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MLB: St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 0

Wed, 06/24/2009 - 13:52 by preet_20

United States, N.Y. June 23: Joel Pineiro pitched a two-hit shutout and was 2-for-4 with a run scored Tuesday to pace the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-0 win over the New York Mets.

Pineiro (6-8) had his 11th career complete game.

Brendan Ryan was 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Cardinals, who have won four of their last five games. Albert Pujols had a two-run single and Skip Schumaker went 2-for-3 and scored once.

Losing pitcher Livan Hernandez (5-2) allowed three runs on eight hits over seven innings.

Luis Castillo and pinch-hitter Jeremy Reed had the only hits for the injury-riddled Mets.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

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