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ATLANTA -- When Andrelton Simmons botched a grounder, the St. Louis Cardinals seized their opportunity. For the Atlanta Braves, it was another night of missed chances. Matt Carpenters two-run double that helped carry St. Louis past the slumping Braves, who shook up their lineup but still lost their seventh in a row, 4-3 on Monday. The Cardinals scored three runs in the fifth inning, taking advantage of shaky defence by Atlantas Gold Glove shortstop. In fact, Simmons had a couple of plays that couldve been scored errors but were initially ruled hits. The second one was changed to an E-6 and turned out to be especially costly, leading to a pair of unearned runs. St. Louis built a 4-0 lead and barely held on to win the series opener. "It was big," Carpenter said. "Especially when we got out to a big lead, to be able to hold them off, that was big for us." Desperate for more offence, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez batted pitcher Aaron Harang eighth and put second baseman Ramiro Pena in the ninth spot. Pena had two hits, including a seventh-inning homer that brought the Braves within a run, but they couldnt overcome a 4-0 deficit. Juston Upton took a called third strike from Trevor Rosenthal to end the game with the potential tying run at second base -- Uptons fourth strikeout of the night and extending Atlantas woes with runners in scoring position. The Braves were 1 for 12 in those situations and are 6 of 51 during their losing streak, though Freddie Freeman saw some encouraging signs. "We hit some balls hard with runners on," he said. "We were in the game the whole game. We couldnt say that the past week." The last time the Braves had such a lengthy skid was May 21-28, 2012, when they dropped eight in a row. Their longest losing streak last season was four straight. Shelby Miller (4-2) got a shaky win, giving up six hits and two runs in five-plus innings. Trevor Rosenthal pitched out of trouble for his ninth save, giving up a leadoff single to Simmons. Jordan Schafer bunted the runner to second, but Pena flied out to right before Upton whiffed. Harang (3-3) took the loss, though he pitched much better than his previous start, when he was pounded for nine runs by the Marlins. This time, he gave up four runs in six innings but only two were earned. The game was scoreless until the fifth, when Peter Bourjos led off with a single before Mark Ellis grounded one off Simmons glove. The shortstop, looking to make a force at second, appeared to take his eyes off the ball as it skipped past him. After Miller bunted the runners to second and third, Carpenter doubled to right-centre to bring them both in. Matt Holiday followed with a hard liner past third baseman Chris Johnson to make it 3-0. "Those things happen," Harang said of Simmons error. "I told him not to be too hard on himself. Hes probably going to save my butt plenty of times this year." St. Louis added another run in the fifth on Bourjos RBI single, but Gonzalez challenged a call at third base that had seemingly given the Cardinals a 5-0 lead. Yadier Molinas bases-loaded grounder ricocheted off Harangs leg, right to Johnson at third. He caught it and blindly stepped back in search of the bag and managed to barely nick it, as the replay showed. The called was quickly overturned after a review of only 37 seconds. The Braves knocked out Miller in the bottom half of the sixth, the first three hitters reaching safely. The Cardinals went to the bullpen after Evan Gattis RBI single, and B.J. Upton followed with a sacrifice fly off Pat Neshek. Neshek escaped the jam by striking out Simmons. NOTES: The Cardinals sent pitcher RHP Joe Kelly back to St. Louis to continue his rehab from a strained left hamstring. 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The 32-year-old, who will undergo surgery in the next couple days to repair the injury, was added to the teams six-game injury list Tuesday.CALGARY - The Scotiabank Saddledome has turned out to be a pretty exciting workout facility for injured prospect Sam Bennett, who is recovering from shoulder surgery.The injury-riddled Flames, arguably the NHLs biggest surprise this season at 17-8-2, sit one point back of the Anaheim Ducks and Vancouver Canucks for the lead in the Western Conference entering Fridays games.Its amazing being part of a rebuild and how much success weve been having, said Bennett, selected fourth overall by Calgary in this years draft. Its been awesome just being in the room. Everyone is so happy and in such good moods. Its just great to see how well not only the young guys, but how everyone is playing.Bennett, 18, underwent surgery on Oct. 14 to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Meeting with the media for the first time Friday since the operation, he said hes pleased with his recovery. They anchored it back onto the bone. It all went really well and they had no issue, Bennett said. Im really happy with the progress so far. Ive gone a solid month now of solid rehab. Im starting to do some strength work now too and I havent had any issues so its all positive.Bennett spent the past month in Calgary where a typical day consists of arriving at the rink, attending the team meeting, then going for a workout as the players get ready for practice. In the gym, he works on his conditioning and his lifting with Flames strength and conditioning coach Ryan van Asten.Once thats complete, its off to see the trainers for some physical therapy.The goal is to be skating come the New Year and from there, keep progressing and if I have no issues skating, then were going to keep ramping it up, said Bennett.Bennett, a native of Holland Landing, Ont., hopes to get in some games before the end of this season. He said hes learned a lot from being around the Flames for the past four weeks.Im a pretty hard-working guy but just coming here and seeing the amount of work that not only I have to put in but the guys that are playing put in, its pretty impressive and you definitely appreciate it more when youre here, said Bennett.Coach Bob Hartley said the Flames are trying to do everything they can to make something positive out of what was a negative situation.A day like today is a great day at school for Sam Bennett, saaid Hartley.dddddddddddd He sees the (Mark) Giordanos and company in the gym, preparing for tomorrow. Even though most of those guys didnt skate, it was a work day, it was not a day off.You get the sense that if Hartley was assigning grades, Bennetts marks so far would be pretty darn good.This kid is going to be a special one. Hes eager. If we would listen to him, not only would he be skating with us, hed be playing right now. Hes champing at the bit to the point where hes almost annoying, Hartley said with a laugh.With Mason Raymond (shoulder), Matt Stajan (knee), Joe Colborne (wrist) and Mikael Backlund (abdomen) all out with injuries, it has opened up playing time and Calgarys rookies have stepped in and played significant roles.With Johnny Gaudreau (4-16-20) second in rookie points, unheralded Josh Jooris (8-4-12) tied for third in rookie goals and Markus Granlund (3-6-9) in the top 15 in rookie scoring, it bodes well for the future.Its awesome with some of the big-name guys we have out right now, said Gaudreau. A lot of younger guys including myself have stepped in and I think weve done a pretty good job so far. Were still winning games with us younger guys in the lineup. Were helping contribute offensively and defensively and its just great to see us younger guys help the team out here.Thats a future that will inevitably include Bennett, the Flames highest draft pick in team history.(Bennett) being here is going to be a good experience for him, said sophomore centre Sean Monahan, whos second on the team with 10 goals. Hes going to be learning a lot just by being around the dressing room.Monahan played against Bennett in junior and knows the calibre of player the Flames have on their hands. Obviously, weve seen him in the pre-season and what he can do, he said. Hes going to get confidence being here and knowing what some of the young guys are doing and hes going to be a great player for us.Its going to be a bright future and its going to be a good team here for a long time.Notes: The Flames will kick off a four-game Eastern trip on Tuesday night in Toronto. Theyll bring Bennett along with them and hell stay at home in nearby Holland Landing until early January when he meets again with his surgeon. After that appointment, hell make his way back to Calgary. 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