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Article: CARDINALS 7, PIRATES 1 Victory clinches NL Central title St. Louis finishes off surprising run in division

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September 25, 1996
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The St. Louis Cardinals began the 1996 season with a new owner, manager, cleanup hitter and closer. They're ending it with a brand-new title: National League Central Division champions.

Ray Lankford's bases-loaded single drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh after Gary Gaetti's tying home run, and the Cardinals clinched their first division title since 1987 by beating Pittsburgh, 7-1, Tuesday night.

It was the sixth division championship for new Cardinals manager Tony La Russa his first in the NL and St. Louis' fifth since divisional play began in 1969. It was the Cardinals' first since they moved into the NL Central in 1993. St. Louis, the fifth team in 12 years to clinch a ...

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