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ST. LOUIS -- Stephen Piscotty savored the moment of his second career grand slam. Then he got some chow.The St. Louis Cardinals budding star remembered an empty stomach caused by all that time at the ballpark after a rain-soaked, twice-delayed 9-8 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that completed a three-game sweep on Sunday. He hadnt eaten since breakfast and the game lasted just over six hours counting stoppages.I hadnt eaten before the homer, so maybe theres something to staying hungry, Piscotty joked.Brandon Moss had a go-ahead double in a two-run fifth, and rookie Aledmys Diaz hit his 11th homer. The Cardinals lead the season series 7-2.But it was a long slog to get there.I think guys feel like they played two, manager Mike Matheny said. Coming out with a win, it doesnt matter.Besides falling short, the Brewers had no complaints.They did the best they could to make the field playable, manager Craig Counsell said. There was nothing you could really do. Just miserable weather.The start was delayed by rain 1 hour, 20 minutes, there was a 14-minute stoppage in the middle of the sixth and a third delay of 55 minutes in the top of the Brewers two-run seventh. Perhaps a few thousand of a crowd of 41,148 stuck it out for a game that officially lasted 3:48.Pitchers on both sides had trouble gripping the ball.It seemed like it was always coming down hard when our guys were trying to make pitches, Matheny said. It ended up really saturating the field. I mean right there at the end you still saw puddles all over the place, but the guys stayed the course.Piscotty is 5 for 9 with 13 RBI with the bases loaded this season, including his first career slam on May 27 at Washington, and for his career hes 8 for 15 with 18 RBI. He connected on a full count against Blaine Boyer with two outs in the sixth for an 8-2 lead, and got the full effect.Around first base you really hear the crowd start to roar and the fireworks go off, Piscotty said. Its a fun trip around the bases.Michael Wacha (5-7) allowed two runs and nine hits and escaped his fifth and final inning when Aaron Hill grounded into a double play on a 3-1 count with the bases loaded. Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a two-run double in a four-run ninth and the go-ahead run was at first when Seung Hwan Oh struck out pinch-hitter Martin Maldonado for his second save.Chase Anderson (4-9) has lost three straight starts, allowing 15 earned runs in 10 2/3 innings and was pulled after his fifth walk, with one out in the fifth. Jacob Barnes gave up Moss RBI double for the lead and Jhonny Peraltas sacrifice fly.He was not his normal self, Counsell said of Anderson.Ramon Flores two-run double put the Brewers ahead in the fourth and Ryan Braun had four singles. Milwaukee is 13-26 on the road with one series win and four splits in 13 attempts, and finished the first half 35-46.BREWERS MOVEAfter the game the Brewers optioned OF Keon Broxton to Triple-A Colorado Springs and purchased the contract of IF Will Middlebrooks from Colorado Springs. LHP Chris Capuano was transferred to the 60-day disabled list from the 15-day DL.SURPRISE STICKAnderson, who entered a career .077 hitter, singled in the second.ROSENTHALS WOESTrevor Rosenthal, who lost his closer job about a week ago, faced four hitters in the seventh, retired none of them and was charged with two runs.UP NEXTCardinals: Carlos Martinez (7-5) is to start against Pittsburgh. He is 3-0 with a 1.06 ERA in his last six starts, allowing no runs in three of them. He is 3-4 with a 4.02 ERA against the Pirates.Brewers: Milwaukee is 9-2 in starts by Junior Guerra (5-1) entering an 11:05 a.m. game at Washington. The right-hander will be facing the Nationals for the first time. 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But when it comes to determining if Raymond will find a place on the Leafs roster when training camp concludes in a week, well, that decision will ultimately fall to the head coach. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Unlike most teams on long winning streaks, the Minnesota Wild arent shy about discussing theirs. Theres a difference in opinion, though, about how much theyre talking about it.Bruce (Boudreau) always talks about it, so its hard to ignore, Ryan Suter said of his coach after the Wild beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Saturday for their seventh-straight victory. Its something neat that weve got going and weve got to continue to ride the wave as long as we can.Boudreau, meanwhile, said he simply mentioned the streak to his team after Saturdays game.Seven is a tough thing to get to, Boudreau said, so I think its worth telling them that theyve done well.And no ones debating that the Wild are indeed playing well these days.Darcy Kuemper stopped 27 shots in his first start in nearly three weeks, and the Wild got goals from Suter and Tyler Graovac, who both ended goal-scoring droughts of at least 13 games. Chris Stewart and Eric Stall also scored for the Wild. Minnesota has won seven in a row for the first time since March 2013.Its fun to be a part of this team when were winning like this, said Graovac, who logged a career-high 18:45 of ice time after Erik Haula went down with a lower-body injury in the first period. Haulas loss forced Boudreau to rotate three centers among his four lines, but the shift hardly seemed to affect Minnesotas offense.It was good to see that no matter who you were playing with the chemistry was there, Stewart said.Kuemper started for the first time since a 5-4 loss at Vancouver on Nov. 29. The Wild, who began the day six points behind Central Division-leading Chicago, havent lost in regulation since and have outscored opponents 25-10 in the win streak.Brendan Perlini ended Kuempers shutout bid with less than two minutes remaining, and Mike Smith made 26 saves for the Coyotes, facing several close shots and at least a couple that hit off the posts.dddddddddddde gave up probably more grade-A chances than we have in a while, Connor Murphy said. We left Smitty out to make huge saves almost every shift. That was really frustrating how we didnt play hard enough to get a better effort.Stewarts fifth goal of the season made it 3-0 at 3:24 of the third, and Staal added an empty netter with 36 seconds remaining to cap the scoring.At one point in the second, a shot by Nino Niederreiter trickled between Smiths pads before Murphy narrowly saved it from going in.We knew we were a tired group so once we start chasing the game you end up giving up lots of opportunities, coach Dave Tippett said.Suters fifth goal of the season and first in 16 games came with 3:20 left in the first on Minnesotas second power play on a long shot just below the blue line. Then, with 8 1/2 minutes left in the second, Graovac scored unassisted on a breakaway when his shot from the right side found its way through Smiths pads and off his skate into the net.It was Graovacs first goal in 13 games and third of the season.NOTESArizona finished its four-game road trip 2-2. ... Murphy returned to the lineup after missing three games with an upper body injury. ... Coyotes D Oliver Ekman-Larsson had three penalties, including two for hooking. Its the second time in four games hes had three penalties. He entered the game with 18 penalty minutes. His game is not where it needs to be right now. He needs to find a way to have a bigger impact for our group to be successful, Tippet said. ... Boudrea said hed know more about Haulas injury on Monday at practice. ... Stewart scored for the third time in eight games after scoring only twice in his first 22.UP NEXT:Coyotes: Host Calgary on Monday.Wild: Host Colorado on Tuesday. ' ' '