I thought he used his breaking ball more. I dont think he used his curveball in L.A.

ST. Jimmy Butler Team USA Jersey . LOUIS -- Lance Lynn has been among the best first-half pitchers in the majors since cracking the St. Louis Cardinals rotation in 2011, reaching double-figure win totals before the All-Star break all three seasons. The Los Angeles Dodgers saw a pitcher determined to finish strong, too. Lynn won his third straight start Friday night, leading the Cardinals to a 3-2 victory. "Im not worried about the rest of the season," Lynn said. "Im just worried about my next start -- whenever that may be." Lynn is 33-15 with a 3.54 ERA before the All-Star break and 12-9 with a 3.91 ERA after the break. Hes been among the pitchers getting the most run support, too. Manager Mike Matheny repeated his assertion that Lynn (11-6) is "one of the most underrated pitchers in the game." "Despite what anybody else thinks, hes got a lot of wins and theres a reason," Matheny said. "Its because hes got great stuff." Matt Holliday homered and doubled with three RBIs in support of Lynn. Kolten Wong had two hits and scored on both of Hollidays RBI hits for the Cardinals against the team they beat in the NLCS last fall. They have won six of eight and remained a game behind the Brewers for the NL Central lead. "Really, I just kept my approach simple and tried to hit the ball hard back through the middle of the field," Holliday said. "I dont get ahead of myself. Ive learned playing this long to take this thing day to day." A.J. Ellis had an RBI double for the Dodgers, battling the Giants for the NL West lead. They remained offensively challenged coming out of the All-Star break, totalling 10 runs the last six games. Hollidays seventh homer, estimated at 435 feet to straightaway centre, came off Dan Haren (8-7). Lynn gave up two runs on four hits in six-plus innings. He struck out nine and worked around four walks, which tied his season high. Lynn has 44 wins the last three seasons, one behind Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright for most in the league. He bounced back from season worsts of two innings and six earned runs at Los Angeles on June 28 before leaving with a blister. "I thought he used his breaking ball more. I dont think he used his curveball in L.A. hardly at all," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "It looked like it took us a while to get going." Haren piled up 99 pitches in 4 2-3 innings, allowing three runs on eight hits, and is among the National League leaders with 20 homers allowed. Hes totalled 8 2-3 innings his last two starts and has lost his last three outings overall. "I made a bad pitch to Holliday," Haren said. "I actually didnt make that many mistakes. It seemed like everything they hit in the air was falling, and there was nothing I could do." The Dodgers left the bases loaded in the third when Matt Kemp struck out. The Cardinals stranded three in the fourth when Lynn bounced out after an intentional walk to Tony Cruz. Consecutive doubles by Juan Uribe and Ellis leading off the seventh chased Lynn. Ellis scored on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to one. The Dodgers stranded two against Pat Neshek in the eighth and Trevor Rosenthal had two strikeouts in a perfect ninth for his 29th save in 33 chances. NOTES: The pairing for Saturday is Zack Greinke (11-5, 2.73), coming off his second All-Star nod, against Joe Kelly (1-1, 3.44), making his second start coming off the DL from a hamstring injury. Greinke has won his last four starts against the Cardinals and is 9-3 with a 2.93 ERA for his career against them. ... Mattingly didnt mind Kemp saying he was open to a trade if he didnt get regular playing time in a published report during the break. "The headline catches your eye and you read it and you go, Its not that big of a deal," Mattingly said. Mattingly also didnt mind that Kemp wanted to play centre field, saying "Thats fine, he can view himself however he wants. Im playing him in left." ... Holliday reached 1,000 career RBIs last month. ... The Cardinals have won their first home game after the All-Star break seven straight seasons. Scottie Pippen USA Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Scottie Pippen Team USA Jersey . Mika Zibanejad and Jason Spezza scored in the shootout to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 victory over Nashville on Saturday night. http://www.teamusaolympicsshop.us/ . We wonder if the price of a Roberts rookie card has at least gone up a few cents? Tribute Tweets #Padres Tony Gwynn had 287 career plate appearances against #Braves trio of Maddux, Glavine, & Smoltz, he hit .NEWARK, N.J. - Kevin Kline and the New York Rangers refused to give up, even when they faced a two-goal deficit midway through the third period.Persistence paid off with a 4-3 overtime victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.Klein scored 2:42 into overtime, and the Rangers extended their winning streak to three.We never got down, Klein said. We knew we could come back. We kept pushing forward, scrapping for the puck.The Rangers, who trailed 3-1, also got goals from Chris Kreider, Chris Mueller and Rick Nash, who netted his NHL-best eighth goal. He has scored in all but one of New Yorks seven games this season.On the winner, Mueller and Kreider crisscrossed in the Devils zone before Kreider fed Klein for his first of the season.Kleins goal was also the first scored this season by a Rangers defenceman.He made a great pass to me, and I was fortunate to score the goal, Klein said.Henrik Lundqvist stopped 28 shots for the Rangers (4-3).I like the way were playing, Lundqvist said. We responded tonight in a big way.The Devils (3-2-1) got power-play goals from Jaromir Jagr, Adam Henrique and Jon Merrill but it wasnt enough to prevent a third straight defeat. Cory Schneider made 21 saves.Kreider and Jagr traded power-play goals in the opening period.New Jersey started strong and pressed the attack during an early power play. Henrique, Mike Cammalleri and Patrik Elias had good scoring chances denied by Lundqvist.With Jagr in the penalty box for hooking, Kreider buried the rebound of Ryan McDonaghs point shot at 7:34. It was the Rangers first power-play goal of the season, ending an 0-for-17 drought through the first six games.Kreider was then whistled for hooking, setting the stage for Jagrs goal at 13:40. Damien Brunner fired a shot that sailed wide right of the net, and bounced off the lively backboards right onto Jagrs stick. The 42-year-old former Rangers star knocked in his first gooal of the season, the 706th of his career. Michael Jordan Team USA Jersey. The Devils power play clicked again in the second period when Henrique, playing in his 200th NHL game, made it 2-1.Jagr set up Henrique, who beat Lundqvist to the short side from the left faceoff dot at 14:55.The Devils special teams play was excellent in the middle period as Elias came close to scoring on a short-handed breakaway.Merrill added the Devils third power-play goal with a blast from the right point 36 seconds into the third period.New York scored the next two to erase its deficit.Its real good to scrounge your way back and win it in overtime against a good team, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. We just stayed with it.The Rangers got within 3-2 at 9:06 as Mueller one-timed a cross-ice pass from Derick Brassard.Nash pulled the Rangers even with 5:28 remaining in regulation, backhanding the rebound of Kevin Hayes shot past Schneider. Devils defenceman Marek Zidlicky set up the goal with a poor clearing attempt deep in his own zone.We made a bad decision with the puck, and the game is tied, Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. A guy like Nash will make you pay for it. It was a hard-fought game but we lost.The Devils did earn a point, but came away feeling they let one get away.We should have been able to close it out, Cammalleri said. We did a lot of nice things, but we let the Rangers come back and grab it.NOTES: Rangers D Dan Girardi, listed as day to day after sustaining a gash while blocking a shot during a win over San Jose on Sunday, was in the starting lineup. ... Devils D Adam Larsson made his season debut after being a healthy scratch the first five games. He replaced Eric Gelinas. The other New Jersey scratches were LW Tuomo Ruutu and C Jacob Josefson. ... Devils LW Martin Havlat returned after missing one game due to a facial laceration. ... The Rangers scratched LW Anthony Duclair and D Michael Kostka. 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