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ST. LOUIS -- Watching the top of the ninth inning from the dugout, St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright thought hed played the role of a "nervous dad." "Like when I watch my friends do something, Im always more nervous than when I do it," Wainwright said. "When I watch my daughters, even at ballet or something, Im more nervous than if I was out there doing ballet." Allen Craigs game-ending leaping catch high at the left field fence preserved a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Wainwright became the first NL pitcher to reach 13 wins. The Cardinals have won nine of 12. The Padres have lost 19 of 24. Craig has 12 hits and six RBIs during a seven-game hitting streak for the Cardinals, who took two of three in both series against the Padres this season. Hes a confident defender, too, and never thought pinch hitter Jedd Gyorkos drive with two on and two out was going out of the park. The glove work prevented at least an extra-base hit that would have given the Padres the lead, and preserved Edward Mujicas 28th save in 30 chances. "Obviously, it came off the bat good," Craig said. "I dont know if he hit it good enough. Obviously, it wasnt enough." Gyorko agreed with Wainwrights assessment that he just got under the ball a little. He hadnt viewed a replay, and didnt want to, either. "No. It was a good play," Gyorko said. "Thats how the game goes sometimes." The St. Louis defence turned three double plays behind Wainwright (13-5), who allowed two runs with seven strikeouts and worked around two walks. The Padres got the leadoff man on base seven times but he minimized the impact. "He got tough with guys on base, no doubt about it," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Hes a veteran pitcher with a lot of know-how. "We had good swings against an All-Star pitcher. To a man, we fought him. He knew it." Yonder Alonso singled three times with an RBI for the Padres. Eric Stults (8-8) allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings, stranding two runners in the second and fifth, falling short in a bid to win three straight starts for the first time in his career. "This is a team where they get guys on base and they get in kind of a swing mode, they want to score quick," Stults said. "That third inning got away a little bit." Wainwright matched his season high for walks after entering with a NL-low 15 in 146 2-3 innings. He had only one perfect inning but got key outs with breaking balls and struck out Everth Cabrera with a man on third to end the seventh. Wainwright is 5-2 with a 1.47 ERA against the Padres after beating them for the second time this season. The first four Cardinals reached safely in the third capped by David Freeses two-run double when centre fielder Alexi Amarista missed a diving catch and the ball went to the wall. Freese was thrown out at third on strong relays from right fielder Will Venable and Cabrera and the Cardinals had just one more runner in scoring position the rest of the way. Matt Carpenter opened the third with a double off the base of the wall in right-centre for his second straight hit and leads the majors with 39 multi-hit games. Cabrera led off the game with an opposite-field double, a chopper down the third-base line that Wainwright called a "doink fest," and scored on Alonsos two-out hit. The Padres cut the deficit to a run in the sixth on a double by Carlos Quentin, another Alonso hit and a double-play ball. Notes: Thousands lined up outside Busch Stadium several hours before game time for Stan Musial replica statues and a near-sellout of 44,033 was the Cardinals 14th straight of 43,000 or more. ... Carpenter leads the NL with 31 doubles. ... Carlos Beltran got a day off due to general soreness, although he told manager Mike Matheny he could play. ... The Cardinals have a day off before rookie Shelby Miller (9-6, 2.92) makes his first start after a 12-day break against the Phillies Tuesday. Andrew Cashner (5-5, 3.81) pitches for San Diego in the opener of a four-game set in Milwaukee. ... Padres OFs made a pair of outstanding plays. Venables sliding catch left a long skid mark in foul territory in the fourth and LF Quentin snatched Craigs liner to end the seventh. ... Stults threw a career-high 124 pitches.Discount Nike Vapormax . The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. Davis responded to his selection earlier in the day as a Western Conference All-Star with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-91 on Friday night. 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He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss.LAS VEGAS -- Interim UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been pulled from his title-unification bout against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 on Saturday, after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency informed Jones of a potential doping violation Wednesday.UFC president Dana White announced the move Wednesday during an impromptu news conference at the MGM Grand.Jones tested positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition sample taken June 16 by USADA, said Jeff Novitzky, UFCs vice president of athlete health and performance. USADA administers UFCs anti-drug policy.It is important to note that under the UFC anti-doping policy, theres a full, fair legal-review process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed, Novitzky said.Novitzky added that there wasnt time for a full review before the scheduled bout.White said he has not spoken to Jones yet and that he wasnt aware whether the substance in question was a performance-enhancing drug.A heavyweight fight between Brock Lesnar and Mark Hunt will now headline UFC 200, which takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.Jones has the right to appeal any positive test. He has never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs but did test positive for traces of cocaine before a fight against Cormier in January 2015.Jones also served a suspension from April to October after his involvement in a hit-and-run accident.Under UFCs anti-doping program, which went into effect in July 2015, a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug carries a standard two-year suspension.In an interview with ESPN last week, Jones had expressed hope he could turn his legacy into a positive one.I want to show the world that you can be down but never out, Jones said. I want to be a story where someone risked losing so much but ultimately turned everything around. A lot of times you hear these stories about athletes who ruined their career, and they go away and no one knows what happened to them or theyre bankrupt or they end up in jail. They just ruined a great career. I want to be one of the few stories you hear where I was ruining things but ultimately turned things around and became a hero. Thats my vision for the way my story is going to play out.ddddddddddddWhite said he would like to find Cormier, the defending light heavyweight champion, a new opponent, but that would be difficult because of the timing.When you have the biggest, baddest fight card ever assembled, you know, it doesnt sting as bad when you lose a fight, White said. But it stings real bad for Daniel Cormier. This is devastating to him, his family, and Id like for him to fight another guy.Cormier appeared next to White during the news conference.Ive trained hard and long, Cormier said. If anybody would fight, I would fight. Why not? I understand the difficult task it would be to find me a fight on two days. Im willing to fight up, put on some weight, 225, 220 [pounds]. Ill fight. It doesnt matter. I just cant fight a really big guy, because Ive been shrinking my body.Cormier said he would put in the effort and would accept a new fight if UFC could find one that made sense.Ive worked really hard to prepare for this, Cormier said. You take care of what you need to take care of. Thats what I did. More than anything, its really disappointing.Cormier said having USADA as UFCs partner in the administration of drug testing changes a lot of things and that UFC made a conscious decision to bring in USADA.They didnt have to do this, Cormier said. They decided to clean up the sport. Youre going to have casualties.Cormier said he got a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach when White texted him Wednesday, asking him whether he could make it to the news conference.This guy always gives me good news, Cormier said of White. You know, this guy calls you with a seven-figure check -- Dude, youre rich now -- you know, he calls you with good news. And the mood didnt feel very good. It was scary. So I came here, and I was actually early. Its probably the first time Ive ever been early. I needed to know. But hes usually the good-news guy. And today he had to give me some pretty bad news.Information from ESPN senior writer Arash Markazi and The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '