Howard HR lifts Phillies over Cardinals

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ST. LOUIS — Aaron Nola extended his scoreless innings streak to 20 and Ryan Howard backed him with his sixth home run to boost the Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night.

One night after the Cardinals blasted five home runs, Nola held the club to two hits over seven innings. In doing so, he lowered his season WHIP to 0.80, the third-lowest mark among National League starters.

Cardinals starter Michael Wacha was nearly as good, but paid for a sixth-inning mistake to Howard. The St. Louis native clobbered Wacha’s cutter to collect his sixth home run of the season …

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