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MLB Playoffs – Pittsburgh Pirates Clinch Spot, St. Louis Cardinals Not Worried
With a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves, the Pittsburgh Pirates have clinched a spot among the two Wild Card teams in the National League, but also have enough time to try and win the NL Central, beating the St. Louis Cardinals to it. The Cards did lose 4-3 to the Chicago Cubs which makes things very interesting for the season finale, but considering their schedule they shouldn’t be too worried.
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Dodgers Over Cardinals – Hitting More Important Than Pitching For Once
The Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in a very good position in the NL West following a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Clayton Kershaw may have had his impressive streak end, but it didn’t matter thanks to a ninth inning clutch hit from Adrian Gonzalez.
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MLB Season – Toronto Blue Jays Have a Red Hot Pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals Have One as Well
Two pitching performances that stood out above the rest in another day of baseball were the Toronto Blue Jays beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-6 as Mark Buehrle became the first pitcher to win nine times this season, while the St. Louis Cardinals shut out the New York Yankees 6-0 as Lance Lynn pitched the first complete game of his career.
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Braves Over Cardinals – Serious Closing Problems
The St. Louis Cardinals are always a solid team, but this doesn’t look like the kind of group that can reach the World Series or even the playoffs once again with this kind of baseball, losing to the Atlanta Braves 6-5 as Trevor Rosenthal blew a save for the second time this season, indicating one […]
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Cubs over Cardinals – A Rare Silver Lining
These are rough years for the Chicago Cubs organization, committed to a complete rebuild which means losing seasons and a lot of them. Every once in a while comes a big moment like a 17-5 explosion against the St. Louis Cardinals with Junior Lake standing out with his home run and the numbers of runners he helped score.
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Cardinals Over Brewers – Lance Lynn, Destroyer of Streaks
The Milwaukee Brewers were scorching going into their first game of the series against the St. Louis Cardinals, but a wonderful performance on the mound from Lance Lynn meant it was an end to their nine-game winning streak and an impressive 4-0 win for the Cards.
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Perfect Pitching Carries Ugly Hitting (Cardinals vs Pirates)
As both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates combined for only four hits and a batting average of .007 in the game, it was Michael Wacha, striking out nine batters and pitching a strong 7 and bit innings that came out as the hero, giving the Cards the 2-1 win and sending the series back to St. Louis for a deciding fifth.
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Pinch Running at its Finest (Cardinals vs Pirates)
The Pittsburgh Pirates have already made a few ‘first time since…’ this season, and they’re getting ready for another one, taking a 2-1 lead in the series against the St. Louis Cardinals, with some impressive hitting from Pedro Alvarez, joining forced with Josh Harrison, who made quite a splash with his successful insertion as a pinch runner in the 8th, giving the Pirates the lead for good.
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Perfect Pitching Going the Other Way Now (Pirates vs Cardinals)
Turning the tables was the main theme in game 2 of the series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Gerrit Cole having an absolutely dominant performance on the pitching mound while Pedro Alvarez hit a big 2-run homer in order to reverse the roles and give the Pirates a 7-1 win, tying up the series at 1-1.
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Adam Wainwright Making Postseason History (Pirates vs Cardinals)
On the mound, it was Adam Wainwright setting franchise records and being close to untouchable. At bat, it began with Carlos Beltran and his 3-run homer that sparked the St. Louis Cardinals into life, eventually taking a 1-0 lead in their NL division series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.