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				<title><![CDATA[Rasmus' homer gives Cardinals 2-1 win over Giants]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By R.B. FALLSTROM
AP Sports Writer

ST. LOUIS(AP) -- Colby Rasmus got a break when third baseman Pablo
Sandoval dropped his foul pop in the 10th inning. Then Bob Howry
had to come after the rookie with a full count and Albert Pujols
on deck.

None of that was on Rasmus' mind when he led off the 10th inning
with his first game-ending home run, lifting the St. Louis
Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. His
only concern was not chasing Howry's split-fingered fastball
like he did earlier in the at-bat.

"I wasn't thinking about Albert coming up or the missed popup or
anything," Rasmus said. "I was just trying to get a good pitch
and try to do some damage with it.

"I don't think it ever really gets much better than that."

Rasmus capitalized after Sandoval committed the Giants' third
error after 10 games without a single miscue. Sandoval circled
the ball off a 2-2 count against Howry (0-4), arriving late and
missing with what appeared to be a casual stab with his glove.

Sandoval said he had to go around Cardinals third base coach
Jose Oquendo and third base umpire Tim Tschida to get to the
ball.

"But that's not an excuse," the rookie said. "I have to go and
catch the ball."

Pujols was 2 for 2 after drawing intentional walks with a man on
second his first two at-bats. His 26 intentional walks are more
than double any other player, and he's reached safely in seven
straight plate appearances.

Adam Wainwright had a career-best 12 strikeouts in nine innings
for St. Louis, allowing a run and six hits. He has worked six or
more innings in 15 consecutive starts. Ryan Franklin (2-0)
pitched a perfect 10th for the win.

Rasmus leads NL rookies with eight homers and 29 RBIs. He also
singled in the fifth in his first game back after missing two
starts due to a hernia.

Rasmus is the first Cardinals rookie to hit a game-winning homer
since Andy Van Slyke connected off the Astros' Bill Dawley in
the 10th inning on Aug. 18, 1983. He was up there hacking,
moving to 104 at-bats since his last walk May 25 and saying
simply: "I'm trying to hit."

The Giants nearly struck him out before Howry allowed only his
second homer in 28 innings all season.

"We made a great pitch and didn't get the call," manager Bruce
Bochy said.

Rasmus wouldn't have argued.

"It was close, but in my mind I just didn't want to swing at
anything down," Rasmus said. "If he'd have rung me up, I
wouldn't have been upset about it."

Ryan Ludwick, a first-time All-Star last year mired in a
first-half slump, drove in his first run in eight games in the
first inning. The Cardinals have won only two of eight, scoring
three or fewer runs in seven of those games.

Matt Cain allowed a run in seven innings for the Giants,
escaping trouble in the first, third and fifth. He has worked
seven innings or more in four consecutive starts.

San Francisco didn't get a runner in scoring position against
Wainwright until the eighth when it loaded the bases with none
out on pinch-hitter Fred Lewis' double, an infield hit by Aaron
Rowand and a walk to Randy Winn. Bengie Molina tied it at 1 with
his major league-leading ninth sacrifice fly with one out before
Wainwright ended the threat by striking out Nate Schierholtz.

Wainwright finished with a flourish. Edgar Renteria hit a
leadoff single in the ninth and stole second as Travis Ishikawa
struck out for the third time. Wainwright then struck out Juan
Uribe for the third time and Lewis to end the inning.

"I just really was talking to myself the whole game: 'This is
your game, you're going to finish it,"' Wainwright said. "I
didn't finish, obviously, but I took them as far as I could go."

The Cardinals failed to capitalize on shortstop Renteria's gaffe
in the eighth. Renteria threw late to second on a force attempt
rather than throw to first for an easy out on slow-footed Yadier
Molina's grounder, loading the bases with two outs, but Sergio
Romo struck out Joe Thurston.

NOTES: Wainwright's strikeout total is the Cardinals' best for a
nine-inning game since Chris Carpenter fanned 13 on June 13,
2006, at Pittsburgh. ... Injured Mark DeRosa is 0 for 9 in three
games with the Cardinals and 2 for 27 with one RBI since June
20. ... Pujols is 5 for 9 with a homer, four RBIs and three
walks against Cain.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:38:50 GMT</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[By JEFF MEZYDLO
STATS Senior Writer

San Francisco (42-34) at St. Louis (41-38), 8:15 p.m. EDT

Matt Cain didn't fare well in his latest attempt to win his 10th
game. Facing the struggling St. Louis Cardinals might help him
finally accomplish that feat.

On Wednesday night, the right-hander looks to become the NL's
second 10-game winner while trying to help the Giants to a
fourth straight victory in the continuation of a four-game road
set versus the Cardinals.

One night after Colorado's Jason Marquis became the first NL
pitcher to 10 wins, Cain (9-2, 2.57 ERA) makes his third attempt
at his 10th.

In his last outing, Cain matched a season high by allowing five
runs and six hits while striking out nine in seven innings of a
5-1 loss at Milwaukee on Friday. He also gave up five runs
against Colorado in his previous defeat on May 2.

The right-hander was 7-0 with a 1.87 ERA in nine starts between
losses.

"You want to keep winning. You want to keep doing well for your
team," Cain told the Giants' official Web site.

Cain is 1-1 with a 6.48 ERA in three starts against St. Louis.
Though he allowed nine runs in 3 2-3 innings of a loss at Busch
Stadium last season, he gave up one earned run in 6 1-3 innings
of a 4-2 home win over the Cardinals on May 29.

Cain could have the advantage against St. Louis (41-38), which
has lost three in a row and six of seven.

On Tuesday, Bengie Molina and Edgar Renteria each drove in two
runs, and Pablo Sandoval added an RBI in a 6-3 win for the
Giants (42-34), who are batting .282 while going 5-3 on a
10-game road trip

Sandoval, among the NL leaders with a .338 batting average, has
five RBIs in five games versus the Cardinals this season.

Though St. Louis is batting .198 while scoring 13 runs in its
last seven games, star Albert Pujols continues his outstanding
season. The reigning NL MVP hit two home runs Tuesday for his
third multihomer game in his last 10 contests.

His 35 RBIs in June are a career high for any month and his 14
homers in the month matched his career best in April 2006.
Pujols leads the majors with 30 homers and 77 RBIs. That
three-month total is the Cardinals' best since Mark McGwire had
37 homers and 87 RBIs at the end of June 1998 during his
then-record setting 70-homer season.

"It's a great accomplishment," said Pujols, who is 4 for 8 with
a homer and four RBIs versus Cain. "But my job is to go out
there and do everything I can to help my team win every night
and obviously it hasn't happened the last couple of games."

St. Louis could be without newly acquired utility man Mark
DeRosa, who injured his wrist Tuesday in his third game since
being traded from Cleveland on Saturday. He is 0 for 9 with the
Cardinals.

Though he pitched well in his last outing, Adam Wainwright (8-5,
3.51) looks to bounce back from his first loss since June 5. The
right-hander, who won his previous three starts, gave up three
runs - two earned - and seven hits in seven innings of a 3-1
loss to Minnesota on Friday.

Wainwright is 0-2 with a 5.14 ERA against San Francisco.]]></description>
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