Carpenter's Homer Leads Cardinals To Win, Cubs Edge Mets

Matt Carpenter's first three at-bats were miserable, forgettable and completely unproductive. He more than made up for them with one swing.

Carpenter hit a two-run homer off reliever Marc Rzepczynski in the eighth inning after Cleveland replaced starter Trevor Bauer, rallying the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 win over the Indians on Thursday.

Bauer struck out Carpenter three times and blanked St. Louis on four hits over 7 1/3 innings before giving up a one-out walk to Peter Bourjos. Indians manager Terry Francona brought in the left-handed Rzepczynski (1-1) to face Carpenter, a lefty, who drove a 2-1 pitch over the wall in right-center -- just above outfielder Michael Bourn's glove -- to help the Cardinals win the series after being overpowered by Corey Kluber on Wednesday night.

Cubs 6, Mets 5

The Chicago Cubs believe that no deficit is too big for them to overcome. They're starting to back up that belief with their play on the field. Dexter Fowler scored the tiebreaking run on a passed ball in the seventh inning and also homered, and the Cubs rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the New York Mets 6-5 on Thursday, completing a four-game sweep.

"When we get down nobody's panicking, nobody's saying, `We can't do this," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "I think there was a great believability in the group that we could do it, and obviously we did."

Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Matt Szczur each had RBI hits as the Cubs earned their first four-game sweep of New York since August 1992. The win also was the 800th for Maddon as a manager.

Thursday, May 14 Scoreboard

St. Louis 2, Cleveland 1

Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2

Detroit 13, Minnesota 1

Kansas City 6, Texas 3

Chicago Cubs 6, New York Mets 5

Cincinnati 4, San Francisco 3

Tampa Bay 6, New York Yankees 1

Houston 6, Toronto 4

Boston 2 Seattle 1

Colorado 5, Los Angeles 4

San Diego 8, washington 3

Friday, May 15 Schedule (All Times Central)

Pittsburgh at Chicago, 1:20 p.m.

Los Angeles at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

New York at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Chicago at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Boston at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 9:10 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.