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ST. LOUIS -- Not long after the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres on Thursday night, as manager Mike Matheny was sketching out his lineup for the next day, slugger Matt Holliday dropped by his office. He said he wanted to play.He was anxious to get right back in there, Matheny said. I understand that.Holliday emerged unscathed aside from some lingering soreness from a 95 mph Andrew Cashner fastball that struck him on the nose and was back in the lineup for Friday nights game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Hollidays brush with danger brought back memories for Matheny, who got hit in the mouth with a Rich Loiselle fastball in 1998. Matheny lost most of the teeth on the left side of his mouth and said he still gets follow-up dental work, but he played the next day.I remember that well, and every few months, the dentist and I remember that particular night, Matheny said.Holliday left Thursday nights 6-5 win after Cashners fastball came high and inside and caromed off his nose in the sixth inning.Holliday got up and tried to take first base as blood poured out of his nose, but Matheny removed him in favor of pinch runner Mike Leake.The Cardinals said Hollidays nose was not fractured but that he had a facial abrasion by his nose and upper lip. Matheny said Holliday didnt have any concussion symptoms either.I hate seeing that, Matheny said Thursday night. I think we got real fortunate. Getting hit in the face -- its hard to say its fortunate, but it could have been a lot worse. His beaks a little sore right now and still had a little blood leaking out of it, but structurally, everything checked out good.Holliday, 36, is batting .244 with 17 home runs. His incident at the plate came one day after Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez required on-field medical attention because of a bloody nose, which he attributed to the extreme heat wave in St. Louis. Cheap Adidas Wild Jerseys . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Adidas Nino Niederreiter Jersey . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. http://www.cheapwildjerseys.com/?tag=adidas-zach-parise-jersey .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Adidas Christian Folin Jersey . 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Its a long journey to the end.And was Sunday nights 6-6 tie with the Seattle Seahawks one of the more bizarre games hes experienced?It was a different one for sure, Arians said at his Monday news conference. Ive only been doing it for about 40-some years, but thats in the top five.Chandler Catanzaros missed 24-yard field goal try in overtime was only the last of a series of missed opportunities.A blocked punt set up the only Seattle score of regulation. The Cardinals failed on a fourth-and-one try at the Seahawks 19-yard line, time ran out before the Cardinals could get off a field goal try in the final seconds of the first half, and David Johnson came within inches of scoring what would have been the game-winning touchdown in OT.Michael Floyd dropped a pass deep in Seattle territory.And thats not to mention Bobby Wagners amazing block of Catanzaros 39-yard field goal try.I dont know how many plays we had, Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer said after the game. It felt like 100, but were a tired football team right now. ... Weve got to bounce back. Weve got a big game next week.Actually, Arizona ran 90 plays in the game, the second-most in franchise history. The Cardinals ran 94 plays against Washington in 1994.Johnson touched the ball on 41 of those plays, 33 as a ball carrier and eight as a receiver. The second-year running back had 171 yards from scrimmage -- 113 rushing, 58 receiving. He leads the NFL in yards from scrimmage with 1,004.dddddddddddd.The Cardinals had the ball a whopping 46 minutes, 21 seconds, the second-most in NFL history. The New York Jets had the ball for 47:08 against Cleveland in 2010.Still, Arizona managed just two field goals.Arians praised the Cardinals defense.One of the best defensive performances Ive seen since Ive been here, he said.Until the overtime, the only time the Seahawks were in Arizona territory was after the blocked punt.The Cardinals havent allowed a touchdown in the last two games.Arizona sits at 3-3-1 heading to Carolina and a stadium filled with bad memories. The Cardinals lost playoff games their last two trips there, most recently a blowout defeat in last seasons NFC championship game.And this wasnt the only Sunday night missed field goal that has plagued the Cardinals.A bad snap helped lead to Catanzaros missed field goal that would have beaten New England in the season opener.Arians said he still fully supports Catanzaro.The kicker just needs to kick it through the two poles and wed be 5-2, he saidGame notes The Cardinals will be without wide receiver Jaron Brown for the rest of the season. He tore an ACL against the Seahawks and is out for the season. Browns absence will especially be missed on special teams. ... Arians is optimistic that wide receiver John Brown will be back after sitting out Sunday nights game due to what the team called sickle cell traits that caused leg pain. ... The coach said outside linebacker Alex Okafor will miss the Carolina game with a strained calf.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '