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Thursday 17 May 2018

NBA Backcourt Blues

Minnesota Twins’ second
baseman Brian Dozier tags
out St. Louis Cardinals’ Dexter
Fowler during a steal attempt
in the third inning of a baseball
game Wednesday, May 16,
2018, in Minneapolis.
Associated Press
Fowler,

Carpenter

get going in

Cardinals’ 7-5

win over Twins

By BRIAN HALL
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dex-
ter Fowler and Matt Car-
penter were expected to
be key members of the St.
Louis Cardinals this season,
among the top three hit-
ters in the batting order.
St. Louis hopes Wednes-
day’s performance was
a sign the two are getting
back to their usual produc-
tion. Fowler reached base
four times and drove in two
runs in his return to the line-
up, and the Cardinals beat
former starter Lance Lynn
and the Minnesota Twins
7-5 on Wednesday.
Carpenter had three hits
after being dropped to
seventh, and Tommy Pham
added a pair of hits that in-
cluded his eighth homer.
St. Louis had lost five of sev-
Cavs guards Smith, Hill horrible in Game 2 en games, scoring more
than three runs just once.
“For us to struggle like we
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James heads off the court after the team’s have, the lineup’s just not
107-94 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the NBA basketball Eastern capable of doing what
you thought it was going
Conference finals Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Boston. to do if you got guys like
Associated Press us not going,” Carpenter
Page 21 said. “For us to be as good
as good as we are, we
need everybody clicking.
Today, you saw that.”
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