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PITTSBURGH -- The St. Louis Cardinals were done in by a nemesis.Jung Ho Kang led off the eighth inning with a home run, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday night to snap an eight-game losing streak and cost St. Louis a chance to sweep the three-game series.Kang hit a drive deep into the bullpens in left-center off rookie Alex Reyes (1-1) for his 17th homer and third in two games. It helped snap the Pirates longest skid since dropping 10 straight in 2011.The Cardinals are percentage points ahead of the New York Mets for the second NL wild card, and the Pirates drew within 4 1/2 games of St. Louis.Kang has hit eight of his 33 career home runs against the Cardinals, his most against any opponent, since coming to the major leagues prior to the 2015 season after starring in South Korea.Hes a tough out against everybody, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. The guys got some juice. He can put the ball in the seats. Some guys are dangerous and hes one of them.The third baseman returned from the disabled list Monday after missing 15 days with a sore left shoulder.I really, really reflected on myself and how much I really want to win and how much I really want to play baseball, Kang said of his time on the DL. I really spent good time thinking about that.Trevor Williams (1-0) allowed one unearned run in three innings for the win in his major league debut.Reyes gave up one run in 3 2/3 innings and also singled off Williams in the seventh for his first major league hit.Tony Watson worked a perfect ninth inning for his 11th save after blowing his previous two opportunities, including Tuesday night when he allowed three home runs in the ninth inning of a 9-7 loss.The Cardinals ended a streak of 25 consecutive games with a home run, a club record.Mike Leake went 4 1/3 innings in his first start for the Cardinals since Aug. 21 after being sidelined by the shingles virus. He gave up three runs, nine hits and a walk while striking out three.I wasnt locating as well as I know as I can, Leake said. Im sure being off a couple of weeks played a factor. Now Im back on track and ready for the next one.Matheny was happy with what he saw from Leake, who allowed back-to-back RBI singles to Gregory Polanco and Kang in the first inning when the Pirates sent seven men to the plate.He had a stressful first inning but then he got some momentum and pitched pretty well after that, Matheny said. Overall, I thought his stuff was good.Pirates starter Jameson Taillon pitched five innings. The rookie gave up two runs, six hits and a walk with five strikeouts.The Cardinals Yadier Molina scored in the sixth to make it 3-3. 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Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 13, 2016, 12:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Murray has a disappointing record at the ATP World Tour Finals, and was beaten in straight sets by Stan Wawrinka last time around, but the new No 1 does not want to let history get in the way of keeping hold of his ranking. Obviously, I want to try and finish this season as best as possible, Murray said. I havent played too well at the O2 the last few years, so I want to come and do myself justice and play some good tennis.On becoming world No 1, Murray said: It was not something I actually thought loads about until the last few years, until I got older. A look back at Murrays year When I first came on the tour, I never thought I would get to No 1. IIt wasnt something I expected and I always wanted to try and win slams.ddddddddddddId been close to winning slams a number of times, but Id never been that close to being No 1 until the last few months or so, so it wasnt something Id been thinking about loads. But Im obviously very happy to get there.Murray spent 76 weeks at No 2 behind Djokovic, who crashed out of the Paris Masters at the quarter-final stage to hand Murray the opportunity to take his position. The Serb spent 122 consecutive weeks as the worlds best player and he revealed he will try to regain that position at the World Tour Finals. Heres the moment Marin Cilic beat Djokovic at the Paris Masters to help Murray become world No 1 Its one of the reasons why Im here, to try to do as best as I can and eventually fight for the No 1 spot in the world, said Djokovic, who can reclaim his ranking if he finishes the tournament undefeated.Andy has an incredible last three or four months, actually, last six months, starting from the clay court finals, very consistent. The most consistent player this year without a doubt.He definitely deserves to be the No 1 player in the world. But were coming to the final week of the year, were all trying to get whats left in our bodies to the court and get as far as we can. Also See: The Draw The Groups Tour Finals at The O2 Panel Predictions ' ' '