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(SportsNetwork.com) - The St. Louis Cardinals are confident they can capture a second straight National League Central title with ace Adam Wainwright on the mound Sunday in the finale of a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Cardinals had a chance to wrap up the division, but dropped a 5-2 decision to the Diamondbacks Saturday night. They remained one game ahead of Pittsburgh in the NL Central after the Pirates lost in Cincinnati. Wainwright is shooting for a personal best and has never won 21 games in his career, but has a chance to reach the mark Sunday. Wainwright posted the second 20-win campaign of his career with seven shutout innings of three-hit ball in Mondays 8-0 win over the Chicago Cubs. Wainwright, who is 20-9 with a 2.38 earned run average, has won five straight starts with two complete games in that time and is riding a 21 innings scoreless streak. The right-hander and Cy Young Candidate is 11-6 in 18 road starts and 6-4 with a 2.36 ERA in 12 career games (9 starts) against Arizona. In a 5-0 win over the D-backs on May 20, Wainwright tossed a one-hit shutout and struck out nine batters. He is trying to become the first Cardinals pitcher to win 21 games since Chris Carpenter did it in 2005. That could be an issue because Wainwright is 1-2 with a 2.79 ERA in five games (3 starts) lifetime at Chase Field. Cardinals starter Lance Lynn allowed two homers in six innings and Seth Maness gave up a three-run homer to Mark Trumbo in the seventh last night. Trumbo had two homers and David Peralta went deep against the Cardinals, losers in four of six games. We gotta win the game tomorrow, said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny. Thats it. ... It comes down to game 162. I think thats how the schedule-makers draw it up. Jhonny Peralta drove in a run and Matt Carpenter posted two hits for the Cardinals in the setback. St. Louis is playoff bound for the fourth straight season and for the 11th time since 2000. Meanwhile, the D-backs hope greener pastures are upon them when they close out the 2014 campaign. They fired manager Kirk Gibson a few days ago and won for just the second time in the last 11 tries on Saturday. The D-backs, who will miss the playoffs for a third straight season, rode the bats of Trumbo and Peralta. Trumbo, a first-year Diamondback, had four RBI and Peralta added three hits and two runs scored. I aim to be as consistent as I can be, but I think history shows I can be a tad streaky, Trumbo said. Sometimes the good times are pretty good, and sometimes ... theyre not. It seems like recently its been going OK. Trumbo has knocked in 11 runs with five homers in the past six games. Randall Delgado picked up the win with three scoreless innings of relief and starter Wade Miley pitched well in five innings of work, charged with a pair of runs and six hits. Addison Reed got his 32nd save in the ninth. The D-backs will close the season with Josh Collmenter on the mound and he is 11-8 with a 3.57 ERA. Collmenter has won three of his last four decisions and defeated Minnesota in Mondays 6-2 finish, as he allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk. Collmenter, who is 7-4 in 19 games (15 starts) at home, will make his first career start against the Cardinals. He is 2-0 in three relief chances to go along with an 0.84 ERA. St. Louis swept a three-game set from Arizona at Busch Stadium in May. Josh Rosen Cardinals Jersey . Interestingly, the culprits were not rookies, but well paid, experienced pros. The first gaffe came in the 24th minute of arguably the biggest early season MLS game in history between Seattle and Toronto. Sounder newcomer Marco Pappa, (with over 100 MLS games, and 39 Guatemalan Caps to his name) attempted a back pass to one of his central defenders. Brice Butler Jersey .com) - Charlie Davies netted a pair of goals, including the series-winner on Saturday, as the New England Revolution battled the New York Red Bulls to a 2-2 draw in the second leg of the Eastern Conference Championship at Gillette Stadium and advanced to MLS Cup final via a thrilling 4-3 aggregate victory. http://www.nflcardinalsrookiestore.com/Cardinals-Josh-Rosen-Jersey/ . Catch the action live on TSN2 at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Wild lead the Northwest Division and look to get back into the win column after having a season-high seven-game winning streak cut short with Tuesdays 2-1 loss at Winnipeg in the finale of a five-game road trip (4-1-0). Chad Williams Cardinals Jersey .C. -- The Carolina Panthers announced Thursday theyve signed free agent wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery to a two-year contract, helping rebuild a depleted wide receiving corps. Justin Pugh Jersey .The Hamilton Tiger-Cat defensive back always has the required receipt. But he also walks around with a tangle of metal screws, rods and plates after breaking his neck in 2006 playing high school football in Louisiana.New Zealand scrum-half Aaron Smith has been suspended for one Test after admitting he joined a female friend in a public toilet last month. The World Cup winner has flown home from the All Blacks trip to South Africa with coach Steve Hansen saying the 27-year-old was bitterly disappointed with his actions.The incident occurred at Christchurch Airport the day after the All Blacks beat South Africa on September 17, with reports in New Zealand suggesting a complaint had been made by a family waiting to use the toilet. Hansen said the All Blacks had become aware of the incident after their arrival in South Africa this week and that the sanction had been imposed by senior players in the squad because it was not of All Blacks standard.A series of tweets on the All Blacks Twitter account read: Halfback Aaron Smith has been suspended for one Test after breaching team standards regarding behaviour, Steve Hansen says.Hansen says Smith was seen by entering a toilet cubicle with a female friend at Chch Airport the day after the Chch Test. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ?￡6.dddddddddddd99. No contract. Hansen says Smith accepted his behaviour was not of All Blacks standard. Team leaders decided on punishment.Hansen said as a result Smith was not considered for selection for this weekends Durban Test.Hansen said Smith had asked to return home and team management had supported that.New Zealand have already wrapped up the Rugby Championship title ahead of their final match of the tournament against South Africa on Saturday, which is live on Sky Sports 3 HD from 3.30pm. You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! 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