ST. LOUIS (AP) - Max Scherzer pitched seven strong innings to beat his hometown team for the first time, and the Washington Nationals completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 6-1 victory Sunday. Clint Robinson and Danny Espinosa hit back-to-back home runs, providing the power for Washington on a day when…

DALLAS (AP) - Blues captain David Backes scored off a rebound during a power play 10:58 into overtime and St. Louis beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 in Game 2 on Sunday to get even in the second-round series. St. Louis was on its second power play of overtime after Antoine Roussel was called for interference.…

Boehm First Tiger off the Board

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Stephen Strasburg struck out nine including seven of eight in one stretch and the Washington Nationals got home runs from Michael Taylor and Danny Espinosa in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Taylor's second leadoff homer of the year ended a 22-inning scoreless drought for the…

DALLAS (AP) -- The kid is all right for the Dallas Stars. Radek Faksa, the rookie center who split his season between the AHL and the NHL, scored the winning goal off a rebound with 4:44 to play and had an assist on the Stars' other goal in a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis…