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McClellan faces up to the heat Reliever says he 'didn't get the job done' in what could have been Adam Wainwright's 20th victory of the season.

The season is over but kids in a St. Louis elementary school still had baseball fever Thursday.

There will be no 20-game winner in major league baseball this season. The Cardinals probably won't have any home-field advantage in the divisional playoffs.

The Cardinals won five of seven games against the Dodgers in the regular season -- including two of three games in Los Angeles -- but they know those wins mean nothing once Game 1 of the National League Division Series starts Wednesday.

Adam Wainwright's hope for a 20th victory unraveled along with the St. Louis bullpen and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 12-6 win Friday night.

Torrealba's moment set up like this: milked a walk off reliever Trever Miller to lead off the inning.

That prevented the Cardinals from becoming the first team in the majors to clinch their division and kept the Rockies 3 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta in the NL wild-card race.

St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Kyle McClellan reacts after getting Chicago Cubs' Jeff Baker to ground out to end the top of the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept.

Bullpen saves the day Relievers shut down Marlins after Wellemeyer's bad night. by BY DERRICK GOOLD dgoold@post-dispatch.com> 314-340-8285 , St.

QUESTION: Closer Ryan Franklin has blown his last two save chances and hs ERA is climbing in recent weeks.

Adam Wainwright picked up his major league-leading 18th victory Wednesday while leading St.

The one thing a closer usually wants after a blown save is the one thing Ryan Franklin isn't going to get: the chance to come back out and atone the next day.

TRUE STORY: I'm standing in line at Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on Sunday afternoon, waiting for my mini strawberry concrete, when a customer notices another ice cream fan wearing Cardinal red.

As Saturday's game started, Cardinals bullpen coach Marty Mason sidled up to his three youngest relievers and reminded them of what to turn to when innings weren't turning out as expected.

In a single, short month, a tooth-and-nail battle in the National League Central has turned into a walkaway.

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The Astros turned to an unlikely hero against the St. Louis Cardinals, getting a tie-breaking, solo homer from Jeff Keppinger with two outs in the ninth inning to win, 4-3, on Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium.

Matt Holliday's sacrifice fly snapped a ninth-inning tie, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles DodgersA in the series finale between two first-place teams.

A grand slam homer by Brendan Ryan and a four-hit performance by Joel Pineiro Thursday lifted the St.

Trever Miller and the Cardinals had agreed on a two-year deal over the winter when a physical revealed damage to the labrum in his throwing shoulder.