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

Wed, 24/06/2009 - 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.

MLB: St. Louis 12, Kansas City 5

Mon, 22/06/2009 - 08:13 by harsheeb

Kansas -- Albert Pujols drove in six runs Sunday with two homers, leading the St. Louis Cardinals in a 12-5 inter-league rout and a three-game sweep of Kansas City.

Pujols, who leads the majors with 26 homers, launched a fourth-inning grand slam and a fifth-inning solo homer after a first-inning RBI infield single.
Rick Ankiel, Chris Duncan and Skip Schumaker all had two hits and one RBI.

Khalil Greene hit a solo homer and Tyler Greene had one RBI for the Cardinals, who presented Manager Tony La Russa with his 2,500th career victory.

Winner Adam Wainwright (8-4) surrendered five runs and eight hits in six innings with no walks and eight strikeouts.

MLB: Cleveland 7, St. Louis 3

Sat, 13/06/2009 - 14:13 by preet_20

Cleveland, June 12: Shin-Soo Choo had three hits and three RBI Friday, propelling the Cleveland Indians to a 7-3 inter-league win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Choo's first-inning RBI single produced the game's first run and his two-run single upped Cleveland's lead to 4-1 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Victor Martinez hit a two-run eighth-inning double, while Mark DeRosa and Jamey Carroll added two hits apiece for the Indians, who have won three of four.

Winner David Huff (2-2) gave up three runs and six hits in 7 1/3 innings with two walks and five strikeouts.

MLB: San Francisco 4, St. Louis 2

Sat, 30/05/2009 - 14:23 by preet_20

San Francisco -- Matt Cain gave up two runs in 6 1/3 innings Friday and won his fourth straight decision, helping bring the San Francisco Giants a 4-2 victory over St. Louis.

The Cardinals lost for the first time in three games and fell back into a tie with Milwaukee atop the National League Central.

Cain (6-1) struck out five and allowed six hits before leaving with one on and one out in the seventh.

St. Louis did not manage a single base runner against three relievers, with Brian Wilson working the ninth for his 11th save.

Pablo Sandoval drove in the first two San Francisco runs with a first-inning single and the Giants scored twice more in the fourth when Fred Lewis tripled in a run. Lewis then came in on a single by Emmanuel Burriss.

MLB: St. Louis 8, Chicago Cubs 2

Sun, 26/04/2009 - 10:48 by Shruti Sharma

St. Louis -- Albert Pujols hit a grand slam homer Saturday to power the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Pujols' grand slam was his second of the season and his seventh homer this season. Brian Barden was 3-for-3 with two RBI and Khalil Greene 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Cardinals, who have won five in a row.

Mitchell Boggs (1-0) made his first start of the season and got the win after allowing an unearned run on six hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Sean Marshall (0-1) took the loss despite giving up just three runs on six hits in six innings.

The Cardinals blew the game open against Cubs reliever David Patton, who allowed five runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings.