Chris Carpenter took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and combined with two relievers on a one-hitter Thursday as St. Louis trimmed visiting Pittsburgh 2-1. Carpenter, who didn't allow a hit until Ramon Vazquez's two-out single in the seventh, improved to 10-1 against the Pirates. ... San Francisco downed visiting Milwaukee 7-1, but the Giants got a scare when reliever Joe Martinez was hit in the head by Mike Cameron's ninth-inning line drive. Martinez eventually walked off the field, but his forehead was bloody and his right eye swollen. ... Joey Votto had a three-run homer and an RBI single off Oliver Perez, and Cincinnati beat the visiting New York Mets 8-6. Votto went 7-for-13 in the three-game series. ... Adrian Gonzalez's solo homer started a three-run rally in the eighth that carried the Padres to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in San Diego.