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Article: Carpenter, Cardinals Polish Off the Padres
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- The Washington Post
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- October 9, 2006
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Cardinals 6, Padres 2
As Game 4 of the National League Division Series played out
Sunday night, a full moon traced a majestic trajectory in the black
sky above Busch Stadium. It began inside the great catenary curve of
the famed Gateway Arch, which hovers over the skyline beyond the
outfield wall, and -- as the St. Louis Cardinals closed in on a
clinching victory -- moved slowly outside and above the Arch,
ascending high above right field like the apex of an Albert Pujols
opposite-field home run.
If, at times, it seemed the entire wacky, unpredictable first
round of baseball's playoffs was played under a full moon, here it
was literally so. The Cardinals, by far the least accomplished ...