- The St Louis Cardinals moved within one win of returning to the World Series with an 8-3 romp over the San Francisco Giants in the National League Championship Series on Thursday. Starter Adam Wainwright stymied the Giants with a sharp-breaking curve ball, while the Cardinals scored two runs in the first and added two more in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. ...