Carpenter blow for Cards
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Pitcher Chris Carpenter, a 15-game winner for St Louis this season, will miss the opening round when they their play-offs campaign next week.
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Angry after giving up a run, Dontrelle Willis shouted at the plate umpire as he walked off the mound. One inning later, he threw a celebratory roundhouse punch as he skipped to the dugout. And when Miguel Cabrera delivered the tiebreaking hit, Willis leaped off the bench to lead the cheers.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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&#39;You suck! You&#39;re a piece of &amp;%$#*! You can&#39;t play worth *$#!% you loser, so SIT DOWN!!!&quot; That&#39;s what a guy was yelling at a visiting player during a White Sox-Angels game earlier this summer.
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Q: I am having a problem with woodpeckers. I had the holes filled in that they made, and the very next day there were a couple more.    There are products online such as eyes that you dangle from the rafter at $50 for five.
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The bullpen blew another one. The reliable relievers who carried the New York Yankees all season are coming apart at the most important moment. Mariano Rivera must be tired by now. Tom Gordon is struggling. Paul Quantrill is hurt. And the Yankees are halfway to the biggest collapse in postseason history.
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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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Fans who tacked 21 pieces of paper with a yellow &quot;A&quot; (as in &quot;ace&quot;) to a railing during Andy Roddick&#39;s US Open match Sunday probably didn&#39;t bring any decorated with &quot;D&quot; (as in &quot;double-fault&quot;).
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The only hit rookie Anthony Reyes allowed Thursday night cleared the fence. On one swing of Jim Thome&#039;s bat, Reyes lost his no-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals lost again to the Chicago White Sox, who rode the pitching of Freddy Garcia to a 1-0 victory.
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ST. LOUIS Keith Ginter hit a three-run homer as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-to-6. The NL Central champion Cards suffered a season-high fourth straight loss.
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When Yadier Molina's bloop single glanced off Cory Sullivan's glove in the sixth inning, the center fielder leapt to his feet in frustration. Left-hander Jeff Francis, who had been working on a perfect game to that point, let out a sigh and a slight smile.
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Four runs were already in. Mike Lowell was at the plate, awaiting the pitch from an ineffective Robinson Tejeda, who had just loaded the bases with two outs in the second inning by walking David Ortiz, hitting Manny Ram&#xED;rez, and walking J.D. Drew. With Josh Beckett -- a near certainty to be named to the American League All-Star team today ...
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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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Take advantage of cards instead of it being the other way around.
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a-flied out for Biddle in the 5th. b-flied out for Ayala in the 8th. c-singled for Mercker in the 9th. E--TBatista (13), JRivera (3).
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Cardinals manager Tony La Russa angrily confronted baseball disciplinarian Bob Watson yesterday, right after finding out St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez was fined $10,000 for throwing over the head of a Houston hitter.
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com. Poor Chone Figgins. He should have known he was in for a rough one when Manny Ramirez hammered a liner off his glove in the first inning of Boston&#39;s 9-3 win over Anaheim in Game 1 of the American League Division Series.