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Cards notebook: Martinez closes — and loves it

Martinez’s most recent effort was a four-out save on Monday after a dazzling, three-strikeout ninth inning in Sunday afternoon’s 4-3 triumph over Cincinnati. In Saturday afternoon’s first game of a doubleheader, he pitched the final inning in a 10-6 win over Cincinnati, giving him three games in three days.

• Mike Yastrzemski played right field for the Giants. The last player with that surname to play here was grandfather Carl Yastrzemski. The Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer performed at Busch Stadium II in Game 5 of the 1967 World Series. Yaz was one for three with a double off Ray Washburn in a 3-1 Red Sox victory that kept the World Series alive before the Cardinals won Game 7 in Boston.