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St. Demaryius Thomas Jersey . Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Julio Lugo tripled in two runs and scored the go-ahead tally on an Albert Pujols sacrifice fly in the fourth inning, as the Cardinals beat the Florida Marlins, 11-6, to open a three-game series. Colby Rasmus had three hits, including an insurance three-run homer in the eighth inning, and Matt Holliday drove in three runs for St. Louis, which snapped a three-game skid and reduced its magic number to 10 for clinching the National League Central Division title. Ryan Ludwick added a two-run single and Skip Schumaker finished with three hits and three runs scored in the victory. Todd Wellemeyer started for the Cardinals and allowed nine hits and six runs over four innings. Blake Hawksworth (4-0) yielded a hit over 1 1/3 scoreless frames to get the win. Nick Johnson drilled a two-run homer and Chris Coghlan tacked on a two-run triple for the Marlins, who lost for the third time in four contests. Florida is now seven games behind Philadelphia for first place in the NL East. The Marlins remained 5 1/2 games behind Colorado for the lead in the NL wild card standings. Ricky Nolasco (11-9), who won his previous three decisions, surrendered 10 hits and seven runs over five innings. "Just have to tip your hat [to the Cardinals]," Nolasco said. "I made tons of good pitches and they fought off the good ones." Trailing by two runs, the Cardinals went ahead with a three-run fourth inning. Pinch-hitter Khalil Greene singled and Schumaker followed with a one-out base hit. Lugo then tripled to the gap in right-center field before Pujols gave St. Louis a 7-6 edge with a sacrifice fly to right field. John Baker flied out to end the Florida seventh, leaving two men on base. The Cardinals added four runs in the eighth. Just after Pujols was intentionally walked with two away, Holliday doubled to left field to drive in Schumaker, who had walked earlier in the inning. Rasmus then took a Matt Lindstrom pitch barely over the wall in right field. "They were some big two-out hits...That would have been a very challenging ninth with the middle of their lineup coming up," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. Schumaker singled to lead off the bottom of the first inning and Pujols doubled with one out. Holliday followed with a two-run base hit to right. Rasmus singled and went to second on a throw to third base before scoring on Ludwicks two-run hit up the middle. Cody Ross singled to right field to drive in Dan Uggla in the second, but the Marlins wasted an opportunity with men on the corners later in the inning. Johnson doubled to start the third and scored on a double-play groundout from Jorge Cantu before the Marlins went ahead 6-4 with a four-run fourth inning. Coghlans triple down the right field line plated Baker and Cameron Maybin. Johnson followed with his eighth homer of the year, a blast to right. Game Notes The Cardinals have won five of the last six meetings...St. Louis, which had 17 hits, was swept at home by Atlanta over the weekend...Pujols has 125 RBI, which is 12 shy of his best mark for a single season (2006). Authentic Deion Branch Jersey . Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the boy wizard in the film adaptations of J. Haloti Ngata Youth Jersey .25 million. The 35-year-old Sutton appeared in 72 games with the New York Islanders and Ottawa last season, collecting five goals and eight assists with 107 penalty minutes. Andre Johnson Youth Jersey . -- With job security out of the way, White Sox lefty Matt Thornton can now turn his attention to proving he should be Chicagos closer. Matt Schaub Jersey Youth . The second-seeded Ferrer drilled German Simon Greul 6-3, 6-4, while the former Australian Open runner-up Baghdatis, seeded eighth this week, handled South African wild card Raven Klaasen 6-3, 7-5 at this hardcourt event on the grounds of Montecasino. Devin McCourty Jersey . Getting 28 outs and a victory proved far too difficult a task Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays.Tallahassee, FL (Sports Network) - Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 points and yanked down a career-high 21 rebounds as fourth-ranked North Carolina survived the loss of point guard Ty Lawson and a furious late rally from Florida State to down the Seminoles, 84-73, in overtime. Danny Green added 19 points for the Tar Heels (21-1, 6-1 ACC), who have won three in a row after losing to Maryland on January 19. Deon Thompson added 11 points for North Carolina. Lawson left the game with a sprained left ankle just 3:47 into the first half and did not return. He scored four points in just under four minutes of action before his injury. After the Seminoles tied the game in the final seconds of regulation, North Carolina held a 70-69 edge with 2:53 left in overtime. Green drove to the bucket and hit an acrobatic layup while being fouled, then converted the free throw to give North Carolina a four-point lead. Hansbrough then followed up a Marcus Ginyard miss with a tip-in to put the Tar Heels up, 75-69, with 2:09 remaining. Toney Douglas hit a pair of free throws with just under two minutes left to cut the Seminoles deficit to four, but Hansbroughs hook shot with 1:28 left pushed the Carolina lead back to six. Douglas then missed a three, and the Tar Heels went 7-for-8 from the charity stripe in the final minute to escape Tallahassee with a win. Jason Rich scored 22 points to pace Florida State (13-10, 2-6 ACC), which has lost three in a row and six of seven. Douglas and Isaiah Swann each added 12 points for the Seminoles, who finished just 6-for-31 from three-point range. With FSU trailing by eight with less than two minutes to go, Swann hit a three with 1:53 left in regulation, then Douglas hit a free throw and a jumper to cut the UNC lead to two. Wayne Ellington then made 1--of-2 from the line to give UNC a 67-64 lead However, Ryan Reid picked up the rebound off a miss by Swann, and nailed a three from the baseline with 8. Deion Branch Jersey. seconds left to tie the game. The three- pointer was Reids first ever collegiate attempt from beyond the arc. The Tar Heels failed to get a shot off before time expired to win the game in regulation, as the Seminoles finished the second half on a 9-1 run. The game was tight throughout the first half, and while the Tar Heels led by as many as seven points in the early going, they played sloppy in Lawsons absence, turning the ball over 11 times in the half. However, Quentin Thomas layup 43 seconds before intermission sent North Carolina to the locker room ahead 31-29. Florida State took the lead early in the second half, but after a pair of Hansbrough free throws gave UNC a 38-37 lead, Green canned a three to put the Tar Heels up by four. The Seminoles tied the game, but were unable to take the lead as the Tar Heels slowly began to pull away. Hansbroughs first basket of the game, a turnaround jumper with 9:42 left, put North Carolina on top 52-45 to cap off a 9-2 run. Florida State, though used an 11-5 spurt to cut the Tar Heels lead to a single point after a layup from Rich with 4:55 to go. North Carolina was once again able to respond, scoring nine of the next 11 points to take a 66-58 lead. Game Notes North Carolina hosts third-ranked Duke on Wednesday..Hansbrough made 12-of-14 at the free throw line and became the Tar Heels all-time leader in career free throws made..North Carolina more than doubled Florida States rebound total, 54-26..Douglas 12 points came on 3-of-20 shooting..North Carolina turned the ball over 21 times, all of them coming after Lawson left the game. ' ' '

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