J.A. Happ was determined to pitch better on Monday night than he did in his last outing against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Houston lefty certainly accomplished his goal. Happ threw a two-hitter and rookie Brett Wallace had a career-high three hits and drove in a run to help the Astros beat the struggling Cardinals 3-0.
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Things have gotten hairy in the St. Louis Cardinals' clubhouse. Most of the players got their heads shaved before Monday's game at Houston as a way to break the monotony of their longest road trip of the season. The players took turns doing the cutting and a large pile of multicolored locks covered the floor.
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Adam Wainwright struggled for five innings and the St. Louis Cardinals lost again, falling to Washington 4-2 Sunday and dropping five games behind Cincinnati in the NL Central. Wainwright (17-9) failed in his third bid to become the NL's first 18-game winner. The Nationals tagged him for four runs on six hits and three walks in five innings.
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Adam Dunn broke out of a prolonged slump with a homer and five RBIs, helping the Washington Nationals to a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. Dunn was in an 8-for-66 skid over 20 games when he doubled home two runs for a 4-3 Washington lead in a four-run third inning. With the score tied at 5 in the fifth, Dunn hit a three-run shot, his 32nd of the season and first since…
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WASHINGTON – Tony La Russa doesn't understand the minor backlash that's been created by his participation in radio personality Glenn Beck's rally in Washington on Saturday, an event the St. Louis Cardinals manager said was more religious in tone than political.
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WASHINGTON – Baseball star Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals says he's honoured and humbled after receiving an award for his off-field charitable work during Glenn Beck's rally in Washington.
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On the day Stephen Strasburg was declared done for the season, another rookie kept humming along, pitching the St. Louis Cardinals to victory in the ballpark where Strasburg is supposed to rule. Jaime Garcia pitched 5 1-3 scoreless innings Friday night, and Albert Pujols hit his 401st home run as the Cardinals broke a three-game skid with a 4-2 win over the Washington Nationals.
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St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and slugger Albert Pujols plan to attend a controversial rally on the National Mall on Saturday morning, with La Russa presenting an award to Pujols at the event hosted by conservative pundit Glenn Beck. The Cardinals manager says his role, as well as Pujols', will be nonpolitical.
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Albert Pujols was in his accustomed place in the St. Louis Cardinals lineup for Friday night's game against the Washington Nationals one day after hitting his 400th home run and injuring his right ankle. The slugger hurt his ankle in the bottom of the 10th inning of Thursday's game when he tried to plant his foot on the tarp to reach for a foul ball near the first base dugout.
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