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Eleventh heaven: Cardinals are Series champs
It was so improbable, so unthinkable, that it had to happen. Despite massive deficits in August and September, despite playing for their lives in the first round of the playoffs, despite twice being one strike away from elimination the night before, the St. Louis Cardinals are the World Series champions for 2011 after winning Game 7, 6-2, over the Texas Rangers on Friday.
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So close to title, Rangers turned away
After twice being one strike away from winning it all on Thursday night, the Rangers couldn’t throw enough strikes and it cost them in Friday’s Game 7 of the World Series, a 6-2 loss to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
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Drama king: Freese sends Cards to Game 7
Don’t turn out the lights just yet. The 2011 Cardinals live to fight one more day, one last day. As though it could have been any other way.
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Crushing defeat delays Texas' celebration
The Rangers were as close as a team can come to achieving the ultimate goal on Thursday night, but the Cardinals wouldn’t go down without a threat. David Freese’s 11th-inning walk-off homer secured a 10-9 win for St. Louis, setting up a decisive Game 7 of the World Series on Friday night.
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Carp gets little support as Cards drop Game 5
A team that made a habit of playing essential games for a month now faces the very definition of must-win. A 4-2 loss to the Rangers on Monday night in Game 5 of the World Series means that the Cardinals’ next loss ends their season.
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Napoli ever after: Rangers near crown
Mike Napoli doubled home two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and lifted the Rangers to a 4-2 victory over the Cardinals in Game 5 of the World Series on Monday night.
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With Napoli's help, Holland stifles Cards
Derek Holland held the Cardinals scoreless on two hits and the Rangers seized a 4-0 victory in Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night, evening the Fall Classic at two games each.
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Knot to be: Shutout puts Cards in Series tie
Edwin Jackson nibbled while Derek Holland devoured Cardinals hitters in a 4-0 loss to Texas in Game 4 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Sunday night.
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Rangers on wrong side of history in Game 3 loss
The Rangers came home and were able to get their offense going in Game 3 of the World Series. Everything else fell apart, though, in a 16-7 trouncing before 51,462 at the Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday night.
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Pujols' trio of blasts punctuate Cards' rout
Albert Pujols turned in one of the greatest individual hitting performance in World Series history, pounding three home runs among five hits as St. Louis obliterated the Rangers, 16-7, in Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday.
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