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ST. LOUIS -- Lost in the dominant shutout tossed by Adam Wainwright Saturday night was some good situational hitting by the St. Louis Cardinals in the bottom of the third inning.Four consecutive hitters stepped to the plate with a man at second and no outs. Aledmys Diaz walked. Stephen Piscotty doubled home two runs. Randal Grichuk doubled in Piscotty, and Matt Adams singled Grichuk home.That sequence sealed St. Louis 5-0 win over the Miami Marlins, setting up Sundays rubber game between the National League wild-card hopefuls in Busch Stadium.Those guys werent going up there, just giving themselves up to move the runner over, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. They had good, solid at-bats, took good passes at the ball.Piscotty, Grichuk and Tommy Pham -- the teams outfield of the future, the outfielders that management bet on in the offseason when Jason Heyward left for the Chicago Cubs -- combined for five hits, three runs and three RBI in 12 plate appearances, drawing a pair of walks as well.While Matheny seems willing to give veteran Matt Holliday every chance to regain his form, despite Hollidays average dropping to .237 after going 0-for-4 Friday night, Pham is elbowing his way into the conversation.Pham has notched extra-base hits in four straight games and is 5-for-8 in this series, cracking two homers Friday night. Limited to 53 big league at-bats after missing nearly 2 1/2 months with an oblique injury suffered on Opening Day in Pittsburgh and a month-long stint in the minors, Pham is showing his vast ability.Hes playing an exciting style of baseball, too, Matheny said. Lots of speed, lots of power. Hes making the most of it.Pham should be back in the lineup Sunday when Miami (48-42) marches lefty Adam Conley (6-5, 3.62) to the mound. Conley is coming off a 4-2 win July 9 over the Cincinnati Reds, and averages nearly a strikeout an inning, although he also issues nearly four walks per nine innings.This will be the first time Conley has faced St. Louis in a regular season game, although hes probably seen it at least once in exhibition games as the teams share a spring training complex in Jupiter, Fla.The same goes for Cardinals right hander Michael Wacha (5-7, 4.36), who hasnt pitched since going 6 2/3 innings in a no-decision on July 8 in Milwaukee. Wacha departed that game after being struck with a comebacker in the right heel, but wasnt seriously injured.Even though the calendar says July 17 and the teams will have 71 games remaining after this one, there is some importance to this one. The Marlins enter tied with the New York Mets for the National Leagues second wild-card spot, while St. Louis (47-43) is a game back.Saturday nights 5-0 setback snapped a four-game winning streak for Miami, but it didnt spend much time dwelling on that result against a hot pitcher whos allowed only one run over his last 23 innings.Tomorrows a new day, man, Marlins left fielder Christian Yelich said. Discount Hockey Jerseys . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Hockey Jerseys Online . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. http://www.cheaphockeyjerseyscustom.com/ . 24 Baylor in a Big 12 clash between teams trending in opposite directions. Andrew Wiggins made 10-of-12 from the foul line and scored 17 for Kansas (14-4, 5-0 Big 12), which capped a stretch of four straight games against ranked opponents unscathed. Hockey Jerseys China . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. Hockey Jerseys Outlet . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. NEW YORK -- Breanna Stewart now can add the WNBAs top selling jersey to a year that already includes an NCAA championship and an Olympic gold medal.The league announced Thursday that Stewarts jersey and merchandise of her Seattle Storm top the WNBA in sales.Stewart says it shows the support she has received in the WNBA and hopes the league benefits too.Olympic gold medalists held seven of the top 10 spots based on WNBAstore.com sales: Elena Delle Donne third, MMaya Moore fourth, Brittney Griner sixth, Diana Taurasi eighth, Sue Bird ninth and Tamika Catchings 10th.dddddddddddd Skylar Diggins was second followed by Shoni Schimmel at fifth and Candace Parker seventh.The WNBA ends its Olympic break Friday. Stewart and the Storm visit Minnesota on Sunday night followed by the Sparks at Phoenix. ' ' '