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Adam Wainwright tries to do something he hasnt done in nearly two months Saturday -- win a game at Busch Stadium when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Milwaukee Brewers.Wainwright (10-8, 4.61 ERA) ended a career-high streak of eight consecutive starts without a win in his last turn Monday in Pittsburgh, but the Cardinals veteran has not won at home since July 16.That game was Wainwrights best start of the season, a three-hit shutout of the Marlins, but the veteran is 0-2 in three starts at home since, struggling to win there just as badly as the rest of the Cardinals.Chase Anderson (8-11, 4.73 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Brewers.Even though St. Louis defeated Milwaukee 4-3 on Friday night, it is only 31-38 at Busch Stadium and almost certainly headed for its first losing season at home since 1999.The victory came after Carlos Martinez overcame a sloppy start to last through the seventh inning, raising his record to 14-7.He was a little jumpy at the beginning, manager Mike Matheny said. We had to have him.The Cardinals need Wainwright too.They go into Saturdays game a half-game out of the second wild-card spot behind the Mets, who rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Braves 6-4 on Friday night.We know the importance of each game, said outfielder Stephen Piscotty, who hit one of the Cardinals two two-run homers Friday night. Theres no ground to give up now. Weve had the mindset of one game at a time all year, and I think thats going to pay off.Wainwright can increase his chances for success by continuing to come through at the plate. He had three RBI for the third time this season in his victory over the Pirates, when he won despite pitching only five innings.Wainwright has 14 RBI this season on 10 hits -- nine of which have gone for extra-bases. His RBI total is the highest by a Cardinals pitcher since Rick Wise also had 14 in 1973.Anderson has pitched better than Wainwright lately, going 4-1 with a 2.65 ERA in his last eight starts, but has not fared well against the Cardinals. He will be making his fourth start against St. Louis, having gone 0-2 with a 3.10 ERA in the three starts this season.Despite Fridays loss, manager Craig Counsell has been encouraged by his teams play of late. The setback was only their second in the last nine games and they scored double-digit runs in three of their last six contests.These are good teams we are scoring these runs against, Counsell said of the Cubs, Pirates and Cardinals. These are teams that are fighting for playoff spots. Weve played well. Discount Hydro Flask Cheap .2 billion agreement with Rogers Communications for the leagues broadcast and multimedia rights. Hydro Flask Clearance . 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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Instead of basking in the teams biggest win in more than a decade, the Oakland Raiders know that beating the defending Super Bowl champions on a prime-time stage wont mean much if it isnt followed up by more significant victories down the stretch.The formula the Raiders used to knock off the Denver Broncos 30-20 on Sunday night to take over sole possession of first place in the AFC West could help lead to the sort of success Oakland has lacked for years.We know we cant look at this game as something thats going to define us or define the season, running back Latavius Murray said. We have to continue to go out there and work hard and were going to have to earn every game we play.They did just that against Denver. Murray ran for 114 yards and three touchdowns to pace a rushing attack that gained 218 yards against one of the NFLs stingiest defenses.It shows us that we should be able to run the ball against anybody, quarterback Derek Carr said. They are the best. They are.Oaklands previously porous defense befuddled rookie Trevor Siemian and bottled up Denvers run game. And it was the Raiders who were more poised than the Broncos, who committed 12 penalties -- many that helped extend Oakland drives.Its not like we won the championship or they won the championship today, Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said. Theres still a lot of football left to play, and weve just got to get back to business.But by dominating the trenches and controlling the clock for 41:28, the Raiders were able to expose a weakness in Denvers otherwise stellar defense.Thats something that we have to fix, Harris said. Its been leaky pretty much all season. So we have to figure that out and really put an emphasis on that, and get back to doing what we do.Here are some other takeaways from the game:DEFENSIVE TURNAROUND: After being unable to stop almost anyone to start the season, the Raiders defense has picked it up of late. Oakland held Tampa Bay under 3300 yards of offense in an overtime win last week and limited Denver to just 299 on Sunday.dddddddddddd Oakland set the tone by forcing Denver into three-and-outs on the first four possessions.We dont want to depend on the offense, safety Reggie Nelson said. Theyve been carrying us for a while. It was big for our defense. It was nice to get out there and win.GROUNDED: The Broncos once again struggled to run the ball with leading rusher C.J. Anderson sidelined by a knee injury . Rookie running back Devontae Booker was held to 22 yards on 10 carries, and Denver ran for just 33 yards on 12 attempts against what had been one of the leagues worst run defenses the first half of the season. It was the least productive game for the Broncos on the ground since they were held to 28 yards on 10 carries in a loss to St. Louis on Nov. 16, 2014. Booker has run for just 76 yards on 29 carries in two games since Anderson went on IR.Weve got to find a way to run the football somehow, some way, to help our football team, coach Gary Kubiak said. Obviously the last two weeks its been pretty much non-existent.STAND UP: Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall ended his season-long protest of the national anthem. Marshall began kneeling for the anthem for the season opener and did it the first eight games, following the lead of his former college teammate, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. But Marshall decided before this game it was time to stand up again.I helped bring awareness to what Kaepernick had started and it was time for me, not to move on but to stand up. Im still doing things, Marshall said.UP NEXT: The Broncos head to New Orleans next week to play the Saints, while the Raiders get the week off before traveling to Mexico City to take on Houston.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '