ST. LOUIS - The Phillies, as they have in each of his last four starts, offered Kyle Kendrick some early-inning run support.
Sometimes it comes in handy, other times it is for naught.
Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium, it was the latter.
Despite Cody Asche's bases-clearing double that spotted the right-hander a healthy lead, Kendrick watched it slip away in a flurry of fourth-inning hits by the Cardinals as they beat the Phils, 5-3.