Winn homers in Cardinals' 9th straight win, 3-2 over Phillies

Masyn Winn homered in the seventh inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Monday night for their ninth consecutive win.

Ivan Herrera also went deep for St. Louis, and Lars Nootbaar had two of the Cardinals’ five hits.

The game was tied at 2 when Winn hit a two-out drive to left-center off Matt Strahm (1-2).

Kyle Leahy (1-0) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. JoJo Romero escaped a jam in the eighth, and Ryan Helsley recorded his eighth save with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Cristopher Sánchez struck out eight in six innings for Philadelphia. He allowed two runs and four hits.

Kyle Schwarber extended his on-base streak to 47 games with his leadoff single in the sixth.



(AP Photo Matt Slocum)