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| Cardinals Whip Seattle as Dormant Offense Wakes Up |
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Albert Pujols took one off the noggin for his team on a perfect day at the plate and stand-in cleanup hitter Ryan Ludwick homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 Monday night.
Pujols singled three times and walked twice as the Cardinals bounced back after totaling 19 runs during a 1-5 West Coast swing that dropped them out of the NL Central lead. Plus, he stayed in the game after a throw to the plate glanced off his helmet ear flap in the fifth.
Ludwick finished with four RBIs and Adam Wainwright (9-4) pitched into the eighth after a shaky start.
The Mariners have lost six of seven, fizzling after Ichiro Suzuki's 31st career leadoff homer.
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