European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes tuesday april 3200 sports Wiesbaden men survive if game to capture us forces Europe basketball championship Page 23 starting from scratch Tom Gannam above and St Louis pos dispatch Chris Lee above is Louis David Eckstein is tagged out at Home by the new York wets Paul Loduca As he tries to score from second on a double by pre Ston Wilson during the sixth inning of sundays season opener in St Louis below former cardinals great Stan Musial looks Over the stadium As players Parade in vehicles during the pregame ceremonies celebrating St Louis 2006 world series title the nets won the game 61 lets refocus on goals in win Over cardinals by re Fallstrom the associated press St Louis for the new York mets a season opening Vic tory Over St Louis want about to make up for last october a los loss to the cardinals it was however a Good place to Start Tom Glavine earned his 291st Victory Paul Loduca and Carlos Delgado knocked in five runs and Carlos Beltran contributed with his Bat and Arm in a 61 Victory Over the cardinals on sunday night to get the season going there was a lot of anxiety Loduca said we came ready to play we made some great defensive plays and Tommy g went out there like Riding a bicycle Beltran who took a called third strike from Adam Wainwright with the bases loaded to end game 7 of the a los capped a three run fourth with an rib sin Gle that made it 50 be trans most important contribution came in the Field throwing out David Eckstein trying to score from second on Preston Wilsons Sharp single to Center to Neutral ize the cardinals Best threat in the sixth that s a Gam changing play be trans play Loduca said we played great defense the cardinals raised their world series Flag in an hour Long pregame ceremony see opener on Page 34 confident suns beat Mavericks for second time in 18 Days Page 32 Pressel becomes youngest player to win a major in Lyga history Page 30 Johnson holds off Gordon to win for third time in four weeks Page 27 Rutgers Tennessee wins women semifinals 027664 463149