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ST. LOUIS -- Aledmys Diaz learned a valuable lesson at the All-Star Game.The St. Louis rookie infielders walk-off single in the ninth inning gave the Cardinals a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night.St. Louis, which scored four runs in the eighth, recorded its first four-game series sweep at home since beating Colorado on Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2010.San Diego has lost four of seven.Diaz ripped a full-count, one-out, bases loaded pitch into left field off reliever Carlos Villanueva (1-1).In this months All-Star Game, Diaz took a called third strike with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning of the ALs 4-2 victory.He decided that wasnt going to happen in a similar situation on Thursday.This time, I wanted to be aggressive, Diaz said. Go get it, if it looks good.Tommy Pham led off the bottom of the ninth with a double. Greg Garcia drew a walk and Jeremy Hazelbaker moved the runners over with a perfect bunt. Jedd Gyorko was walked intentionally to set the stage for Diazs heroics.St. Louis reliever Jonathan Broxton (2-2) picked up the win with a scoreless ninth.The Cardinals erased a 5-1 deficit in the eighth. Hazelbaker led off with a double and he scored on hit by Gyorko, his seventh RBI of the series against his former team. Kolten Wong doubled with one out and Stephen Piscotty hit a three-run homer to center field.This was definitely a special one, Piscotty said. Its a lot more fun when those things happen and you end up winning. This was a great way for our team to come back.Yangervis Solarte homered in the eighth inning to extend the Padres franchise-record home run streak to 19 consecutive games. The streak is the longest in the National League since the Milwaukee Brewers hit home runs in 20 consecutive games in July 2008.His 10th home run of the season pushed the lead to 5-1.To put it simply, its just hard work, Solarte said of the home run streak. I know we have some power on this team.Andrew Cashner, the subject of trade rumors the past few days, allowed one run and three hits for San Diego. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter. Cashner has allowed one run or less in three of his last four starts.Ive been working on a slider for the past couple weeks and Ive finally got a good feel, Cashner said.Alexei Ramirez had three hits and drove in two runs for the Padres, who have scored an NL-best 226 runs since June 1.St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright gave up two runs and seven hits over six innings. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter.Wainwright believes the comeback win can lead to better things.Were ready for a good streak here, he said. Were ready to run off a 12-spot or something.Ramirez gave his team a 1-0 lead with a run-scoring single in the fifth that brought in Ryan Schimpf, who doubled to start the inning. Travis Jankowski followed with an RBI double.St. Louis outfielder Matt Holliday left the game in the sixth inning after he was hit in the face by a pitch. The ball appeared to strike Hollidays helmet and then glance off his nose. X-rays were negative and he is listed as day-to-day.The Cardinals tied their largest comeback of the season by rallying from four runs down.We made some things happen, St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. We got down and the guys kept playing the game. Watching them make plays, big hits, it was a great day for us.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: INF Brett Wallace was reinstated from paternity leave on Thursday. Wallace and his wife, Taylar, welcomed their first child, a boy named Beckett, on Monday. ... LHP Keith Hessler and INF/OF Alexi Amarista were optioned to Triple-A El Paso.Cardinals: INF/OF Brandon Moss took grounders before Thursdays game. Moss was placed on the 15-day DL on July 5 with a sprained ankle. He is expected back sometime within the next two weeks.UP NEXTPadres: RHP Luis Perdomo (3-4, 7.36) will face RHP Tanner Roark (9-5, 2.82) in the first of a three-game series in Washington on Friday.Cardinals: RHP Michael Wacha (5-7, 4.45) takes on RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-0, 1.69) in the first of a three-game set against the Dodgers in St. Louis on Friday. Wacha is 2-4 with a 4.85 ERA in 10 home starts this season. Vapormax Plus Damen Schweiz . Speaking Thursday on TSN 1050 Thursday, the Leafs GM also touched on the questions surrounding the teams leadership and the struggles of his big-name free-agent signing. “Its not from lack of effort from the coaching staff. Air Max 97 Kaufen Schweiz .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final. http://www.vapormaxkaufenschweiz.com/ . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. Air Max 97 Schweiz . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. Air Max 200 Outlet . "Hes going to have hip surgery on Jan. 7, and hell be expected to rehabilitate for four to six months beyond that," Canucks general manager Mike Gillis said Friday in an interview. Coach Tom Herman is reminding his 18th-ranked Houston Cougars to BYOJ for their regular season finale.Thats Bring Your Own Juice.The Cougars are coming off a 36-10 upset of then-No. 3 Louisville last week, a win that catapulted them back into the Top 25 . But Houston (9-2, 5-2) wraps up the schedule Friday on the road and the Cougars have already lost twice on the road in league play to Navy and SMU. Herman said part of the issue is a lot of places around the American Athletic Conference arent like their home stadium.Memphis plays in a big stadium where therell probably be some empty seats in it, and thats OK, Herman said. Weve got to bring our own juice and energy. Weve got to mature as a team to do that. Well find out. Thats something weve already addressed with the team, and well find out during pregame warm-up how well they respond to that challenge.The Tigers (7-4, 4-3) have won two of their last three, including a 34-7 win at Cincinnati last week and Memphis has plenty of motivation.Memphis has lost six straight to Houston, including a painful 35-34 loss last season . The Tigers have a new coach in Mike Norvell, who took over when Justin Fuente left for Virginia Tech, and a new quarterback with Riley Ferguson replacing Paxton Lynch, now with the NFLs Denver Broncos.Right guard Gabe Kuhn said that loss is in the back of everyones mind who was here a year ago.Id be lying if I said I dropped it at the time, Kuhn said. It still hurts. Thats one of those games that you just expect to win and youre in it the whole game. A lot of things fall out of place and you lose in the end.The Tigers can make their case for a better bowl berth if they can end the Cougars dominance, while Houston can clinch the first back-to-back seasons with double-digit wins in school history Friday.There is a definitely an added incentive there, Houston tight end Tyler McCloskey said.---Some other things to knoww about Houston and Memphis:WHOS AT QUARTERBACK: Ferguson played only two series at Cincinnati before watching the rest of the game with an injury.dddddddddddd Norvell said Ferguson has practiced, but both Ferguson and Jason Stewart are preparing to start. Ferguson has thrown for 2,917 yards with 24 touchdowns and nine interceptions.UPDATE ON OLIVER: Freshman defensive tackle Ed Oliver helps anchor Houstons stingy defense, ranking second nationally with 19 + tackles for loss. Oliver is dealing with a sprained knee, but Herman said the lineman ran around with a brace and expects him to play. He isnt 100 percent, but hes at 90 percent, which is still pretty good, Herman said.STINGY COUGARS: Houston racked up 11 sacks against Louisville last week, and the Cougars come into this game ranked 10th nationally in total defense giving up just 304.1 yards per game. They rank second allowing just 93.5 yards rushing.MEMPHIS TAKEAWAYS: The Tigers play some pretty mean defense themselves, and they specialize in taking the ball away. Memphis is tied for second in the nation with 26 takeaways and rank 15th nationally in turnover margin. The Tigers forced three turnovers in beating Cincinnati, their sixth game with multiple takeaways this season. They also have returned three interceptions for touchdowns.HERMANS FUTURE: Where Herman coaches next has been a hot topic for weeks, giving his Cougars something other than just empty seats to ignore. Herman says the only challenge for Houston is focusing on trying to beat Memphis. I have very honest conversations with our team, and there are no distractions, Herman said.---AP freelance writer Clay Bailey in Memphis contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '