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BASEBALL

By The Associated Press

WILD CARD

Tuesday, Oct. 1: NL: Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 2

Wednesday, Oct. 2: AL: Tampa Bay 4, Cleveland 0

DIVISION SERIES

(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)

American League

Boston 1, Tampa Bay 0

Friday, Oct. 4: Boston 12, Tampa Bay 2

Saturday, Oct. 5: Tampa Bay (Price 10-8) at Boston (Lackey 10-13), 5:37 p.m. (TBS)

Monday, Oct. 7: Boston (Buchholz 12-1) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 11-3), 6:07 or 7:07 p.m. (TBS)

x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Boston (Peavy 12-5) at Tampa Bay, 8:07 or 8:37 p.m. (TBS)

x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Tampa Bay at Boston, 5:37 or 8:07 p.m. (TBS)

Detroit 1, Oakland 0

Friday, Oct. 4: Detroit 3, Oakland 2

Saturday, Oct. 5: Detroit (Verlander 13-12) at Oakland (Gray 5-3), 9:07 p.m. (TBS)

Monday, Oct. 7: Oakland (Parker 12-8) at Detroit (Sanchez 14-8), 1:07 p.m. (MLB)

x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Oakland (Straily 10-8) at Detroit (Fister 14-9), 5:07 or 7:07 p.m. (TBS)

x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Detroit at Oakland, 6:07 or 9:07 p.m. (TBS)

National League

St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1

Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 1

Friday, Oct. 4: Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 1

Sunday, Oct. 6: St. Louis (Kelly 10-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 16-8), 4:37 p.m. (TBS)

Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis (Wachia 4-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 7-4), 3:07 or 3:37 p.m. (TBS)

x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5:07 or 8:07 p.m. (TBS)

Los Angeles 1, Atlanta 1

Thursday, Oct. 3: Los Angeles 6, Atlanta 1

Friday, Oct. 4: Atlanta 4, Los Angeles 3

Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta (Teheran 14-8) at Los Angeles (Ryu 14-8), 8:07 p.m. (TBS)

Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta (Garcia 4-7) at Los Angeles (Nolasco 13-11), 9:37 p.m. (TBS)

x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Atlanta, 8:37 p.m. (TBS)

Pirates Summary

Pirates 7, Cardinals 1

Pittsburgh St. Louis

ab r h bi ab r h bi

SMarte lf 3 1 1 1 MCrpnt 2b 3 0 0 0

NWalkr 2b 5 0 0 0 Beltran rf 4 0 1 0

McCtch cf 4 0 1 0 Hollidy lf 4 0 0 0

Mornea 1b 5 2 2 0 MAdms 1b 4 0 2 0

Byrd rf 5 2 1 1 YMolin c 4 1 1 1

PAlvrz 3b 4 2 2 2 Jay cf 4 0 0 0

RMartn c 3 0 1 2 Freese 3b 2 0 0 0

Mercer ss 3 0 1 0 Descals ss 3 0 0 0

Watson p 0 0 0 0 Lynn p 1 0 0 0

Melncn p 0 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0

Grilli p 0 0 0 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0

Cole p 3 0 1 1 Choate p 0 0 0 0

GSnchz ph 1 0 0 0 Chamrs ph 1 0 0 0

Barmes ss 0 0 0 0 Siegrist p 0 0 0 0

SMiller p 0 0 0 0

Wong ph 1 0 0 0

Mujica p 0 0 0 0

Totals 36 7 10 7 Totals 31 1 4 1

Pittsburgh 012 020 110—7

St. Louis 000 010 000—1

E—Freese (1). DP—St. Louis 1. LOB—Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 5. 2B—Morneau (1), Byrd (1), P.Alvarez (1), Beltran (1), Ma.Adams (1). HR—S.Marte (1), P.Alvarez (2), Y.Molina (1). SB—S.Marte (1). SF—R.Martin.

IP H R ER BB SO

Pittsburgh

Cole W,1-0 6 2 1 1 1 5

Watson 1 1 0 0 1 1

Melancon 1 0 0 0 0 0

Grilli 1 1 0 0 0 3

St. Louis

Lynn L,0-1 4.1 7 5 5 3 6

Maness 0.2 1 0 0 0 0

Axford 0.1 0 0 0 2 0

Choate 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Siegrist 1 1 1 0 0 0

S.Miller 1 1 1 1 0 1

Mujica 1 0 0 0 0 0

HBP—by Lynn (S.Marte).

Umpires—Home, Wally Bell; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Jim Joyce; Right, Tony Randazzo; Left, Paul Nauert.

T—3:03. A—45,999 (43,975).

MLB Linescores

Friday’s Major League Linescores

By The Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tampa Bay 010 100 000—2 4 0

Boston 000 530 04x—12 14 0

M.Moore, W.Wright (5), Archer (5), Al.Torres (7), J.Wright (8) and Lobaton; Lester, Tazawa (8), Dempster (9) and Saltalamacchia. W—Lester 1-0. L—M.Moore 0-1. HRs—Tampa Bay, S.Rodriguez (1), Zobrist (1).

Detroit 300 000 000—3 10 0

Oakland 000 000 200—2 3 1

Scherzer, Smyly (8), Benoit (8) and Avila; Colon, Otero (7), Doolittle (8) and Vogt. W—Scherzer 1-0. L—Colon 0-1. Sv—Benoit (1). HRs—Oakland, Cespedes (1).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Los Angeles 100 000 020—3 10 0

Atlanta 010 100 20x—4 6 0

Greinke, Withrow (7), P.Rodriguez (7), Belisario (7), Howell (7), B.Wilson (8) and A.Ellis; Minor, Ayala (7), Avilan (7), D.Carpenter (8), Kimbrel (8) and McCann, G.Laird. W—Minor 1-0. L—Greinke 0-1. Sv—Kimbrel (1). HRs—Los Angeles, H.Ramirez (1).

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