Cardinals win battle of big bats
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ST. LOUIS Â· For all the commotion the Cardinals generated with the bats this season, the Astros entered the National League Championship Series believing they matched up offensively.
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Edgar Renteria capped a 13-pitch at-bat in the first inning with a three-run homer and matched his career high with five RBIs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
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The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox put on power-hitting displays to win the openers of their first-round Major League Baseball playoff 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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The St. Louis Cardinals broke out the champagne and sprayed their way around a raucous clubhouse, celebrating their NL Central championship.
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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals made two-out magic the neatest trick of their National League Championship Series opener Wednesday.
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Jim Edmonds hit a pair of two-run homers and matched a career high with five RBIs on Friday night, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5.
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ST. LOUIS Matt Morris twirled a two-hitter and struck out a season-high eleven as the St. Louis Cardinals blanked Los Angeles 3-to-0.
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Scott Rolen became the third St. Louis player to hit 30 homers this season and Chris Carpenter set a career best with his 13th win, leading the Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 Friday night to complete a day-night doubleheader sweep.
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Placido Polanco&#039;s two-out double in the 10th scored Curtis Granderson from first base and lifted the Detroit Tigers to a 7-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.
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Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen ripped back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning off Dan Miceli as the Cardinals beat the Astros, 6-4, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night.
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Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria and the St. Louis Cardinals can win with singles, doubles and triples, too.
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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 cracked his 40th home  run of the season and reached 100 RBI for the fourth straight  year to help the St Louis Cardinals blank the host Pittsburgh  Pirates 4-0 in the National League Sunday.
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Jim Edmonds hit his 300th career home run, Jason Marquis won his 11th straight decision and the St. Louis Cardinals won their eighth in a row overall, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 Saturday night.
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Adam Wainwright carried a five-hit shutout into the eighth inning and Juan Encarnacion hit a three-run homer in the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.
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Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen hit back to back homers to lead the St.Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 win over the Houston Astros Thursday in the National League Championship Series.