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"I didnt miss over the plate too many times." David Freese and Allen Craig homered and Rafael Furcals two-run triple in the sixth gave the Cardinals a three-run lead. St. Louis homered twice for the second straight game and will go for a sweep of the three-game series behind 12-game winner Kyle Lohse on Thursday night. The Cardinals are 5-0 against the Diamondbacks this year and have won seven straight in the series dating to last year. Theyve won eight of 12 overall and pulled into a second-place tie with Pittsburgh in the NL Central before starting a three-game series at home against the Pirates this weekend. "We caught the Pirates tonight?" closer Jason Motte joked, then referenced the Cardinals climb from 10 1/2 games back for the NL wild card late last August en route to a World Series title. "If anyone knows, we know a lot of stuff can happen in a month-and-a-half," Motte said. "Weve got to come out tomorrow ready to go, ready to handle business." 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"My stubborn (rear end). I wont come out of the game. "I just didnt have my best stuff there in the sixth. I tried to pitch through it." The Diamondbacks (58-59) have lost eight of 11 and dropped below .500 for the first time since they were 49-50 on July 26. "Its been frustrating. Weve played some games we could have won and were not taking advantage of that right now," Chris Johnson said after going 0 for 3. "We just need to relax, stay calm, and I think well be all right." Freese ended a 0-for-20 slump with his 16th homer after Carlos Beltran doubled with two outs in the fourth to put the Cardinals up 2-1. "I had an approach and it worked out," Freese said. "Ill be honest, it felt good for sure." Craig hit his 18th to right-centre in the fifth and the Cardinals got three straight hits from the bottom of the order capped by Furcals liner into the right-field corner in the sixth. Furcal was moved to the bottom of the lineup last week while battling back issues and a slump. He also doubled in the third for his first mulitihit game since July 24. Edward Mujica and Mitchell Boggs each worked a scoreless inning. Motte finished for his 27th save in 31 chances. NOTES: Cardinals C Yadier Molina was out with mid-back tightness and thought prior to the game that he might miss a few games. ... Saunders is 3-8 with a 5.38 ERA in 17 career starts against the NL Central, including 2-3 this year. ... Lohse (12-2, 2.72) has won six straight decisions over nine starts. Trevor Cahill (9-10) seeks his 50th career victory for Arizona. ... Miguel Montero singled his first two trips and is batting .369 (24 for 65) his past 19 games against the Cardinals. ' ' '