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Cardinals notch vital win over struggling Dodgers
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September 15, 2012, Saturday
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THE St. Louis Cardinals notched a vital road win by beating Los Angeles 2-1 on Thursday, opening a two-game lead in the National League wildcard race over the out-of-form Dodgers.
Allen Craig's hit drove in Shane Robinson for the go-ahead run in the seventh inning in a clash of two teams that had both faltered in the run to the playoffs, having both lost six of seven games before Thursday's clash. In further good news for the Cardinals, another of the wildcard contenders, the Philadelphia Phillies, suffered a disappointing 4-6 loss to the lowly Houston Astros.
The Phillies had won seven straight to revive once-dormant playoff hopes and needed to capitalize in the series against the struggling Astros, but couldn't close the deal after leading 4-0.
In the American League, the fights for all the divisional titles and wildcards remains intense in the closing stages of the season, with the Los Angeles Angels, Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees all advancing their causes with wins on Thursday, while the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers had setbacks.
The Angels shut out the Athletics 6-0 to squeeze the gap between the two AL West teams to 4 1-2 games, and stay within 3 1-2 games of the second wildcard. L.A. ace Jered Weaver returned from injury in style (17-4), pitching seven scoreless innings to end Oakland's remarkable run of 12 straight road wins.
In the East division, Baltimore and New York remained locked together atop the division while the Tampa Bay Rays slipped further into the fringes of playoff contention, dropping four games back. The Orioles beat the Rays 3-2 over 14 innings to stretch their extraordinary record in extra-innings games; they've won 13 in a row. The game lasted 5 hours and 14 minutes, ending when Manny Machado's hit only narrowly avoided a desperate dive by Rays left-fielder Matt Joyce and scored the winning run.
Allen Craig's hit drove in Shane Robinson for the go-ahead run in the seventh inning in a clash of two teams that had both faltered in the run to the playoffs, having both lost six of seven games before Thursday's clash. In further good news for the Cardinals, another of the wildcard contenders, the Philadelphia Phillies, suffered a disappointing 4-6 loss to the lowly Houston Astros.
The Phillies had won seven straight to revive once-dormant playoff hopes and needed to capitalize in the series against the struggling Astros, but couldn't close the deal after leading 4-0.
In the American League, the fights for all the divisional titles and wildcards remains intense in the closing stages of the season, with the Los Angeles Angels, Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees all advancing their causes with wins on Thursday, while the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers had setbacks.
The Angels shut out the Athletics 6-0 to squeeze the gap between the two AL West teams to 4 1-2 games, and stay within 3 1-2 games of the second wildcard. L.A. ace Jered Weaver returned from injury in style (17-4), pitching seven scoreless innings to end Oakland's remarkable run of 12 straight road wins.
In the East division, Baltimore and New York remained locked together atop the division while the Tampa Bay Rays slipped further into the fringes of playoff contention, dropping four games back. The Orioles beat the Rays 3-2 over 14 innings to stretch their extraordinary record in extra-innings games; they've won 13 in a row. The game lasted 5 hours and 14 minutes, ending when Manny Machado's hit only narrowly avoided a desperate dive by Rays left-fielder Matt Joyce and scored the winning run.
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