An early morning arrival from San Diego forced the Cardinals to miss some sleep, but they sure didn't look very sluggish at the plate. "Slugging" might be a better word to describe them. Six straight batters got hits off Chicago starter Randy Wells, and St. Louis jumped out to a big early lead that Chris Carpenter made stand up in a 7-1 rout on Friday.

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