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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cardinals clinched the National League Central on Wednesday with an 11\u20131 win over the&amp;nbsp;Pirates&amp;nbsp;at PNC Park.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lefthander Tyler Lyons picked up the win for the Cardinals, moving to 3\u20131 after pitching seven scoreless innings while allowing four hits, striking out five batters and walking none.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rightfielder Jason Heyward&amp;nbsp;went 3- for 4, including a grand slam in the third inning to put St. Louis ahead 6\u20130. Jhonny Peralta drove in three runs for the Cardinals while Tony Cruz drove in two on a ninth-inning home run.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In order to stay in the race for the division, the Pirates needed to sweep the Cardinals in the series. The Cardinals won the opener on Monday before Tuesday\u2019s game was postponed and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday. The Pirates won Wednesday\u2019s first game 8\u20132.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 JAFFE: How the Dodgers won the NL West&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;St. Louis has now won the NL Central title for the third straight season. In last year\u2019s postseason, the Cardinals lost to the eventual World Series champion&amp;nbsp;Giants in the NLCS.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Cardinals have an MLB-best record 100\u201356 and conclude their season in Atlanta facing the Braves for a three-game series.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Beth Maiman&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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