Lars Nootbaar helps Cardinals rally past Giants

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Lars Nootbaar homered, tripled and drove in three runs as the visiting Cardinals rallied for a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a season-ending, three-game series Friday night.

Masyn Wynn doubled, singled and scored twice for St. Louis (82-78), which assured itself of a winning record for the 16th time in the past 17 seasons.

Now guaranteed of a non-