ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — Kyle Leahy pitched five innings, striking out eight and allowing two earned runs, to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday at Busch Stadium III. Leahy improved to 8-4 as the Cardinals moved to 58-58. The Rockies fell to 45-71.

St. Louis scored twice in the second inning on sacrifice flies by Nathan Church and Bryan Torres, then added a run in the third. Colorado answered with single runs in the second and fourth on Troy Johnston groundouts that scored TJ Rumfield each time. The Rockies had 10 hits but managed only two runs, while the Cardinals collected four hits.

Riley O’Brien earned his 28th save by pitching a scoreless inning. Ryan Feltner took the loss, dropping to 4-6 after allowing three runs in 5.1 innings. Willi Castro recorded two hits for Colorado. Attendance was 26,481, and the game lasted 2:36.