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St. Louis Cardinals Clinch Fourth Consecutive NL Championship Series

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The St. Louis Cardinals celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers as Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers walks off the field in Game Four of the National League Divison Series at Busch Stadium on Oct. 7, 2014 in St Louis.
The St. Louis Cardinals celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers as Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers walks off the field in Game Four of the National League Divison Series at Busch Stadium on Oct. 7, 2014 in St Louis.Jamie Squire—Getty Images
By Jack Linshi

St. Louis pulled off a 3-2 win against Los Angeles Tuesday to claim their division, a victory cemented when Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams launched a seventh-inning three-run shot against star pitcher for the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw.

With the Busch Stadium victory, the Cardinals nailed the best-of-five playoff by Game 4, the New York Times reports. The team will head into the National League Championship Series for the fourth time in a row, to face either the San Francisco Giants or the Washington Nationals on Saturday, depending on which team wins Tuesday’s showdown at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

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