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| Oswalt faces off with Wainwright in St. Louis |
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04/11/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Veteran right-hander Roy Oswalt hopes for better luck in his second outing of the 2009 season today when the Houston Astros visit Busch Stadium for the middle test of a three-game weekend set with the St. Louis Cardinals. A winner of 129 major-league games in a career that began in 2001, Oswalt went seven innings and allowed seven hits and three runs in his season debut on Monday but still dropped a 4-2 home decision to the Chicago Cubs. Oswalt struck out two and walked one while throwing 93 pi |
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| Cardinals hold on to beat Astros |
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04/11/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Ryan Ludwick went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI, as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros, 5-3, in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. Skip Schumaker collected three hits and drove in a run for the Cardinals, who split a four-game home series with Pittsburgh to open the 2009 campaign. Joel Pineiro (1-0) gave up two runs on eight hits over 6 2/3 innings for the win. "I just keep on working on throwing and let the defense work behind me," said Pineir |
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| Cardinals continue early homestand with test from Astros |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Veteran southpaw Mike Hampton kicks off his 15th big-league season with the team with which he had his most successful stint tonight, when the Houston Astros visit the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. A 36-year-old Floridian, Hampton initially reached the majors in 1993 and made 13 appearances with the Seattle Mariners. He opened 1994 with Houston and stayed through 1999, winning 69 games that included a 22-4 campaign in his final year as an Astro. Inju |
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| Brewers to hold home opener against Harden, Cubs |
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04/10/2009 |
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| Crew back in the win column this afternoon will be new acquisition Braden Looper, who signed a one-year deal with the club shortly before spring training. A former short reliever, the righty won 12 games in each of the past two seasons for the rival St. Louis Cardinals upon making the switch to a starter. Looper, who had a setback during spring training because of an oblique injury, was 12-14 with a 4.16 ERA for the Cards a year ago. In four starts against the Cubs a year ago, Looper was 0-3 with a 3.24 ERA. Lifet |
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| Carpenter hurls Cardinals past Pirates |
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04/10/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Yadier Molina and pinch hitter Brian Barden each had an RBI, while veteran Chris Carpenter tossed seven innings of one-hit ball, as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1, to split a four-game series at Busch Stadium. Carpenter (1-0) allowed one unearned run and fanned seven batters with just two walks to pick up the win. Carpenter is back at full strength after two injury-plagued campaigns. He is entering his sixth season with the Cardinals and made just four a |
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| Pirates wrap up season-opening set in St. Louis |
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04/09/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates will wrap up a four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon with a matinee affair at Busch Stadium. Pittsburgh has won two of the first three matchups and recorded a 7-4 victory on Wednesday in the third test of the set. Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez both had big days at the plate, going 4-for-5 to help the Pirates rebound from a 9-3 drubbing in the second game. Pirates starting pitcher Zach Duke collected the win after allowing three runs -- one earne |
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| Brewers go for series win in San Francisco |
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04/09/2009 |
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| he ninth and is closing in place of Trevor Hoffman, who was shelved to start the season with an oblique strain. Mike Cameron hit a solo home run to account for Milwaukee's other run. Milwaukee hasn't lost a season-opening series since 2003, when the St. Louis Cardinals swept the Brewers in three games at Busch Stadium. The Brewers will hand the ball to Manny Parra on Thursday, and he is entering his third season with the club. After making nine appearances (two starts) in his first season in 2007, Parra took the h |
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| Pirates erupt for 17 hits, top Cardinals |
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04/09/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Jack Wilson and Freddy Sanchez each went 4- for-5, as the Pittsburgh Pirates downed the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, to win the third test of the season-opening four-game series between the clubs. Wilson drove in two and Sanchez had one RBI for Pittsburgh, which won the season-opener but dropped a 9-3 decision Tuesday. Nate McLouth hit a two-run homer in the Pirates' win, while Brandon Moss finished 3-for-4 with a double. Zach Duke (1-0) took the win after allowing three runs -- one |
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| Cardinals, Pirates continue season-opening set |
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04/08/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Cardinals try to make it two straight wins this evening, when they play the third test of a four-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium. In the second game of this season-opening set on Tuesday, Albert Pujols finished 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and two walks, helping St. Louis to a 9-3 win. Chris Duncan also hit a two-run homer and walked twice, while Yadier Molina added a solo shot for St. Louis, which bounced back after a ninth-inning collapse in Monday's ope |
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| Pujols powers Cardinals over Pirates |
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04/08/2009 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - Albert Pujols finished 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and two walks, as the St. Louis Cardinals downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-3, to pick up their first win this season. Chris Duncan also hit a two-run homer and walked twice, while Yadier Molina added a solo shot for St. Louis. The Cardinals dropped their season-opener to the Pirates on Monday, 6-4, after Pittsburgh scored four runs in the ninth inning. St. Louis pounded out 12 hits Tuesday, of which Khalil Greene, Molina and Colb |
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