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To: SiouxPal who wrote (52049)	6/3/2006 10:04:15 PM
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Pujols Hurt As Cubs, Ramirez Slam Cards _____________________________________________________________ Albert Pujols Leaves Game With Injury As Cubs, Led by Aramis Ramirez, Down Cardinals 8-5 By R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer The Associated Press 6/3/2006 ST. LOUIS - Aramis Ramirez hit a grand slam and Phil Nevin added a two-run homer in his first start with the Chicago Cubs, who beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5 Saturday. The Cubs took advantage of three errors to score five runs in the fourth inning against Mark Mulder, including third baseman Scott Rolen's second fielding error in two games. Chicago has taken the first two games of the three-game series, the Cardinals' first home series loss after a 9-0 start at new Busch Stadium, and is 6-2 against St. Louis overall this year. The Cardinals' Albert Pujols, who leads the major leagues with 25 homers and 65 RBIs, left after two innings with a strained right oblique muscle. The Cardinals said Pujols, who pulled up and grabbed his right side while chasing a Ramirez foul pop in the second, would be re-examined on Sunday. Mulder (5-4) lost his third straight start and allowed eight runs and 12 hits, five of the runs earned, in 6 2-3 innings. Since throwing 8 1-3 scoreless innings against the Mets on May 17, he has surrendered 19 runs, 16 earned, in 17 1-3 innings. Glendon Rusch (2-5) started for the first time since April 29 and earned his first victory since April 16. In five innings he gave up three runs and four hits while avoiding the long ball. Entering the game, he was among the NL leaders with 13 homers allowed in only 37 innings. Yadier Molina hit a two-run single off Scott Williamson in the ninth to cut the Cubs' lead to 8-5 but Bob Howry got Aaron Miles to ground out with Molina on first for his first save. Williamson injured his elbow throwing a breaking ball on his last pitch and trainer Mark O'Neal recommended that the reliever be placed on the 15-day disabled list. O'Neal characterized the injury as tendinitis. Fielding errors by shortstop David Eckstein and Rolen, sandwiched around a single by Michael Barrett, loaded the bases with none out in the fourth. Ramirez hit his 10th homer, and sixth career grand slam, on a 2-0 pitch to erase a 1-0 deficit. Center fielder So Taguchi dropped the ball while attempting to make a throw after Jacque Jones' single later in the inning. Ronny Cedeno added an RBI single for a 5-1 lead as the Cubs sent 10 batters to the plate. Nevin, acquired on Wednesday from the Rangers, hit his 10th homer in the fifth after walking as a pinch hitter in his debut on Friday night. Nevin, who had been a designated hitter with Texas, started at first base. Reliever Roberto Novoa added a run-scoring ground-rule double, his first career hit in seven at-bats, in the seventh. David Eckstein had an RBI single in the third and Mulder had a run-scoring single in the fifth, his fifth RBI of the season. Barrett's second straight three-hit game made him 13-for-28 against St. Louis pitching this season with three homers and 10 RBIs. Notes: The Cardinals are 0-6 since May 12 in games in which they committed an error. They're 26-9 with perfect fielding and 8-12 otherwise. ... Paid attendance of 45,820 was the largest, by 21, in a season-long sellout at Busch.