Article: Cards win home run derby

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Cards win home run derby -- Overcome Bonds' blast THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 10-13-2002, Sunday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday

SAN FRANCISCO - The St. Louis Cardinals held the San Francisco Giants at bay - barely.

Three St. Louis homers that just cleared the wall behind Barry Bonds in left field overcame his own prodigious shot into McCovey Cove and gave the Cardinals a 5-4 victory Saturday that cut San Francisco's lead to 2-1 in the NL championship series.

"I know we had to win today to make it a series," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "If you go down 3-0, it would be really tough to come back. With a win, we made it a ...

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