The St. Louis Cardinals want leadoff batter Matt Carpenter to drive the ball. Carpenter hit a two-run homer off Kevin Gregg in the 11th inning, lifting St. Louis over Cincinnati 7-5 in a game that featured the major league debut of Cuban right-hander Raisel Iglesias for the Reds. Carpenter's 392-foot drive to center on a full-count pitch from Gregg (0-1) followed Kolten Wong's single and delighted Cardinals' manager Mike Matheny. ''You're going to see that from him from time to time.'' Carpenter's go-ahead drive followed Jhonny Peralta's two-run, tying homer in the eighth off of Jumbo Diaz, which quieted the crowd of 41,446, Cincinnati's third sellout of the six-game homestand.
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