But essentially the same Cardinals team had swept the Atlanta Braves, and the Mets were able to handle them with ease.

The Cardinals last swept a long road series when they took five games from the Mets in September 1982.

It reported that the Cardinals were sweeping a doubleheader from the Montreal Expos in St. Louis.

The Mets let St. Louis do the dirty work: the Cardinals swept Atlanta out of the playoffs.

St. Louis was only five games under .500 because the Cardinals swept a three-game series from the Astros last week.

The Cardinals beat the Cowboys by 19-10 two weeks ago but have not swept Dallas since the 1970 season.

The Yankees won Game 1 despite a Cardinals rally but the Cardinals swept the rest.

After that, the Cardinals had no trouble hammering the Mets, 11-4, and now have swept the first two games of the exhibition season against them.

The Cardinals then swept the series by winning Game 3 in San Diego.

The Cardinals had just swept the Braves out of the playoffs.