Cardinals Crush Dodgers to Grab 2-0 Series Lead
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Mike Matheny&#39;s two-run single highlighted a three-run fifth inning rally which lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Divisional Series Thursday.
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Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking three-run home run Sunday night 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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Scott Rolen is contributing again &#151; and that's bad news for the Houston Astros. The Cardinals twice rallied from a two-run deficit in their 10-7 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the National League championship series on Wednesday night. Rolen was responsible for tying it the second time, ending a 3-for-32 slump with a line-drive single in the fifth inning.
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Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to lead the St Louis Cardinals to a 6-4 win over the Houston Astros in Game Two of the NL Championship Series at Busch Stadium on Thursday.
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The host Boston Red Sox scored a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, helped by Curt Schilling&#39;s pitching through pain and seeping blood, in World Series Game 2 on Sunday night.
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Larry Walker needed three extra at-bats to get his postseason cycle. The newest addition to St. Louis' power-packed lineup hit a two-run homer off Pete Munro in the fifth inning of the Cardinals' 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the NL championship series Thursday night.
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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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It was fitting that the Los Angeles Dodgers would return to California down 2-0 in the National League Division Series. After all, playing from behind was what got them there.
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Albert Pujols's three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning was the difference in the Cardinals' 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres last night in St. Louis, ending a seven-game losing streak during which the Cardinals' NL Central lead shriveled to 1 1/2 games.
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A home run by Albert Pujols and another strong pitching performance on the road by Jeff Suppan moved the St. Louis Cardinals into the National League Championship Series.
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Albert Pujols hits a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning and Scott Rolen has four RBIs to lead the Cardinals over the Diamondbacks, 11-3.
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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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ST. LOUIS - Rain or shine, the St. Louis Cardinals&#39; big bats always seem to come through in the end. Albert Pujols led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking home run, Scott Rolen followed with his second
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Steve Finley did it again. Finley drove in the go-ahead run for the third consecutive game, hitting a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 Friday night in a matchup of division leaders.
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Larry Walker and the St. Louis Cardinals turned Game 1 into a slugfest, and that was big trouble for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Walker homered twice and the Cardinals tied a postseason record by hitting five home runs, overwhelming Odalis Perez and the Dodgers in an 8-3 blowout Tuesday in the opener of their NL playoff series.
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Albert Pujols and Jim Edmonds hit RBI singles off David Wells in the fourth inning as the Cardinals take a 2-0 series lead by dropping the Padres, 2-0.
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Cesar Izturis homered and Adrian Beltre had three hits for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who survived a shaky start by Kazuhisa Ishii and beat San Diego 9-6 on Thursday night to take a 1 1/2-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.