Cards' Pujols homers in 1st 3 at-bats
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Albert Pujols homered in his first three at-bats Sunday, helping the St. Louis Cardinals take a 5-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols put themselves alongside Johnny Bench and Orlando Cepeda. Howard homered in his first three at-bats of Philadelphia's doubleheader split against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, and Pujols matched the feat in the St. Louis Cardinals' 6-3 win over Pittsburgh.
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The Cardinals' trio of MVP candidates -- affectionately called MV3 -- is the heart, if not the soul, of the team's batting order. Officially, first baseman Albert Pujols , third baseman Scott Rolen , and center fielder Jim Edmonds combined to produce 122 home runs and 358 RBIs during the regular season. Unofficially they may go down ...
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Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam and a solo shot, and the Chicago Cubs hit three straight home runs in the first inning yesterday on their way to a 13-5 rout of the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.
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With one swing of Albert Pujols' bat, a St. Louis Cardinals lineup that looked so sickly in September suddenly got a lot better under the California sun. San Diego Padres ace Jake Peavy tempted Pujols with one pitch too many and the slugger, who has a shot at a second straight NL MVP award, responded with a two-run homer that launched the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory in the opening game of the division series on Tuesday.
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Albert Pujols cracked a three-run  homer and notched four RBI to earn the St Louis Cardinals a  place in the National League Championship Series with a 6-2  victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday.
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down to walk-off home runs. St. Louis won the first two contests at Busch. when Jeff Kent belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
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The Dodgers took a 3-0 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals after four innings in Game 3 of the NL division series on Saturday.
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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
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Barry Bonds spent a third day stuck at 714 and watched Albert Pujols hit his 23rd homer of the season.
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Ryan Howard homered in his first three   at-bats to help the Philadelphia Phillies edge the Atlanta   Braves 8-7 in the opening game of a doubleheader on Sunday.
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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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Chase Utley has three hits in his first game since having hand surgery one month ago, and the Phillies beat the Mets, 9-2, Monday night in the opener of a pivotal four-game series.
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Albert Pujols belted his major-league leading 43rd homer and Jim Edmonds followed with a two-run shot as the St Louis Cardinals eased to a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres in National League action Thursday.
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Pujols hit his sixth homer of the playoffs, while Edmonds hit his third and second of the LCS...Sanders also had three hits...St. Louis&#39; two runs in the first inning snapped a scoreless streak of 14 frames
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Albert Pujols came off the disabled list Thursday and returned to the St. Louis Cardinals&#039; lineup for their series finale against the Chicago White Sox.
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Odalis Perez learned just how quickly things could unravel against the potent St. Louis Cardinals. After allowing Albert Pujols&#39; first-inning home run Tuesday, Perez held the Cardinals hitless until there were two outs in the third.