Cards' lead in NL Central just 1 1/2 games
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Mike Cameron's two-run double capped San Diego's four-run seventh inning against Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter, and free-falling St. Louis saw its lead in the NL Central shrink to 1 1/2 games following the Padres' 7-5 victory Tuesday night.
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HOUSTON - Nine days had passed since the Cardinals mathematically clinched their division title. Monday night, their playoff express took a wrong turn smack into the middle of a wild-card street fight.
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The Dodgers are two games down in the best-of-five National League Division Series with the Cardinals, and a big reason is this: They&#39;re not getting enough done with two down -- as in, two outs -- while the Cardinals have been absurdly successful in those
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ST. LOUIS - When the St. Louis Cardinals were playing .500 ball for the last two weeks of the regular season after already having clinched the National League Central championship, one question persisted.
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Welted by a couple of hit batters in the fifth inning, the St. Louis Cardinals converted the bruises into three runs and a 8-3 victory over Los Angeles for a commanding 2-0 lead in the NLDS.
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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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HOUSTON - The Houston Astros took over the lead in the National League wild card race Wednesday night as they beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 while the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs both lost extra-inning games...
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Time is running out on the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers wasted a chance to cut their NL Central deficit to one game, giving up a first-inning home run to Albert Pujols in a testy 7-3 loss Wednesday night to the St. Louis Cardinals that saw two more hit batters and a pair of ejections.
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The Cubs' grip on the NL Central lead is suddenly shaky after they're were shut out over the final 5 2-3 innings and lose for the second night in a row.
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Too bad for Mike Matheny the ballots for National League MVP were cast before the start of the playoffs. With the Cardinals&#39; Big Three nearly invisible for last night&#39;s Game 2
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The Milwaukee Brewers bobbled a chance to stay close in the NL Central.
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Bronson Arroyo got roses. Ryan O'Malley settled for beer and shaving cream. Arroyo ended a 10-start winless slide and won his 10th game, a 7-2 victory over St. Louis on Wednesday that cut the Cardinals' lead in the NL Central to 1 1/2 games.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals were tied 1-1 after two innings of play Sunday in their NL division playoff series.
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The National League's best offense is off to a feeble start in the World Series, and the St. Louis Cardinals' chances are sagging along with it.
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Mark Kotsay drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning single, and the Oakland Athletics increased their lead over the Los Angeles Angels to 1 1/2 games in the AL West with a 3-2 victory Wednesday.
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Three more baseball playoff games are on tap today with the Tigers playing the Yankees, the Cardinals visiting the Padres and the Mets hosting the Dodgers. The Yankees, Cards and Mets all have 1-0 leads in the best-of-five series. The A's-Twins series has the day off with the A's leading 2 games to none.
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Despite leading the Cardinals to the best regular-season record in baseball (105-57), Pujols and Rolen finished far behind Bonds, whose team didn&#39;t make the playoffs.