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Pujols hits walk-off HR to lift Cards over Nationals

Associated Press

Friday, August 28, 2009

ST. LOUIS -- John Smoltz had a successful first home start with the St. Louis Cardinals. Albert Pujols made sure it was a great night for the whole team. Smoltz struck out six and allowed a run in six innings in his home debut, while Pujols put three poor at-bats behind him and hit his 41st homer leading off the bottom of the ninth for a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. "I could have had a better day, and I ended up chasing a couple of bad pitches," said Pujols, who ...

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