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ST. LOUIS -- First Stephen Vogt delivered the lineup card to the umpires. Then he connected for a three-run home run that helped the Oakland Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 Sunday.Khris Davis also homered, his 34th, in support of rookie Andrew Triggs first win. Triggs (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits, walked none and struck out eight in six innings.The Athletics have won four of their past five games and before each of the wins, Vogt has handled the duties of taking out the lineup card.Whatever works, said Vogt, who went to the pregame meeting in his catchers gear. Youve got to keep it rolling.Triggs, who was called up from Triple-A Nashville for the eighth time earlier this month, said about 15 family and friends made the trip from his hometown in Nashville to watch the game played with the temperature 92 degrees at first pitch.Once you get through those first couple of innings with that heat, youre maxed out in sweat so theres not much more you can do, Triggs said. A wins a win but its sweeter because I had a pretty big crew here.Hes getting rewarded with a beer shower, Athletics manager Bob Melvin said. To pitch as well as he has and work himself into the rotation, its very rewarding to get him a win.Jaime Garcia (10-10) gave up a three-run homer to Vogt with in the third and a two-run shot to Davis, his 34th, with in the first. Garcia has allowed seven homers in his past three starts after giving up six in his first 13 starts. Both homers against the Athletics came with two out.Weve seen it a few times where he gets some quick outs and something happens and it rolls out of control for a little while, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.You make mistakes and stuff happens fast, Garcia said. I need to do a better job than that.The Athletics led 5-1 after Vogts homer -- his 11th of the season and first off a left-hander -- but the Cardinals closed to 5-4 in the seventh behind Matt Carpenter, who doubled twice, homered and scored his teams first three runs. His homer in the third extended the Cardinals streak to 17 games with a homer, matching their season best.Oakland went up 7-4 in the eighth when reliever Jonathan Broxton was charged with two runs while getting only one out. Vogt drove in his fourth run on an infield grounder.Ryon Healy doubled in the third to extend his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest active streak in the majors.St. Louis brought the tying run to the plate with one out against Ryan Madson but Randall Grichuk lined out to third and Greg Garcia flied to center for the final out. It was the closers 27th save in 33 chances.The Cardinals, who completed their home stand 2-4, finished interleague play 1-8 at home and 8-12 overall. 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Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.The rivalry between Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact might be the best in Major League Soccer.That means that the atmosphere will be electric Saturday night when the Impact visit first-place Toronto FC at BMO Field.The cities, separated by about 330 miles of highway, have been rivals for generations on many levels, including hockey where the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens have a long, intense, history.There is plenty at stake.Toronto (12-7-7) surged to the top of the Eastern Conference standings Wednesday with 43 points after a 2-1 victory at Orlando to continue as the hottest team in MLS. Montreal is fifth at 8-7-10 and 34 points following a 1-1 draw with D.C. United on Wednesday.Toronto FC will try to stay on message against the Impact.That message is, Toronto midfielder and team captain Michael Bradley said on Friday, is: Dont be satisfied with where we are because, ultimately, it means nothing. The mentality has to continue to be one of strength and commitment and determination to continue moving ourselves forward, continuing to improve, continuing to take points. Youre not going to find anyone around here celebrating at the moment.Impact coach Mauro Biello said is expecting a battle.Theyre in first place and for us, its a big challenge, Biello said. But theres no better game to ask for to spring us in the right direction than having a good performance against Toronto, thats for suure.dddddddddddd Weve never won there. Those are the games you want to play.Since entering MLS, the Impact has six losses and four draws in 10 matches in all competitions at BMO Field.This is the second MLS game of the season between the teams. Sebastian Giovinco scored goals in each half in Torontos 2-0 win April 23 at Stade Saputo.TFC also defeated the Impact this year in the semifinals of the Canadian Championship, winning 4-2 at BMO Field and playing to a 0-0 draw in Montreal. Toronto went on to win the championship.The Impact did beat Toronto FC 3-0 in Montreal in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs last year, which adds spice to the games this season.Since last season, especially probably the last game we played them in the playoffs, things have escalated, Impact captain and midfielder Patrice Bernier told ESPN FC.Said Toronto midfielder Jonathan Osorio: These games are always different no matter theyre doing in the season. These two teams, we dont like each other. Its always a battle. These games are always about bragging rights so now the standings can go out the door. Its about winning the game.Toronto midfielder Benoit Cheyrou, out since late July with a hamstring injury, could return Saturday. Recently signed striker Armando Cooper could also available for TFC. ' ' '