Cardinals Win Playoff Series, Braves Force Game 5
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Albert Pujols hit a tie-breaking three-run home run as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 to reach the National League Championship Series for the second time in three years.
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The Atlanta Braves pounded the St.  Louis Cardinals 15-3 on Monday at Busch Stadium, extending  their winning run to six games while Chipper Jones&#039; hitting  streak and a place in the record books came to an end.
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Jim Edmonds thumped a two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the host St Louis Cardinals a 6-4 win over the Houston Astros Wednesday, forcing a seventh and deciding game in the National League Championship Series.
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â¢ St. Louis (105-57, first place in NL Central) coasted into the postseason. The Cardinals split their final 26 games of the season but still finished 13 games ahead
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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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The Atlanta Braves rode a team  record-tying six hits and six RBIs by Willie Harris to a 14-6  rout of the St Louis Cardinals on Saturday, the win moving them  back to within 2  games of the New York Mets in the NL East.
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Kyle Lohse gave the Phillies something they've sorely lacked down the stretch. Lohse pitched seven strong innings, and Philadelphia improved its playoff hopes with a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.
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Brian McCann homered and drove in four runs last night against Greg Maddux, leading the visiting Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres.
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Ageless Julio Franco delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning to lift the Atlanta Braves over the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-7, on Saturday in a matchup of division leaders.
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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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Carlos Beltran belted a solo home run to right field, his second of the series off Atlanta starter Jaret Wright, to put the Houston Astros ahead of the Braves 3-0 after three innings in the decisive Game 5 of their NL Division Series on Monday night.
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Chris Carpenter pitched seven innings of six-hit ball and the St. Louis Cardinals got first-inning homers by Larry Walker and Scott Rolen in beating the San Diego Padres 4-2 Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.
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Carlos Beltran homers in a record fifth consecutive postseason game in the eighth inning to carry the Astros over the Cardinals, 6-5, knotting the series at two games apiece.
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Housto Astros&#39; Carlos Beltran celebrates his solo homerun in the fifth inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta, Monday Oct. 11, 2004.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Diamonbacks, 7-0, Saturday.
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Albert Pujols homered for the fifth time in four games and tied his career high with five RBIs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
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LOS ANGELES The St. Louis Cardinals are back in the National League Championship Series for the third time in five seasons. Albert Pujols (POO&#39;-hohlz) drove in the last four runs and the Cards advanced by