Cardinals take 2-0 lead over punchless Padres
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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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Adrian Gonzalez homered in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres outlasted the New York Mets 9-8 on Thursday night in a wild game that included blown saves by Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman.
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Albert Pujols homered in his first three at-bats Sunday, helping the St. Louis Cardinals take a 5-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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SAN DIEGO - Jerome Williams pitched 7 strong innings in his first start in two months and the San Francisco Giants jumped back into a tie for the National League wild-card lead by beating the San Diego Padres 4-1 on Thursday night before a Petco Park
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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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Trevor Hoffman earned his 477th career save to pull within one of tying Lee Smith's all-time record and Mike Cameron hit a two-run triple for the San Diego Padres, who beat Arizona 3-1 Thursday night to keep their slim lead atop the NL West.
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The Arizona Cardinals are winless in three games, but they are among the league leaders in one category &#151; taking the ball away from the opponent.
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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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Jake Peavy won his third straight decision, Brian Giles drove in three runs and the San Diego Padres maintained a one-game NL West lead with a 12-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.
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PHOENIX - The San Diego Padres found out between the second and third innings that they were eliminated from wild-card contention, then rallied for a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
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Dave Roberts had four hits and drove   in a pair of runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona   Diamondbacks 4-1 to maintain their lead in the National League   wild card race on Wednesday in Phoenix.
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SAN DIEGO - Ryan Klesko singled in the go-ahead run with none out in the eighth inning and the San Diego Padres beat St. Louis 7-3 Monday night to keep alive their slim playoff hopes and end the Cardinals' nine-game winning streak...
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Rookie Jack Cassel pitched six solid innings for his first big league win, Khalil Greene hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 Monday night to keep a 1 1/2-game lead in the wild-card race.
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Stephen Drew homered to help the Arizona Diamondbacks overcome a horrendous third inning and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 Saturday night to take a two-game lead in the NL West over San Diego.
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Albert Pujols hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the seventh inning and Scott Rolen had four RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 Monday night. Braden Looper, in his first outing following a stint on the disabled list caused by a shoulder strain, allowed three runs and four hits in six innings. Russ Springer (4-1) pitched a perfect seventh to get the win in relief.
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Edgar Gonzalez held San Diego to six hits in seven innings while his teammates knocked around David Wells, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-2 win over the Padres on Wednesday night.
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The San Diego Padres pulled out their second straight extra-inning victory after four straight losses. This one came against the fading Los Angeles Dodgers, who haven't had any success in extra-inning games &#151; or nine-inning ones, for that matter.