Cardinals take 2-0 NLCS lead
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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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Scott Rolen belted a two-run,  tie-breaking homer off Roger Clemens in the sixth inning to  give St Louis a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros at Busch  Stadium Thursday, earning the Cardinals a World Series berth.
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The San Diego Padres got the ball to Trevor Hoffman, and baseball's career saves leader did the rest. Chris Young shut down the Cardinals' offense for 6 2-3 innings, Russell Branyan's two-run double gave the NL West champions their first lead of the series and the Padres beat St. Louis 3-1 on Saturday, pulling to 2-1 in their NL playoff.
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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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Scott Rolen hit two home runs and drove home a career high seven runs, and rookie Chris Duncan also homered twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over San Francisco 14-4 Friday night and dent the Giants' NL wild-card chances.
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ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- Fresh off a convincing win in Game One of the National League Championship Series, the St. Louis Cardinals will try to use another favorable pitching matchup Thursday when they meet the Houston Astros in Game Two.
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Albert Pujols and Jim Edmonds hit two-runs homers, and pinch-runner Reggie Sanders scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning on Joe Valentine's wild pitch to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 Wednesday night.
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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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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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Scott Rolen hit a two-run tie-breaking homer off Roger Clemens in the sixth inning to give St Louis a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros at Busch Stadium Thursday, putting the Cardinals in the World Series.
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Craig Biggio hit a solo home run to give the Houston Astros a 1-0 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals after two innings of play in Game 7 of the NL championship series on Thursday.
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ST. LOUIS - Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria and St. Louis can win with singles, doubles and triples, too. After tying a postseason record with five home runs in the opener, the Cardinals stayed in the ballpark for Game 2 Thursday night.
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LOS ANGELES -- An already deep St. Louis bullpen will get a boost on Sunday -- assuming that the Cardinals have a game on Sunday. After being chased in the fourth inning of Game 2 of the National League Division
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The Philadelphia Phillies couldn't make it two extra-inning wins in a row. Yadier Molina singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory Wednesday night that stopped Philadelphia's six-game winning streak and dropped the Phillies 2 1/2 games back of the NL East-leading New York Mets.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Rain or shine, the St. Louis Cardinals&#39; offence is always ready to flex its muscle. The Cards displayed this fact for the second straight game in the National League Championship series
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Larry Walker delivers three key hits as the Cardinals slug their way past the Astros, 10-7, Wednesday in Game 1 of a NLCS many feel is being unjustly overlooked.
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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.