners, getting a little help early and a lot of early outs so that kept hit pitch count down,'' Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said of Nola. ''His breaking ball was good.''Galvis homered in the first and Joseph leading off the fifth. With two on and two outs, Andres Blanco scored from second on an errant flip to second by shortstop Aledmys Diaz after his fine grab of Galvis' liner up the middle. Left fielder Jose Martinez dropped Odubel Herrera's fly ball in the eighth for a two-base error, and Joseph followed with a two-run, two-out single. BASERUNNING GAFFE IIHerrera was picked off third base in the fourth inning. In Wednesday's 7-6 loss, Herrera ran through third-base coach Juan Samuel's stop sign in the ninth and was out by 10 feet.''I can't say I was happy,'' Mackanin said. ''You have to be aware. He didn't take that hard step back. I'm not pleased about it.''GOING DEEPSt. Louis has homered in 11 straight games and has 20 home runs since June 16. The Cardinals had scored four or more runs in their previous 11 games. STREAKING ICardinals' Yadier Molina extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a seventh-inning single. He is batting .293 over the stretch. STREAKING IINeshek extended his scoreless innings streak to 15 innings while making it 18 straight innings at home without allowing a run. TRAINER'S ROOMCardinals: OF Dexter Fowler did not play, a day after experiencing left quadriceps tightness. UP NEXTCardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (7-5, 5.75) is to start for St. Louis as the Cardinals open a three-game home series against the Pirates. Wainwright set career highs for earned runs (nine) and home runs allowed (three) over 1 2/3 innings in a 15-7 loss Saturday at Baltimore, the shortest start of his big league career. Phillies: Philadelphia opens a nine-game trip at Arizona on Friday night. Mark Leiter (0-0) was in the clubhouse Thursday and is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to make his first big league start. The 26-year-old right-hander, who made 12 relief appearances for the Phillies earlier this season, is a son of former big league pitcher Mark Leiter and the nephew of former pitcher Al Leiter.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Time: 1:05 PM EDT Venue: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA, 19148 PHILADELPHIA -- Carlos Martinez is hoping his Thursday start against the Philadelphia Phillies goes a lot like his last. The St. Louis Cardinals right-hander shut out Philadelphia on June 10 at Busch Stadium. He will take the mound again Thursday afternoon, squaring off against Aaron Nola in the series finale at Citizens Bank Park. The Cardinals are looking for their second three-game sweep of the Phillies this month. Martinez (6-5, 2.86 ERA) silenced the Phillies less than two weeks ago, allowing four hits and one walk while striking out 11 batters in a 109-pitch complete game. Martinez has nine quality starts in his past 10 outings." This was one of my goals, one of my dreams," Martinez said after the shutout. "I just feel so happy with my performance." In his past six starts, the 25-year-old has a 1.77 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 45 2/3 innings, and he has held batters to a .159 batting average and .450 OPS. Martinez struck out eight and gave up one run in six innings in a win at Baltimore on Friday. Nola (3-5, 4.76) also faced the Cardinals when Philadelphia visited St. Louis earlier this month. However, he didn't fare quite as well as Martinez. Nola, the Phillies' first-round pick in the 2014 draft, gave up three runs on four hits in five innings during a 6-5 loss against the Cardinals on June 11. In his lone start since, Nola was charged with five runs in six-plus innings against the Diamondbacks on Friday. Nola was in line for the win until Arizona outfielder Gregor Blanco took him deep for a two-run homer in the seventh inning." After six innings, two runs, he pitched pretty well," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said after Nola's last outing. "Then in the seventh, he just hung a curveball to Blanco, which is a mistake, and he got burned." The Phillies are 1-5 in Nola's last six outings, but they have struggled regardless of who is on the mound since the end of April. Philadelphia has lost 13 of 14 and is 11-39 in its past 50 games. The organization made some changes Tuesday before the start of the three-game set against the Cardinals. The Phillies called up outfielder Cameron Perkins and left-hander reliever Hoby Milner while designating outfielder Michael Saunders and reliever Jeanmar Gomez for assignment. Perkins made his first major league start Wednesday night, going 2-for-6 with two singles, including his first big league hit, from the leadoff spot. Meanwhile, the Cardinals might not want to leave Philadelphia. They are 5-0 against the Phillies this season and haven't won a series against any other team since taking two of three from the Chicago Cubs from May 12-14. St. Louis won both of the first two games in Philadelphia in extra innings, including 7-6 on Wednesday when the Cardinals overcame a five-run deficit." It's kind of what we expect from ourselves," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "It's something our guys did a great job of last year, and it's carried over. We're not just going to roll over, we're going to keep playing the game."
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