Barajas, Werth lead Phillies to victory

ST. LOUIS -- The Philadelphia Phillies kept their playoff charge going with a wild win on a long night.

Pinch-hitter Rod Barajas singled home the tiebreaking run with two out in the 14th inning and former Dodger Jayson Werth added a two-run triple to right to help Philadelphia beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, and move to within 1 1/2 games of the first-place New York Mets in the NL East.

The Phillies, who were seven games back after losing last Wednesday, also stayed 1 1/2 games behind San Diego in the wild-card race.

Mike Maroth (0-5) was the 11th pitcher used by the sagging but stubborn Cardinals, an NL record. St. Louis lost for the 12th time in 13 games. The Cardinals also tied an NL record with 28 players used in an extra-inning game. The combined 53 players used by both teams tied the NL mark for an extra-inning game. The Cardinals are a season-worst 10 games below .500.