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ST. LOUIS -- Matt Carpenter welcomes it when teams bring in a left-handed reliever to face him. In fact, he almost thrives on it. The left-handed Carpenter hit a two-run home run off lefty Wesley Wright (0-3) and Matt Holliday drove in two with a two-out hit to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 5-4 Wednesday night. "Ive always felt, my whole career, even as an amateur, like I see lefties pretty well," said Carpenter, who earned his first All-Star Game selection this year. "I try to take the same approach and just get a good pitch to hit and try to put a good swing on it." Carpenters batting average is nearly 40 points lower against lefties (.294 versus.333 against right-handers), but four of his nine home runs this season have come against southpaws. His homer in the seventh gave the win to Seth Maness (5-1). Tony Cruz got hit by starter Jordan Lyles first pitch of the inning and one out later Carpenter put a 2-1 pitch into the right field stands. "I think he takes it personal that they come in thinking thats something hed have more of a weakness with," manager Mike Matheny said. "Theres some guys who are just highly motivated and I think thats one of the things he takes a lot pride in, is putting together a tough at-bat so they just dont start firing left-handers against us." Maness gave up two hits and a run in two innings of relief. He struck out three. Edward Mujica earned his 25th save in 26 tries. He has appeared in six consecutive games, going 1-1 with four saves. Lyles gave up four runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out two and walked two. Lyles hasnt won a game since beating Milwaukee on June 18. Astros manager Bo Porter said he knew his starter would only face the first two batters in the seventh. "That was a totally left-on-left decision and you look at the stress of the innings in which he had gotten to that point," Porter said. "I sent him back out there with the notion he was going to face Cruz, he was going to face the pinch hitter (Yadier Molina) and Wesley was going to be ready for Carpenter." Cardinals starter Shelby Miller needed 94 pitches to labour through five innings. He gave up three earned runs, walked five and struck out five. He had a total of six full counts, coming back to strike out Jason Castro and getting Brett Wallace to ground out. "It was a rough one for me," Miller said. "I didnt have anything going for me. I couldnt throw strikes or much of anything. I just tried to keep the team in it as much as I could with what I had. It wasnt much, but five innings, three runs and the offence picks you up. "These guys never cease to amaze me when they go out there and do the things that they do." Wallace, who had four hits and scored a run, drove in Jose Altuve in the seventh to give Houston a 4-3 lead. Hollidays single in the fifth tied the score at 3-3. His slap to right field drove in Cruz and Shane Robinson, who had a pinch hit single in place of Miller. Allen Craig walked to open the second and scored on Matt Adams single. Adams has five RBIs in in his past six games. The Cardinals swept their five-game homestand with three victories over Miami before taking both against Houston. The home sweep comes on the heels of a 7-11 stretch that included three wins over the Chicago Cubs, who host the Cardinals in a four-game set starting Thursday. "This is a huge five-game stretch for us to win, come out here and win all these games at home, to get on a roll right before the All-Star break," Carpenter said. "Hopefully we can continue it in Chicago." Chris Carter hit his 18th home run just over the right field fence to open the second. Houston then used a Wallace single, two walks and an error for a 2-0 lead. The Astros took a 3-1 lead after Castro hit a ground rule double and J.D. Martinez drove him in with a single in the fifth. 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INVERNESS, Scotland -- Alex Noren held off his pursuers in the final round Sunday to win the Scottish Open by one shot for his fifth victory on the European Tour.All of Norens victories have come after he started the final round in the lead and this was another impressive display of front-running from the Swede, who shot a 2-under 70 to finish on 14-under 274.Tyrrell Hatton, Norens playing partner, was the runner-up at Castle Stuart in northern Scotland after a 69, while Nicolas Colsaerts (66), Danny Lee (69) and Matteo Manassero (70) were a further shot back.Hatton, Colsaerts, Manassero and Richie Ramsay took the final four qualification places for next weeks British Open at Royal Troon.Noren began the day with a two-shot lead, which disappeared after a bogey at No. 8 that left him tied with Lee. The 33-year-old Noren birdied Nos. 12 and 15 to go two shots in front again, and a two-putt par at the par-5 18th was enough to win.I was so nervous the whole day today, said Noren, who also led after the second round. When the game doesnt feel as goood as it looks, you just want it to be over and to come out with a win.dddddddddddd Thats what happened.When Noren birdied the 12th, there were seven players within two shots. Yet the chasers barely made a birdie putt in the closing holes, with Colsaerts the fastest finisher by making eagle with a huge putt on No. 12 and then rolling in birdies on Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 18.I dont even want to calculate the length of putts on the back nine, the big-hitting Colsaerts said.Hatton, who was bogey-free in his final round, ended a frustrating run of five straight pars by making birdie at No. 18 to break free of a four-way tie for second. It secured his place at a fourth consecutive British Open but Hatton remains without a professional win.Americans Phil Mickelson (66), Patrick Reed (67) and Steve Stricker (67) were among the players going low in the final round, with Castle Stuart playing easier because of only light winds. ' ' '