MLB Scores - Playoff Edition - 10/07/11

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Created on Saturday, 08 October 2011 05:25

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 May 2013 07:51

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Carpenter outduels Halladay, Cardinals edge Phils

The ultimate ace, it turned out, belonged to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter to outpitch old pal Roy Halladay in a duel for the ages and St. Louis edged the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 Friday night in the deciding Game 5 of their NL playoff series.

The wild-card Cardinals scored in the first inning when Rafael Furcal led off with a triple and Skip Schumaker followed with a double. Morgan lifts Brewers past D-backs in 10, into NLCS.

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Morgan lifts Brewers past D-backs in 10, into NLCS

Nyjer Morgan denounced his "haters." He suggested he might celebrate by taking a nice, relaxing bath. Then he erupted with a cackle.

All while wearing a helmet in his postgame news conference.

After delivering an RBI single in the 10th inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 Friday in Game 5 and send the Milwaukee Brewers to the NL championship series, Morgan was taking it all in and letting his oversized, oddball personality out.

Next, the Brewers face NL Central nemesis St. Louis after the wild-card Cardinals beat Philadelphia 1-0 in Game 5 of their series Friday night. Milwaukee will open at home against St. Louis on Sunday.