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Tandem starting ends early in Quad Cities

The St. Louis Cardinals are dropping their use of tandem starting pitchers in their second of two full-season affiliates where deployed.

The Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League have dropped from five tandem pairings to four

The A-Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals abandoned tandem starting pitching three weeks earlier in 2009.

Starting pitchers for Memphis, Springfield, Palm Beach and Quad Cities to open the 2009 season.