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ST. LOUIS -- Jaime Garcias recent woes continued and so did the St. Louis Cardinals season-long struggles at home.Garcia gave up a three-run homer to Stephen Vogt in the third, a two-run shot to Khris Davis in the first and the Cardinals lost 7-4 to the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.St. Louis dropped two of three to the Athletics and the Mets on the homestand and has won only one of its past five series at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals own the majors best road record (38-34) but fell to 30-37 at home.Every game we dont win, there is a level of frustration, doesnt matter home or road, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.Garcia, who worked four scoreless innings after the Athletics took a 5-1 lead, has allowed 16 runs in 16 innings over his past three starts. He has served up seven homers in those outings after giving up six in his first 13. 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, Matheny said.You make mistakes and stuff happens fast, Garcia said. I need to do a better job.Rookie Andrew Triggs (1-1) earned his first win in his fifth start, allowing three runs on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts in six innings. Ryan Madson pitched the ninth for his 27th save in 33 chances.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.Matt Carpenter doubled twice, homered and scored his teams first three runs to help the Cardinals close to 5-4 after seven innings. His homer in the third extended the Cardinals streak to 17 games with a homer, matching their season best.The Cardinals were hurt by reliever Zach Dukes error in the eighth. Duke failed to cleanly field Vogts grounder with a runner on third that led to a second run for Oakland in the inning. The typically strong defensive Cardinals rank among the worst fielding teams in the National League.Theres going to be some kind of narrative every year and this year thats the narrative and were going to find a way to prove that wrong, Carpenter said. September is a fun month, especially in St Louis. The weather starts to cool and typically we start to play really well and ride that into October. Hopefully that will be no different this year.Oaklands 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 Madson but Randall Grichuk lined out to third and Greg Garcia flied to center for the final out.The Cardinals finished interleague play 1-8 at home and 8-12 overall. Oakland finished 7-13.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: INF Billy Butler (concussion) is expected to be cleared to return Monday.Cardinals: SS Aledmys Diaz (right thumb) will see a hand specialist Monday to determine when he could return. Diaz has not played since July 31.UP NEXTAthletics: Rookie LHP Sean Manaea (5-8, 4.53) starts the opener of a three-game series at Houston seeking his first road win. He worked seven scoreless innings against the Astros in a 2-1 loss July 10.Cardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (12-7, 3.13) will make his third start at Milwaukee as St. Louis opens a nine-game, three-city trip. Martinez won his first two starts against the Brewers, allowing one run in 13 innings.Nike Cortez Comprar Online . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. Nike Vapormax Hombre .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. http://www.siyaguna.com/nike-shox-nz.html . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. Nike Roshe Cortez Nm Sp Forrest Gump . Neymar curled home a free kick from just outside the area to put the 2014 World Cup host ahead in the 44th minute. Three minutes after the break, a simple through pass from Paulinho freed Oscar and the Chelsea star rounded goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong to extend Brazils lead. Nike Air VaporMax .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training.Well find out a lot more about where things stand in the race for the College Football Playoff when the official rankings come out next week. Leading up to the big reveal, our college football experts narrowed the field to the 10 teams with the best shot at the national title.Heres a look at Ohio States title chances; to vote for who you think will win it all, go to our poll page or scroll to the bottom of this feature:The case for Ohio StateOhio State is 4-0 in games in which they were underdogs (according to ESPNs Football Power Index) under Urban Meyer. The Buckeyes are FPI underdogs at home against Michigan on Nov. 26.Ohio State has a 70 percent chance to enter its matchup against Michigan without another loss and would thus still control its own destiny. The Buckeyes are 31-2 at home under Meyer.-- ESPN Stats & InfoThe case against Ohio StateThe FPI projects Ohio State as the underdog against Michigan, even at the Horseshoe.?The FPI gives Michigan a 57.8 chance to win out and no conference has placed two teams in the College Football Playoff field.?-- ESPN Stats & InfoTalking pointsVegas odds:?Ohio State?has 3-1 odds to win the national title (second only to Alabama), according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.What FPI says: According to the FPI, the Buckeyes have a 25.4 percent chance of winning out through the regular season and conference title game and a 19.7 percent chance of winning the Big Ten. Their remaining schedule -- which includes a matchup against No. 7 Nebraska at home and No. 2 Michigan att home -- ranks as the 23rd most difficult.dddddddddddd.ESPN senior writer Mark Schlabach: The Buckeyes are going to need some help if theyre going to get back into the playoff race, but history shows theyre probably going to rebound quickly. Urban Meyers teams have lost consecutive games only four times in his 15-year career and only once at Ohio State, when the Buckeyes dropped back-to-back games against Michigan State and Clemson at the end of the 2013 season.ESPN senior writer Mel Kiper: Most people thought Ohio States inexperience would hurt it headed into the season, and the Buckeyes looked fantastic before Saturday. Theyre going to hit some rocky patches. The first half of the season showed Ohio State can play with any team in the country when it is playing at its best.The defense isnt the issue, but the Buckeyes need to get back on track offensively. One loss wont sink them; they still control their own destiny. Their two toughest remaining games -- Nebraska and Michigan -- are both at home. ...So if the Buckeyes keep winning and down Michigan, theyd likely be the favorites in the conference championship game. And weve already seen what a one-loss Ohio State team can do once it makes the Big Ten title game and gets a spot in the College Football Playoff.Now that youre stuffed with numbers and analysis, are you convinced the Buckeyes are going all the way? Cast your vote below. ' ' '