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ST. LOUIS - Michael Wacha, who starred in the post-season as a rookie last fall, will be in the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen for the start of the NL Division Series.It did not come as a surprise.I was kind of expecting it, Wacha said Wednesday after a 40-minute workout at Busch Stadium.Just never made it back to where I wanted to be as a starter, he added. Im just happy theyre going to take a little chance on me in the bullpen.Manager Mike Matheny said hell go with Adam Wainwright, Lance Lynn, John Lackey and Shelby Miller the first four games against the Dodgers. The best-of-five series starts Friday in Los Angeles.If were fortunate enough to move forward, things could be different, Matheny said. But right now thats how hes going to be able to help us the best.The 23-year-old Wacha was the NL Championship series MVP last year, outpitching Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw twice. Hes had trouble regaining form after a long layoff caused by a shoulder injury and totalled 16 2-3 innings in four September starts.Im hoping our starters, they get out there and dominate, which I know they will, said Wacha, who was 5-6 with a 3.20 ERA in 19 starts.Acquired from Boston at the trade deadline, Lackey beat the Cardinals twice in the World Series for Boston and finished strong this year. Miller barely pitched last fall due to workload concerns combined with season-long difficulties against division series opponent Pittsburgh.Im just excited to pitch. Im excited to help the team however I can, Miller said. I felt I was strong and finished well.Wainwright was 20-9 and his 2.38 ERA was third best in the NL. Lynn was 15-10 with a 2.74 ERA, Miller was 10-9 with a 3.74 ERA and Lackey was 3-3 with a 4.30 ERA. Melvin Ingram Womens Jersey . -- Valentin Zykov scored in overtime as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar rallied to a 3-2 victory over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. Melvin Gordon III Womens Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. http://www.prochargersteamstore.com/Youth-Doug-Flutie-Elite-Jersey/ . Beckham says "nothing has been confirmed yet, but its something I am very excited about." He adds that "Miami is something that really excites me because there is a great energy down there. Mike Williams Jersey . Damyean Dotson, 19, Dominic Artis, 19 and Brandon Austin, 18, were suspended after the school received a police report concerning allegations made by a student who said she was assaulted by the players in early March. Doug Flutie Chargers Jersey . He reps the 4-1-6The insecurity of Canadian basketball fans is not what it once was with the home grown talent making its way to the big leagues, but it is still nice to see the local kids remembering where they come from once they make their way south.Eastbourne, England (SportsNetwork.com) - Top seed Richard Gasquet and American Sam Querrey recorded quarterfinal victories in between rain drops Thursday at the Aegon International tennis event, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up. The French star Gasquet, who turned 28 here on Wednesday, is one win away from reaching his 22nd career ATP final after grounding dangerous Slovak Martin Klizan 6-3, 6-4, while Querrey conquered fellow non-seed Julien Benneteau, of France, 7-6 (7-5), 6--4 on Day 4 at Devonshire Park.dddddddddddd Gasquets semifinal opponent on Friday will be Uzbekistans Denis Istomin, while Querrey awaits the winner between third-seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez and Frances Jeremy Chardy, who had their quarterfinal postponed because of rain and darkness. The left-handed Lopez was last weeks grass-court runner-up at The Queens Club in London. Istomin reached the final four by handling Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. ' ' '