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ST. LOUIS -- Charlie Manuel guessed right, twice. Tony La Russa, well, he wound up getting second-guessed. And on his 67th birthday. Pinch-hitter Ben Francisco and closer Ryan Madson made their managers moves look smart, and the Philadelphia Phillies held off the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in their NL playoff series. "To steal a game here, if worse comes to worst, we come back home and weve got another game with Doc (Halladay) on the mound," Phillies slugger Ryan Howard said. "We put ourselves in a great situation." Francisco batted for Cole Hamels and broke open a scoreless game with a two-out, three-run homer off Jaime Garcia in the seventh inning. The Cardinals stuck with Garcia instead of opting for a pinch-hitter with two on and two outs in the sixth. Garcia struck out, then lost his pitching touch. "Well, it didnt work, so thats bad managing," La Russa said. "Im watching him pitch and was really pleased. I thought he was the guy to continue pitching and I knew the matchups were in our favour. ... It didnt work." Madson earned his first multi-inning save of the year. He got Allen Craig to ground sharply into a double play with the bases loaded to escape in the eighth, then worked around Yadier Molinas RBI single in the ninth. Manuels reasoning: "I figured the game was on the line, and we had to stop them." The Phillies, favoured to win it all after a franchise-record 102-win season, can finish off the wild-card Cardinals in Game 4 on Wednesday, with Roy Oswalt opposing Edwin Jackson. The Cardinals are all too familiar with the win-or-else proposition. They won the NL wild card on the final day of the season, erasing a 10 1/2-game deficit on Aug. 25 to overtake the Braves. "Listen, we flip the page and come back ready to play with the same energy weve been having the last six weeks," said Albert Pujols, who had four hits. "Weve been in this situation before." Franciscos shot on a 1-0 fastball from Garcia was only his second hit in 19 post-season at-bats. He hit six homers this season, the last on May 25 against the Reds. Francisco had been preparing for that moment against a lefty, and Manuel said after the game that he might have stuck with Francisco even if the Cardinals had changed pitchers. "I didnt know it was a homer, I knew I hit it good," Francisco said. "I saw it bounce over the fence and just pure excitement, pure joy." Hamels struck out eight in six scoreless innings and reversed a disturbing trend after allowing nine homers in September, with a pair of doubles by Pujols the only extra-base hits. Hes a franchise-best 7-4 in the post-season with a 3.09 earned-run average. "You dont want to make mistakes, you dont want to leave the ball over the plate," Hamels said. "Every pitch mattered, every inning mattered. I knew I couldnt let it get out of hand." The Cardinals frustrated a season-high crowd of 46,914 by stranding 14 runners. They set a National League record with 169 double-play balls this season. "Sometimes youre going to get a bunch of hits, sometimes youre going to get no hits with men on base," Pujols said. "I dont think Allen hit a ball that hard all season like he did with the bases loaded." Ryan Theriot also had four hits for St. Louis, a heavy underdog in this series. The Cardinals had runners in scoring position in six innings but came up empty despite three hits in the eighth, including a pinch-hit single by Matt Holliday in only his second appearance of the series. The Cardinals decision to let Garcia bat with two on and two outs in the sixth backfired in a big way. Garcia struck out on Hamels 117th pitch and wasnt the same in the seventh. The Phillies, held to three hits to that point, doubled that total in the seventh. Shane Victorino led off with a single and moved up on a passed ball before Carlos Ruiz was intentionally walked with two outs. Francisco, who had been 1-for-9 against Garcia, deposited a 1-0 fastball in the visitors bullpen in left-centre. Francisco was clutch at the end of the year, getting seven hits in his last 20 at-bats with runners in scoring position. Lefty vs. lefty percentages, even against Howard, allowed Garcia to elude trouble until the seventh. Chase Utley singled with two outs in the sixth, breaking a string of nine straight batters retired by Garcia, and went to second on a wild pitch on an 0-1 delivery to Hunter Pence. The Cardinals elected for an intentional walk at that point, and the move paid off when Howard, who is 2-for-15 with a homer and an RBI against Garcia counting the playoffs, tapped out weakly to first. Garcia was at only 74 pitches through six, but needed 26 more in the seventh. Hamels was up to the task as well, striking out David Freese with two runners on to end the first. The 2008 World Series MVP also got Garcia on a groundout with two on to end the fourth. NOTES: Phillies leadoff man Jimmy Rollins had two hits and is 7-for-12 (.583) in the series. ... Garcia threw first-pitch strikes to his first 10 hitters. ... The Cardinals stole three bases in the first four innings. They totalled 57 in the regular season, second-lowest in the majors. ... Placido Polanco singled in the ninth, ending an 0-for-29 slump against St. Louis in the post-season. He was 0-for-17 with Detroit in the 2006 World Series. ... Counting the post-season, Theriot is 10 for 24 against Hamels. ... Pujols and Theriot became the 11th and 12th Cardinals to get four hits in a post-season game. ... The Phillies have five pinch-hit homers in the post-season, the last by Matt Stairs on Oct. 13, 2008, in the NLCS at Los Angeles. Nike Roshe Run Pas Cher France . -- Ervin Santana plans to give the ball from his 100th career win to his mother. Nike Roshe Run Femme Pas Cher . The bogeys on the closing hole at TPC Four Seasons havent cost him the lead yet. 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The Pittsburgh Pirates centre fielder stood frozen during the second inning while Matt Hollidays line drive sailed over his head and rolled to the fence for a double.LONDON -- Portugal climbed to the top of Group H in European Championship qualifying by beating Norway 1-0 on Saturday, while Group G leader England drew 2-2 at home to Switzerland to jeopardize its hopes of making next years finals in Poland and Ukraine. Helder Postiga scored the 53rd-minute winner for Portugal in the top-of-the-table match in Lisbon, securing his side a third successive victory in qualifying since Paulo Bento took over as coach in September. England came from 2-0 down to grab a point at Wembley and only remained top of its group on goal difference from Montenegro, which missed a chance to go above Fabio Capellos side by drawing 1-1 to Bulgaria. Greece eased past Malta 3-1 to return to the top of Group F and Robbie Keanes double earned Ireland a 2-0 victory at Macedonia, keeping Giovanni Trapattonis side first in Group B ahead on goals scored from Russia and Slovakia -- who both won on Saturday. Postiga pounced at the near post to poke home a cross from winger Nani as Portugal, captained by a subdued Cristiano Ronaldo, finally broke down an obdurate Norway defence. "This game was no less harder than wed expected," said Bento, who has revived Portugals campaign since taking over from Carlos Queiroz when the team was on just one point from two qualifying games. "We managed to take control and keep control." Denmark tied with Portugal and Norway in the standings with a 2-0 win at Iceland, with midfielders Lasse Schone and Christian Eriksen scoring second-half goals in Reykjavik. Like Portugal, Englands place at Euro 2012 is far from secure after being held by Switzerland. Tranquillo Barnetta scored two free kicks in the space of three minutes to put the Swiss 2-0 ahead by the 35th bbut Frank Lampard pulled one back from the penalty spot for England in the 37th minute.dddddddddddd. Substitute Ashley Young levelled with a powerful strike six minutes into the second half. "The Switzerland players were fresher, they have had a different season," said England coach Fabio Capello. "We suffered because we arrived without energy." Switzerland is six points behind the joint leaders with three matches left. Only the top team qualifies automatically from each group. "To draw in the home of football is very good, but we dont want to overestimate it. We have to go on," Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said. Montenegro failed to take advantage of Englands slip-up, conceding a goal to Ivelin Popov in the 64th to draw with Bulgaria. Radomir Djalovic put the hosts ahead in the 52nd with a volley from Vladimir Bozovics left-wing cross. "We are fine with this draw, but it is a pity that we did not score a positive result," Montenegro coach Zlatko Kranjcar said. All three of Group Bs pacesetters won to leave the pool wide open with four matches left for each side. Keane became the first British player to reach the 50-goal mark in internationals, moving onto 51 with his brace in Macedonia. Roman Pavlyuchenko, Keanes teammate at English side Tottenham, scored a hat trick in Russias 3-1 home win over Armenia and Slovakia edged past Andorra 1-0 thanks to Miroslav Karhans 63rd-minute winner. In Group F, Yiannis Fetfatzidis scored twice and Kyriakos Papadopoulos added a goal on debut to help visiting Greece beat Malta. Michael Mifsud scored Maltas lone goal. Israel stayed one point behind Greece and level on points with Croatia after a 2-1 victory at Latvia. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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