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It's amazing how quickly things can fall apart in big league baseball. And it's equally amazing how losing a piece of the puzzle in one area can impact all the rest.

Two of the National League's marquee pitchers will face off Sunday, and they are coming off performances on opposite sides of the spectrum.

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The Phillies have seemed to have a way of not hitting for what feels like weeks at a time, and then their bats will put it together on a night the starting pitching stinks.

The St. Louis Cardinals ' starting rotation ranks in the top five of all of baseball entering play on Thursday, even without the presence of ace Chris Carpenter .

On Deck Phillies at Cardinals Tonight: 8:15 p.m. Probables: Joe Blanton vs. Jake Westbrook .

The Phillies' 2011 playoff run ended quickly last October with a National League Division Series loss to the eventual World Series champion Cardinals.

The significance of the Cardinals' 4-0 win over the Padres wasn't just in the result.

While the team was very potent offensively for most of that start, much of the team's success was due to their starting pitching.

Azahara Munoz of Spain and veteran Candie Kung have advanced to the title match in the Sybase Match Play Championship Sunday.

Clayton Kershaw outdueled Jake Westbrook with a six-hitter for his fourth career shutout, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St.

Getting shut out by Clayton Kershaw was the least of the St. Louis Cardinals' problems.

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Dodger Stadium is expected to be packed for game two against the Cards as they hold their inaugural FanFest.

Kershaw looks to continue his dazzling stretch at home as the Dodgers go for their longest winning streak over the Cardinals in 36 years Saturday night.

This weekend the Dodgers face their first team with an over-.500 record since the Nationals series.

A disturbing trend continued as the Cardinals lost their fourth straight game falling to the Cubs 6-4. It's the Cards longest losing streak of the season.

The Chicago Cubs scored one in the eighth and one in the ninth secure a 6-4 win over the rival St.

Reminder: this game starts an hour earlier than printed schedules have it -- 6:05 CT, for an ESPN national telecast.

ST. LOUIS _ The last time the Cardinals were swept in a three-game series, by the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers last August, the next day they began their astonishing 32-game charge to the National League wild-card berth and stepped over the faltering Atlanta Braves in the process.