The St. Louis Cardinals recorded their ninth shutout of the season to tie the Pittsburgh Pirates for the most in the majors and beat Matt Cain in the San Francisco Giants 8-0.
It was the first game of a split doubleheader after being postponed from Friday.
Rookie Shelby Miller pitched seven shutout innings scattering six hits, walking one and striking out seven and lowered his ERA to 1.82..
Cain was hit hard in six innings of work allowing nine hits in seven earned runs.
He did not walk a batter and struck out nine. Cain (4-3) fell to 0-3 at Busch Stadium with an 8.87 ERA in four starts
Tony Cruz had two doubles and two RBI. Matt Carpenter, Jon Jay, Allen Craig, Matt Adams and Daniel Descalso each had RBI singles.
The two teams will play the second game of the doubleheader tonight with Madison Bumgarner pitching for the Giants and Adam Wainwright taking the mound for the Cardinals.
