The Braves were facing Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals. St Louis jumped out to a 4-2 lead until the bottom of the sixth when Atlanta piled on 6 runs to escape with a 8-6 victory. The big hits in the 6th came from Jason Heyward and Martin Prado while a two-run error by STL right fielder John Jay off the bat of Brian McCann allowed two runs to score. Takashi Saito pitched a scoreless 8th while Billy Wagner did the same in the ninth to seal the win.
The Phillies beat the Mets, so the Braves are still 1 game back in the NL East. The Giants won, so the Braves a game ahead in the wild card race.
Omar Infante was 1-for-4 in his quest to win the batting title. He is currently batting .340, but his qualifying average is .319. Carlos Gonzalez leads the NL in batting average with a .335 clip. Infante needs approximately 27 hits over the next 20 games with at least 87 plate appearances.
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