Defense Quietly Helps Cards in Playoffs
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Dominant hitting has been the St. Louis Cardinals' calling card this postseason. They're averaging six runs and two homers over six games, five of which they've won.
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The St. Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the Central for the third time in five seasons.
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With the National League&#39;s best record sewn up, the Cardinals would just as soon start the playoffs immediately. Yesterday, if possible.
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The St. Louis Cardinals beat a flat San Diego Padres 2-0 on Thursday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in their best-of-five National League divisional playoff series.
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Monday&#39;s workout at Busch Stadium contained a few more St. Louis Cardinals than you&#39;d expect considering it was optional, but you could understand why they&#39;d want to
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After losing nine times in its final 12 games, the once-shambling Cardinals quickly gained a postseason advantage that may prove as much psychological as statistical.
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It was a quiet weekend for the NHL and the players' association.
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San Diego -- The sports cliche about taking them one game at a time does not apply in a final-week drive for the playoffs. That, the players say, is looking too far ahead.
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LOS ANGELES -- This is not the ultimate goal, that much is clear. The Cardinals have a much higher aspiration than winning one postseason series.
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In this crevice of the baseball globe, as the season heads to the bottom of the ninth, nothing has changed. It&#39;s an annual rite for both teams by the bay to be in prime playoff position with a week to go, and
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The Colts were supposed to have a finesse defense that could not stop the run and ended up with a championship defense that shut down all four playoff opponents.
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With the chance to clinch a playoff berth within their grasp, the New York Yankees let it slip away -- at least for a day.
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The New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals used their offenses to show why they are the top two teams in the National League.
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Todd Helton has let his emotional guard down a little more each step of the journey to the World Series, starting with the wild-card tie breaker against San Diego to seal a playoff spot.
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ST. LOUIS - No visiting team has won at Busch Stadium during this postseason. Then again, no team had ever come back from an 0-3 series deficit in the playoffs, either.
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Marlon Anderson got his first start of the postseason for the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night, serving as the designated hitter in the second game of the World Series.
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OFFENSE: Expect the Cardinals, so powerful and varied in skill, to average five-plus runs. But this is no mismatch. Houston&#39;s attack is hotter and healthier.