Cardinals clinch division crownMatt Holliday Matthew Thomas Holliday (born January 15 1980 in Stillwater, Oklahoma) is the starting left fielder for the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies drafted Holliday in the seventh round of the draft. celebrated a playoff-clinching victory at Colorado's Coors Field • • [ Saturday, but this time it was with the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. . Jason LaRue Michael Jason LaRue (born March 19, 1974 in Houston, TX) is a catcher for the Kansas City Royals. LaRue agreed to a two-year, $9.1 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds on December 20, 2005. , in as catcher for the Cardinals' injured All-Star Yadier Molina, homered off Ubaldo Jimenez to break a seventh-inning tie and the Cardinals secured the National League Central division title with a 6-3 victory. "It didn't matter where it was," said Holliday, who spent 10 years in the Rockies organization. "I have a lot of friends over there. It's a new team and a new experience, a totally different thing." While with the Rockies, Holliday had provided a memorable image from Colorado's run to their 2007 World Series appearance, sliding head first into home plate to score the winning run in a 13-inning victory over San Diego in the National League wild-card tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie game. "I don't have any blood on my chin," Holliday laughed Saturday. "That's weird." The Cardinals became the first team to clinch their division, while the Yankees and Dodgers have booked at least wild-card berths. St. Louis have led their division since August 7. "We played good baseball tonight," Holliday said. "They're trying to win a playoff spot just like we are. It was good baseball." 
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