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Cardinals' record-tying 7th whips Cubs 12-0

Posted: 7:39 PM Jul 21, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press

Jake Westbrook worked seven innings of three-hit ball and the St. Louis Cardinals finally backed him - and then some - by tying a 76-year-old major league record with seven doubles in a 12-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night.

Rafael Furcal's go-ahead single in the seventh turned out to be a mere appetizer as the Cardinals also matched an 86-year-old franchise record for runs in an inning. St. Louis totaled 10 hits with multiple hits by three players including pinch-hitter Allen Craig, who doubled twice with an RBI.

The Cardinals tied the major record for doubles in an inning by the Boston Bees at St. Louis in the first inning of Game 1 of a doubleheader on Aug. 25, 1936.

They tied the franchise record for runs in an inning set in 1926 against the Phillies, in the third inning of the opener of a doubleheader in Philadelphia.