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ST. LOUIS -- One bad inning kept Jimmy Nelson winless in his career against the St. Louis Cardinals.Nelson (7-14) allowed five hits in six innings and retired the Cardinals in order four times Friday night but he gave up two two-run homers in the third that made the difference in the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 loss.Nelson fell to 0-7 in eight career starts against St. Louis.Its just a crazy game and stuff happens, Nelson said. Theres never really just one answer in this game to anything. You dont want to think theres something wrong and start over-analyzing stuff so you just try to keep it simple.No, Brewers manager Craig Counsell answered pointedly when asked if Nelsons woes against St. Louis are weighing on the 27-year-old right-hander.Milwaukee led 3-0 and Nelson had retired the first eight batters when Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez started a two-out rally with a single up the middle. Matt Carpenter followed with his 19th home run, Kolten Wong walked and Stephen Piscotty gave St. Louis the lead and completed the nights scoring by hitting his 21st homer into the bullpen in right field.The two guys that can really hurt him, hurt him, Counsell said. He fell behind Carpenter 3-0, which is trouble. Make mistakes to those guys and thats whats going to happen.Scooter Gennett hit a two-run homer, his 11th, to give the Brewers a 3-0 lead in the top of the third. Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the first when Gennett walked, Chris Carter was hit by a pitch and Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a hard one-hopper that shortstop Jedd Gyorko did not handle.The Brewers collected nine hits and had two batters hit in seven innings against Martinez (14-7) but they hit into three double plays. Martinez improved to 3-0 in four starts against the Brewers this season.We got a lot of hits but we werent in a lot of situations to really score some runs, Gennett said. We got three runs on him early but werent able to make anything happen later.The Brewers lost for only the second time in their past nine games and had a five-game road winning streak end.Weve been playing some good ball as of late, Gennett said a night after the Brewers opened the series with a 12-5 rout. Maybe we take three out of four.The win improved the Cardinals, the majors only winning team with a losing record at home, to 31-38 at Busch Stadium and kept them a half-game behind the New York Mets in the NL wild-card race.Seung-Hwan Oh worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his 17th save in 20 chances. Pinch-hitter Ryan Braun grounded into a force at second for the final out.DOUBLING UPMartinez induced double-play grounders in the second and third innings to increase his NL-leading total to 32, two shy of the Cardinals team record set by John Denny in 1978. Wong backhanded a grounder up the middle and scooped the ball from his glove to Gyorko to start the third-inning double play. Thats one of the best plays weve seen here, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. The Brewers popped out into a double play in the fourth.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: SS Aledmys Diaz (right thumb) went 2 for 4 for Double-A Springfield in a rehab start Friday night. ... RHP Trevor Rosenthal (shoulder inflammation) will throw to hitters Saturday for the first time since he went on the DL on July 26.UP NEXTBrewers: RHP Chase Anderson (8-11, 4.73) has allowed three earned runs in 10 1/3 innings in two starts at Busch Stadium this season.Cardinals: RHP Adam Wainwright (10-8, 4.61) has allowed one home run at home this season but has lost his past two home starts.Indians Jerseys China . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. 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Jake Bauers Indians Jersey .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city.STILLWATER, Okla. -- After finishing 114th out of 128 Division I schools in rushing offense last season, No. 21 Oklahoma State is hoping for an improved ground attack this year.Barry J. Sanders, a transfer from Stanford and the son of former Oklahoma State Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders, joins three returning running backs, as well as highly touted freshman Justice Hill, to give the Cowboys a deep group that will compete for playing time.As the Cowboys prepare for their season opener against Southeastern Louisiana on Sept. 3, it seems that a running back-by-committee approach will prevail, as none of the five has separated themselves from the herd.Right now, its a group that will share time, coach Mike Gundy said. Were hoping that the addition of Justice, and then Junior (Sanders), working with what we had last year, will give us a good 75-80 plays a game.Senior Chris Carson led Oklahoma State in rushing last year with 517 yards on 131 carries (a 3.9-yard average), along with four touchdowns, while recording 17 receptions for 170 yards.Senior Rennie Childs gained 281 yards and two touchdowns on 72 rushes (a 3.9-yard average), while sophomore Chris Carr also compiled a 3.9-yard average with 142 yards rushing and one TD on 36 carries.At Stanford, Sanders picked up 315 yards and four touchdowns on 51 rushes (a 6.2-yard average).With the addition of Hill, a true freshman from Tulsa who has turned heads with his play in camp, any of the running backs is likely to see the field at some point -- Gundy is just not sure who will get the most snaps.A lot of times, its just by feel, Gundy said of dividing up the playing time. A guy gets hot, you leave him in, a guy gets tired, youve got to get him out and put somebody else in. We may not know whatt to do at that position until the third or fourth game of the year.ddddddddddddDespite averaging just 126.8 yards per game rushing last season, the Cowboys offense still amassed 480 yards per game overall, ranking 22nd in the nation, en route to a 10-3 record, thanks to a potent aerial attack led by quarterback Mason Rudolph.It appears that the inclusion of Sanders, as well as Hill, to the group has sparked improvements in the holdovers from last season.One thing that I have enjoyed watching is that Chris Carsons work ethic and approach, and Rennies work ethic, has been really good, Gundy said. Whether it has been (because of) Junior or just them wanting to improve an area on our team that we need to help improve the overall picture has been good.Carson agreed that the infusion of new talent has provided additional motivation for the returning running backs to upgrade their game.With (Sanders) coming in, its just going to make everybody else better, Carson said. The run game as a unit will be a lot better. Of course its going to make me work harder, its going to make Rennie work harder, everybody else in the running backs work harder. With him coming in, thats a great addition for us as a team because I feel like we are just one step away from that Big 12 (championship).Carr, who also returned kickoffs as a freshman last year, averaging 21.5 yards on 29 returns, believes there has been an increase in competitiveness in practice, as each player tries to stake his claim to a spot in the rotation.Everyones competing at a high level and thinks they can be the guy, Carr said. 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