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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Penny Taylor and her Australian teammates knew what was at stake.A win over France would put them in the drivers seat in Group A, meaning theyd potentially avoid playing the U.S. until the womens basketball gold medal game.Taylor helped them also get a measure of revenge in the process, scoring an Olympic career-high 31 points to help Australia beat France 89-71 on Tuesday.Its huge, Taylor said. We dont want to face the U.S. until we have to, so I think thats huge for us.This will be Taylors last shot at beating the U.S., and she would like that opportunity in meeting between the top teams in the gold medal game. The 35-year-old guard told The Associated Press before the Olympics started that she planned to retire at the end of the current WNBA season. Shes already has two silver medals at the Olympics and wants to go out with a gold.On Tuesday, she made her first seven shots and had scored 23 points before missing her first field goal attempt. She finished 10 of 13 from the field with nine assists and five rebounds.That was vintage Penny, Australian coach Brendan Joyce said. She was great and really lifted us.All that stands between Australia (3-0) and winning the group is Japan. Those teams play Thursday and a win by the Australians would clinch the No. 1 seed in its pool and avoid a matchup with the U.S. until the finals. The Australians respect the Americans but arent intimidated by the U.S., which has won the last five Olympic gold medals and a roster of WNBA All-Stars and MVPs.The heavily favored Americans have captured the headlines, but the venerable Opals continue to win .They have their own 6-foot-8 center in Liz Cambage, who has been dominant so far in the Olympics when she can stay out of foul trouble. They also have a few WNBA stars of their own in Taylor and Erin Phillips.We know what we will face if we play them eventually, Joyce said. We have a long tough road still before that happens and well worry about them when we face them.The road did get a little easier with the win over France. The Opals lost to the French in overtime in the London Games in 2012, costing them the top spot in the group. It was Australias only loss to a team other than the U.S. in the Olympics since 1996. Australia ended up with a bronze medal in London.We dont want to drop any pool round games, said Phillips, who scored nine points in Tuesdays win. Good thing about this team is we never get too high on a win or low on a loss. This win against France by 18 was huge. If you had told me this morning when I woke up and said we would beat France by 18, Id be really, really happy.Both Taylor and Phillips missed the 2012 Olympics. Taylor was out with a torn ACL and Phillips didnt make the team. They are both cherishing their Olympic experience.Its been amazing, gone really fast. I try to soak it up as much as I can when Im not playing, the 31-year-old Phillips said. In the dining hall you see Usain Bolt and some gymnasts who are the best in the world, its inspiring.You never really know what an Olympics mean until you miss one. Penny and I missed one for different reasons. To be back here makes it so much more memorable.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg Yeezy Boost 650 . -- If Henry Burris has his way, he will be the starting quarterback to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats back to the Grey Cup next year. Y-3 Scarpe Saldi . Newcastle dominated in the early stages but City weathered the storm and then raised its game in extra time. Negredo broke the deadlock from close range after a simple move in the 99th minute before Dzeko took the ball round goalkeeper Tim Krul to seal the victory in the 105th. http://www.scarpeyeezyitalia.it/adidas-x-plr.html . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. 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LOUIS -- No doubt, Adam Wainwright was motivated by a pregame ceremony to honor the 2006 World Series champions.The 6-foot-7 right-hander got the final out that season as the Cardinals stand-in closer -- and finished what he started Saturday night by pitching a three-hitter as St. Louis cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Miami Marlins.Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina are the only two remaining Cardinals players from the 2006 title team. Former manager Tony La Russa had texted Wainwright jokingly suggesting that the pitcher petition skipper Mike Matheny to work the ninth on Saturday.He didnt know I was starting and when I saw him for the picture, I said, `Im probably going to ask him once the ninth rolls around if I can keep going, Wainwright said.Wainwright had thrown 108 pitches through eight innings and asked Matheny: Just give me 10 pitches. Wainwright needed only a dozen to retire the side in order.Jhonny Peralta homered and Stephen Piscotty had two hits, a walk and two RBI for St. Louis.Wainwright (9-5) struck out five with two walks and didnt allow a hit until Adeiny Hechavarria doubled to open the sixth inning. The teams longtime ace received a standing ovation in the eighth before striking out for the fourth straight time.The only other time he fanned four times, Wainwright shut out the Rockies on May 11, 2013.Usually you get behind and guys want to make something happen and start trying to create things, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. It seemed like he used that aggressiveness against us.Wainwright is 3-0 with a 0.39 ERA in three starts this month. The shutout was his first since Sept. 17, 2014, against the Brewers, and his 22nd career complete game.He missed virtually all of the 2015 season with a ruptured left Achilles and had a 5.71 ERA after the first two months. Now its down to 4.15.The start I had was a disaster, so its cool to be back pitching pretty good again and not the laughingstock of the baseball world anymore, Wainwrright said.ddddddddddddatt Adams hit an RBI single in a four-run third, following Piscottys two-run double and an RBI double by Randal Grichuk.After blowing two late leads in the series opener Friday night, St. Louis improved to 20-27 at home.The Cardinals were flawless on defense a night after committing at least three costly miscues, among them their major league-leading 69th error. Matt Holliday, shaky at first base in the opener, didnt play.The highlight for Miami was a pair of diving catches by right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, the first robbing Adams of a two-run double to end the first and the second denying Aledmys Diaz a hit in the fourth.Tom Koehler (6-8) lasted four innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. Hes 1/3 with a 7.84 ERA against St. Louis and has thrown four or fewer innings in three of his last four starts overall.Right now, honestly, it seems like when I execute a pitch it seems like its getting hit, Koehler said. And when I dont, it seems like its really getting hit.Miami (48-42) is a game ahead of St. Louis (47-43), with both chasing the second NL wild-card spot. The Marlins dropped back from a season-best seven games above .500.Ichiro Suzuki grounded out while pinch hitting in the eighth and remained at 2,991 major league hits.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: 1B Justin Bour (ankle) is likely to need a rehab assignment before returning. He was eligible to come off the DL on Saturday.Cardinals: RHP Jordan Walden (shoulder) has been throwing and will be examined by team doctors early next week. He hasnt pitched since April 2015.UP NEXTMarlins: LHP Adam Conley (6-5, 3.62 ERA) faces the Cardinals for the first time. 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