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Pete Kozma picked a big spot
Topic Started: Jan 9 2014, 01:37 AM (32 Views)
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CHICAGO -- Pete Kozma picked a big spot for his first major league home run. Kozma had two hits and drove in two runs to help Kyle Lohse and the short-handed St. Louis Cardinals win for the sixth time in seven games, holding their lead in the NL wild-card race with a 6-3 win Sunday over the Chicago Cubs. Minus All-Stars Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran from the starting lineup, the Cardinals stayed 2 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee for the second wild-card spot. Kozma homered in the sixth inning to give his team a 4-2 lead, and added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in St. Louis two-run eighth. "Every game means something," Kozma said. "I feel pretty good getting in there every day and working out the jitters." A quick-thinking Cardinals fan, Jeff Barabasz, caught the ball and immediately sat on it. He gave a decoy ball to his 13-year-old son, Matthew, who threw it back onto the field to appease the Wrigley Field faithful. They met Kozma after the game to return the real home run ball, posing for pictures with the 24-year-old. "That was pretty cool," Kozma said. "Its also big to help your team out in a big spot." Kozma was called up when shortstop Rafael Furcal went down with a strained right elbow at the end of August and has impressed manager Mike Matheny, earning regular playing time. "Ive been impressed with the way he moves around shortstop, and hes taken good at-bats for us," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "Hes had tough at-bats. That eight-hole is not an easy place to be. Hes done a nice job with the opportunities hes had." Closer Jason Motte also kept a souvenir from the game after recording his 40th save. Motte joins Bruce Sutter, Lee Smith and Jason Isringhausen as the only closers in Cardinals history to post a 40-save season. Motte has six saves in the teams last seven games. "If Im out there converting saves, that means were winning," Motte said. "Thats what its about, its about winning." Lohse (16-3) made his team-leading 32nd start, giving up three runs and five hits in six innings. Molina did not play for the defending World Series champions because of lower back spasms, having hurt himself while getting out of the way of a pitch Saturday. The catcher was feeling better, manager Mike Matheny said, still had some discomfort. Beltran did not start because of what Matheny believed to be food poisoning. The outfielder had a pinch-hit RBI single during a two-run eighth. He didnt join the team in the dugout until the fifth inning, and went to the plate without any warm-up swings. Allen Craig got three hits and drove in two runs for St. Louis. "The more I watch him, the more Im impressed," Matheny said of Craig. "Everything about him." Cubs starter Justin Germano (2-9) worked 5 2-3 innings, giving up four earned runs and 10 hits. Craig hit a two-run double with two outs in the third and David Freese had an RBI single. 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EDINBURGH -- Andy Robinson has freshened up his Scotland squad with seven uncapped players for the game against world champion New Zealand on Nov. 11 at Murrayfield. Kelly Brown, Rory Lawson, Jim Hamilton, Kyle Traynor and Ruaridh Jackson were recalled on Wednesday after missing the triumphant summer tour of Australia, Fiji and Samoa, while the seven uncapped players were Edinburghs Stuart McInally and Grant Gilchrist, and Glasgows Alex Dunbar, Peter Horne, Peter Murchie, Tommy Seymour and Henry Pyrgos. Dunbar and McInally were late call-ups to the June tour but didnt see any playing time. Alex Grove, Tom Brown, Richie Vernon and Robert Harley toured in the summer but werent picked in the 34-man squad on Wednesday, while 13 others, including scrumhalf Chris Cusiter (shoulder) and Joe Ansbro (broken neck) were not considered due to injury. 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