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| Billingsley | Carpenter |
| 11-9, 3.05 | 0-0, 2.25 |
carp's first start in st louis in 16 months --- and just the second since his masterful performance in game 3 of the 2006 world series. carp has a career era of 2.08 in busch III (not counting that game); he has faced the dodgers 3 times and won all 3 starts.
the dodgers enter the series with a run differential of 26; the cardinals, +29.