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Cardinals Lose, Giants Even Series 3-3

St.Louis Cardinals take a 2-1 lead 2-1 in the series by beating the Nationals 8-0 Tuesday.
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Pitcher Ryan Vogelsong dominated the St. Louis Cardinals through 7 innings Sunday night as the San Francisco Giants beat the Cards 6 to 1.

The Giants win forces a decisive Game 7 in the National League Championship Series Monday night in San Francisco. The winner of tonight’s game will advance to the World Series against the Detroit Tigers.

Vogelsong was masterful as a he struck out a career-high 9 batters and allowed only one run.

Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter was roughed up for 5 early runs. Carpenter only pitched four innings before rookie Shelby Miller led a bullpen revival that allowed only one more run the remainder of the game.