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Wednesday, Sep. 6 8:10pm ET
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Dustin Hermanson insisted he had no extra motivation facing a first-place team. It just looked that way. Hermanson, backed by Vladimir Guerrero's two home runs, helped the Montreal Expos beat St. Louis 7-2 Wednesday night, stopping the Cardinals' six-game winning streak. "Every team is the same to me, you have to get pumped up for everybody," Hermanson said. "The Cardinals are a great team and I love to pitch here, but you have to get up for every team no matter who it is or no matter how badly your team is playing." Hermanson (11-12) struck out four, walked two and gave up seven hits in eight innings as the Expos stopped their three-game losing streak. Guerrero hit his second home run in the eighth for his sixth multihomer game, and 10th of his career. The two homers were the first of his career at Busch Stadium. Cardinals starter Garrett Stephenson (15-8) gave up four runs, nine hits, struck out six and walked one in eight innings. He is winless in his last two starts after winning his previous four decisions. "I had three good pitches tonight, but I let the best hitter on their team beat me," he said. St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the third with the help of an error by second baseman Jose Vidro. J.D. Drew singled and went to third on a single by Jim Edmonds. Drew scored when Vidro bobbled a grounder hit by Will Clark. The Expos took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Vladimir Guerrero hit his 33rd homer after a single by Andy Tracy. The Expos added another run in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Orlando Cabrera and Brian Schneider. The Cardinals got their second run in the eighth when drew doubled and scored on a single by Will Clark. With the score 4-2 after Guerrero's second homer of the game, reliever Alan Benes gave up the final three Expos runs in the ninth. Cabrera, who reached on a double, scored on an error by shortstop Edgar Renteria and a two-run homer by Milton Bradley. Hermanson didn't allow any runners past second base after Fernando Tatis' double in the fourth. Hermanson, who had lost three of his last five decisions, faced the Cardinals for the first time since Sept. 26, 1998, when he allowed Mark McGwire's 67th home run of the season. A loss would have dropped the Expos to a season-low 23 games below .500. They were 42-42 at the All-Star break. Game notesThe Cardinals had played 87 straight errorless innings before Renteria's error in the eighth. ... Mike Matheny's career-best 12-game hitting streak was stopped when he went 0-for-three with a walk. ... Tatis' double snapped an 0-for-19 streak. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Montreal Clubhouse St. Louis Clubhouse RECAPS Minnesota 4 Baltimore 1
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