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 ST. LOUIS (AP) - In Little League, Jim Edmonds would have excitedly told his parents about the grand slam he hit. Edmonds circled the bases after a pair of errors on a three-run double in a pivotal at-bat in the fifth inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 Wednesday night. Teammates joked in the dugout that he needed to go out for a curtain call.
"I was just figuring it would be a double," Edmonds said. "It was one of those things, a break for us."
Jason Marquis worked around a three-run homer by Carlos Lee in an otherwise solid six-inning stint, and Scott Rolen had two RBIs to take the team lead with 11 for the Cardinals. St. Louis is 2-0 at new Busch Stadium after going 50-31 both on the road and at old Busch last season, and is 13-5 against the Brewers the last two seasons.
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