CINCINNATI (AP) - Albert Pujols hit his club-record fourth grand
slam of the season, and Jarrett Hoffpauir drove in the go-ahead
runs in the ninth inning with his first career hit as the St. Louis
Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 on Friday night.

Hoffpauir, playing his first major league game after being
recalled Wednesday from Triple-A Memphis, capitalized on shortstop
Paul Janish's two-out error with a bases-loaded single off Daniel
Ray Herrera (1-4) to snap a 4-4 tie.

The win gave the Cardinals sole possession of first place in the
NL Central, a game ahead of Milwaukee.

Pujols gave the Cardinals a 4-3 lead in the eighth with his 10th
career slam, also a team record, but the Reds tied it on Ramon
Hernandez's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning.