Ankiel's 2 homers, 7 RBIs lead Cards
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With every powerful swing, Rick Ankiel puts his pitching failures further behind him. A novelty no more, now he's the slugger leading St. Louis' playoff charge. He's also the latest athlete accused of receiving human growth hormone.
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Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen hit  back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to lead the St  Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 win over the Houston Astros in Game  Two of the NL Championship Series at Busch Stadium on Thursday.
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KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus flied out to left. A Berroa doubled to left. A Berroa to third on wild pitch by C Lee, A Berroa scored on throwing error by catcher V Martinez.
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Barry Bonds moved within two homers of Hank Aaron's record Thursday, hitting Nos. 752 and 753 with two of his biggest swings this month and ending his worst slump in six years.
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The streaking Houston Astros used seven  pitchers and a Jeff Bagwell home run to beat the Colorado  Rockies 4-2 Friday to hold on to their lead in the National  League wild card race.
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With the New York Yankees' starting rotation struggling, the team's offense matched its high-scoring game of the season. Tony Clark homered three times for the first time in his career, Ruben Sierra hit a grand slam for his 300th homer, and Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez also connected to lead the Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6 Sunday.
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Rick Ankiel's long journey back to the majors may be nearing its completion. More that three years since he threw his last pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals, Ankiel gave up one unearned run and one hit in six innings Sunday for Triple-A Memphis in what could be his final start in the minors.
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Carlos Almanzar left the game with an apparent right forearm injury with two outs in the ninth...Texas beat the A&#39;s for only the seventh time in 18 outings this season, but have won three of four from Oakland...Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye had three hits
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Two years after injuries and wildness made him renounce pitching altogether, Rick Ankiel is again showing promise as he attempts to return to the major leagues as an outfielder for St. Louis.
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Bobby Abreu is starting to feel better at the plate. Albert Pujols has been feeling pretty good all season.
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Mike Piazza&#39;s eighth-inning single off reliever Luis Ayala helped the Mets edge the Expos, 3-2, in front of 3,664 at Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night.
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Albert Pujols hits his 44th home run, and Jeff Suppan takes a shutout into the eighth inning Tuesday night to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-0 victory over the Nationals.
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MILWAUKEE Larry Walker belted a two-run homer and St. Louis earned its 47th road victory by winning at Milwaukee 3-to-2. Walker&#39;s 16th homer of the season gave the Cardinals a 3-to-0 lead in the fifth inning.
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Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson in the ninth inning, and the visiting Houston Astros rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night.
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The San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 7-5 Tuesday and tied Chicago for the National League wild card lead. The Giants pounded San Diego pitchers for 17 hits and scored six
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ST. LOUIS - Albert Pujols homered for the fifth time in four games and tied his career high with five RBIs, leading the St...
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Carl Everett homered and scored two runs Monday to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers. Jason Grilli (1-1) worked in 5 2/3 innings to earn his