fifth straight game

Ryan Ludwick homered for the fifth straight game Wednesday night, tying the St. Louis Cardinals' franchise record.

Ludwick, who has six homers during the streak, hit his 29th of the season off the Dodgers' Derek Lowe in the fourth inning.

He connected four pitches after Albert Pujols hit a grand slam. Pujols was the last Cardinals player to homer in five straight games, doing it from Aug.

Torii Hunter hit an RBI single off Mariano Rivera in the ninth, Ervin Santana pitched eight stellar innings and the Los Angeles Angels won their fifth straight game, 1-0 over the New York Yankees on Friday night.

Rivera again struggled in a non-save situation, giving up a run for the third straight time no save was involved, and fourth in the last six.