ST. LOUIS -- Matt Carpenter and Jhonny Peralta homered to back up a second straight dominant start by Jaime Garcia as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Wednesday night.Carpenters homer in the first inning was his second leadoff home run of the season and 11th of his career. It was also Carpenters second career homer against Reds starter Anthony DeScalfani.Peraltas solo homer in fourth was the 200th of his career. Peralta is hitting .345 in August.Garcia (9-8) needed just 85 pitches to get through 8-plus innings and 19 of his 24 outs were ground balls or strikeouts. He has given up two runs in his last 16 innings.Seung-Hwan Oh earned his 10th save.DeSclafani (6-1) took his first loss of the season and in his career in five appearances against St. Louis. The three runs he gave up in five innings equaled the three total he gave up in his three previous starts against the Cardinals spanning 19 innings.STILL STREAKINGYadier Molinas single in the sixth extended his reached base safely streak to 23 games. It is the longest streak by a Cardinals catcher since Gene Tenace reached in 35 straight games between 1981 and 1982.Eugenio Suarezs solo homer in the fourth for the Reds was his first since July 25.WEB GEMReds second baseman Tony Renda made a diving stop on Matt Hollidays hit up the middle. Renda was able to throw out Holliday at first saving a run.OMINOUS ANNIVERSARYSix years ago, the Cardinals and Reds got into an infamous brawl in Cincinnati sparked by comments made by Brandon Phillips about the St. Louis organization. Cardinals catcher Jason LaRue suffered a concussion during the melee and never played again.TRAINERS ROOMReds: RHP Alfredo Simon (trapezius) and RHP A.J. Morris (straight shoulder) were scheduled to make their second rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville.Cardinals: Matt Adams (left shoulder soreness) was a lineup scratch several hours before game-time. Peralta replaced him at sixth in the order playing third base and Carpenter moved to first base.UP NEXTReds: Homer Bailey has permitted seven runs in 8 2/3 innings his first two starts of the season.Cardinals: Carlos Martinez gets the call in the opener of a four-game series at Chicago. In two starts against the Cubs this year, both at home, hes 1-1 with a 5.25 ERA. Jeff Walker Jersey Retro . Speaking Thursday on TSN 1050 Thursday, the Leafs GM also touched on the questions surrounding the teams leadership and the struggles of his big-name free-agent signing. “Its not from lack of effort from the coaching staff. Taylor Decker Jersey Retro . Philadelphia is 2-0 against the Senators this season and scored five goals in each victory. 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Theres more talent in the Newcastle Jets treatment ward than at coach Mark Jones disposal for Saturdays trip to AAMI Park, but Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat has vowed not to underestimate their deflated A-League opponents.The Jets head to Melbourne in the middle of a barely-precedented injury crisis and without a win in five games.In contrast, Muscat is having sleepless nights on how to stack his team with all of its attacking talents.Running through the list of his wide options, Muscat concluded there would be players unlucky to miss out, especially given red-hot Marco Rojas return from international duty.Mitch Austins start to the season has been exceptional, he said.Fahid (Ben Khalfallah) has shown glimpses in his last game. Good glimpses.Jai (Ingham) comes off the bench (against Western Sydney) and has an unbelievable impact on the game, sets one up after scoring one.And then Maxi whos joined us comes on and scores as well.Its what you want. Its got to be healthy, competition, and decisions will be made on whats best for the team.He said he expected no sulking from those outside the 11 or the squad of 16.It comes down to the individual: do they put the team first or think of themselves first? he said.Its a simple yes or no. Successful teams have got all the players that put the team first (and) Im pretty sure thats what weve got.Victory are coming off a 14-day break after the New Zealand earthquake rescheduled their away trip to face Wellington.ddddddddddddMuscat said they spent their week off tinkering rather than toiling, more so on some structural stuff than physical stuff.Newcastle boss Mark Jones has endured another week of injury pain, losing two more bodies in their F3 derby draw.The Jets injury list, which includes ex-Victory man Andrew Nabbout, captain Nigel Boogaard, import Aleksandr Kokko, first-choice goalkeeper Ben Kennedy, is the worst in the league.Victory will miss just back-up striker George Howard and left-back Daniel Georgievski.Despite the chasm in their availability list, Muscat said his team didnt expect to coast to three points.Theyve had some very good results so far this season, he said.Theres a certain unpredictability about them. Theyre capable.If we perform well, the result will look after itself. If we dont then were relying on luck or decisions or other things.STATS THAT MATTER* Goals dont come easily in this fixture. Four of the last five meetings have finished 1-0.* But Victory are in goalscoring form, netting 12 times in their last four.* Newcastle winger Andrew Hoole is enjoying a purple patch, creating 18 chances this season; more than any other player and double that of any Victory man. ' ' '