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MLB: St. Louis 7, San Diego 5

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St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina bobbles the baseball as San Diego Padres Chase Headley scores in the fourth inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on August 16, 2009. St. Louis won the game 7-5. UPI/Bill Greenblatt 
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Published: Aug. 16, 2009 at 9:11 PM

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Colby Rasmus's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday carried the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-5 win over the San Diego Padres.

Rasmus homered after Yadier Molina's RBI single off closer Heath Bell (4-2) earlier in the inning tied the score. Bell had come in to preserve a 5-4 San Diego lead.

Molina went 2-for-2 and reached base in all five of his at-bats in a game delayed twice by rain for a total of 2 hours, 19 minutes. His single off Bell in the ninth brought Ryan Ludwick in with the tying run and set the stage for Rasmus's game-winning blast into the nearly empty stands.

Adrian Gonzalez hit his 32nd home run of the season leading off the Padres' fourth inning.

Trever Miller (4-0) pitched the ninth for St. Louis to get the win in relief of Kyle Lohse, who lasted 5 1/3 innings and gave up five runs on nine hits.

Topics: Colby Rasmus, Heath Bell, Yadier Molina
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