Cardinals Win in 12 Innings to Set Up Decider
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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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St. Louis Cardinals cut their magic number for clinching the NL Central to one, rallying past the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Saturday.
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St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros Play Game 7 of NL Championship Series to Decide World Series Berth. St. Louis Cardinals Jim Edmonds (15) is swarmed by teammates after hitting a two-run homer in the 12th
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Instead of trying to avoid a first-round playoff sweep, the St. Louis Cardinals are trying to complete one. After finishing the regular season in a tailspin, the Cardinals took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series against the San Diego Padres. The series resumes Saturday with the first postseason game at the new Busch Stadium.
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St Louis Cardinals travel to Boston Red Sox for game one of the World Series this evening thanks to a 5-2 win over Houston Astros in the National League championship decider.
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The St. Louis Cardinals found some offense in the ninth inning. The Houston Astros are still looking for theirs. Juan Encarnacion and Gary Bennett hit their first homers of the season on consecutive pitches in a seven-run ninth inning to lift the Cardinals to an 8-1 victory over the struggling Astros on Friday night.
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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.
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Entering the National League Championship Series, the St. Louis Cardinals appeared to have a decisive edge over the Astros in several areas, including the bullpen.
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Albert Pujols made sure the St. Louis Cardinals got off to another fast start.
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ST. LOUIS - Entering Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night at Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros had played six games about as evenly as two teams possibly could play.
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OMAHA -- Chris Dominguez hit two of Louisville's four home runs, Justin Marks allowed two singles before taking a hard shot to his left leg in the sixth inning, and the Cardinals eliminated Mississippi State from the College World Series with a 12-4 victory yesterday.
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ST. LOUIS - Like so many other riveting contests in this most magical of baseball post-seasons, last night&#39;s Game 6 of the NL Championship Series was decided by a walkoff home run, sending the St.
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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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Mike Matheny had a pair of two-run singles Thursday night as St. Louis took command of its NL Division Series with an 8-3 win over Los Angeles.
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The St Louis Cardinals continued their  assault on the National League Central Division pennant with a  4-1 victory over the slumping Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
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Chris Carpenter was dominant again, showing no mercy to a former teammate. Carpenter carried a shutout into the eighth inning for his 100th career win, outpitching Matt Morris in his return in St. Louis and leading the Cardinals over the San Francisco Giants 6-1 Saturday.
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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.