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5 June 2011

St. LOUIS--Albert Pujols reinforced the Followthrough on his swing held for a few seconds, that extends the bat like a lightning rod, then high it home plate.

The St. Louis Cardinals can be used to its award-winning hits, but the all-star Slugger is still pretty excited.

"It is a great game and make a large profit," Pujols said the Chicago Cubs with a Leadoff in the tenth inning hit a 3-2 after the collision with a game ending Homer in extra innings for the second day just-shot victory on Sunday. "It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you not you out there to shame."

Pujols hammered a 2: 1-belt high fastball from Rodrigo Lopez (0-1) estimated at 446 feet to left for his 10th career game-ending Homer. His fifth during a seven game home stand and no. 13 for the season was lost a three sweeps of the scuffling Cubs nine of the 11 the Cardinals.

"He is a fabulous" St. Louis pitcher Chris Carpenter, said. "Hall of Fame-caliber. player"

The Cardinals went to their last strike before Ryan Theriot double it with an RBI from Carlos Marmol, bound in pinch-runner Tony Cruz from the first. Theriot extended his hitting streak to 19 games, the Cardinals longest since Pujols hit 30 in 2009.

Mármol has blown two save opportunities in his last three appearances and 10 for 14 as a whole. He worked a franchise - record 26 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings on the road before Theriot doubled to left field line on a 2-2 pitch.

"Awesome, great Milton," said Pujols. "He has done throughout the year."

Cubs Starter Carlos Zambrano ripped his team after a test run and five hits seven sharp innings crisp, pitching. The right-hander is 7-1 with a 1.29 ERA in 13 career starts in St. Louis.

"We play as a triple-A team," ZAMBRANO said. "This is embarrassing." Embarrassing for the team for the owner. "Embarrassed for the fans."

ZAMBRANO said Marmol should blown it over at Theriot with a fastball, but instead gave him a slider.

"We should know that Ryan Theriot is no good fastball hitter, we should know that a team," ZAMBRANO said. "We stink." "That's all, which, I have to say."

Marmol said he had not talked to Zambrano and added, "I know not what." "I have to say anything."

ARAMIS Ramirez returned from an absence of two game with a two-run in the fourth for the lone loss against Carpenter.

Pujols homered twice on Saturday, with his drive, the Cardinals to a 5-4 send off Jeff Samardzija-victory in 12 innings. Pujols had also an infield hit in the Sixth Sunday and scored a hit on Allen Craig's base.

0 For 12 against López with three strikeouts, a walk and an RBI on a fly had been victims of Pujols.

"I think I made a mistake on the course," Lopez said. "Should I down and a falling action go and it seemed like the ball remained very close."

"And you know, obviously, Albert had some pretty good at bats of this series."

Fernando Salas (3-0) worked a perfect 10 against the Cubs order.

Carpenter pitched nine innings, natural royalties seven hits and two walks. Strong, retiring eight of the last nine batters he finished with the lone runners come on a walk.

The 36-year-old right-hander has won at least 15 games in all of its healthy seasons since 2004, but off his lone win may 10 against the Cubs.

"It,", said Carpenter. "We won, that is, what it is."

Ramirez was back in the fifth slot after recovering from an injured lip maintained, if he do in the face by the ball a diving attempt have taken on a grounder. Darwin Barney and Starlin Castro picked up the start fourth and both scored when Ramirez lined in the middle right gap with one out-2-2 pitch.

The Cubs had only an other runner in scoring position against Carpenter. ZAMBRANO went with out in the fifth, ending a string of 21 innings without a walk from St. Louis pitchers, and went zwei-Out infield on Barney's second hit, before Castro in the game a force grounded.

Notes

The Cubs have two or less runs in five of the last 11 games, losing scored five times. Cardinals RF Lance Berkman a cortisone was injured from the lineup after receiving turned to his left wrist catch in a diving in the last month and Colby Rasmus also could not be started in CF because of fatigue, according to Manager Tony La Russa. Craig was 1 for 4 with his ninth RBI in 10 play. Theriot is. 333 (27 for 81 during his hitting streak) and.300 batting has as a whole.

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