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AUBURN, Ala. -- Cate Campbell was waiting for the question about Australias swim team in the London Olympics.And when it came the two-time Olympic medalist rattled off the litany of changes and successes over the past four years, from a leadership change to the successful 2014 Commonwealth Games to last years 18 medals, including seven gold, at the world championships in Russia.You cannot compare where we are now to where we were in 2012, said Campbell, who set the 100-meter freestyle world record at the Brisbane Grand Prix in early July. I think that it is unfair and disrespectful to the athletes on this team to constantly be bringing up something that happened in 2012, and most of them were not a part of it. I had a great 2012, and I can look back on that with pride.Its not just the athlete thats changed, its the organization. Weve opened channels of communication and it has been a great and liberating process to be a part of. And I think we can very well and truly put this matter to rest.A strong medal tally in Rio would even more emphatically put the matter to rest. The team is training its final week at Auburn University before heading to the Olympics this weekend. Australian Brett Hawke is Auburns head coach.Australias total of 35 medals for all sports in London was the countrys lowest total in the Summer Olympics since 1992. The 10 swimming medals featured only one gold, by the womens 4x100m freestyle relay team that included Campbell.The prospects certainly look better for this team, now led by coach Jacco Verhaeren and also with a new president and CEO.Australians lead the world rankings in eight events, with Campbell in front in the 50 and 100 freestyle. Others ranked No. 1 heading to Rio include: Cameron McEvoy (100 free), Mack Horton (400 free), Belinda Hocking (200 backstroke), Emily Seebohm (100 back), Mitch Larkin (200 back) and Madeline Groves (200 back).Plenty of others are ranked in the top three in various events, including Bronte Campbell, Cates sister.Former Australian Olympians wrote letters to the current team members and Ian Thorpe spoke to the team after the trials.Hocking acknowledges that London is a bit of a sore spot for her. She failed to make the 200 back finals and was seventh in the 100.I think if everyone remembers that were all human and humans do make mistakes -- I think that there were mistakes that were made but I think weve definitely improved, she said. Weve got a better system going now. I think genuinely the whole team is just different. Were all very close, and a really diverse group but getting along well.I really do think it comes down to respect. Youre not going to get 60 people on a team all holding hands and singing lovey-dovey songs but I think as long as the respect is there, thats all that matters.Alicia Coutts heads to her third Olympics tired of hearing negative talk about London.It kind of does disappoint me sometimes when people say how bad it was and I myself performed really well and it really upsets me, Coutts, who won three medals in London, said. I hate talking about it, just because it has such a negative impact on everyone even when some people did swim well.Something else theyre not keen on talking about is the absence of Russians because of the countrys doping scandal. That includes reigning world 100 breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova.Its disappointing. Its a distraction, first-time Olympian Matt Abood said. Its just another thing to add into the Olympic mix, I think. My opinion doesnt really matter. 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LOUIS -- Even when youre tired, you know when youve hit it well.Matt Adams 444-foot game-winning homer in the bottom of the 16th inning early Saturday morning against the Los Angeles Dodgers that gave the St. Louis Cardinals their fifth straight win, tying a season high, fits neatly into that category.That might be my best bolt, Adams said.Adams and the Cardinals try to summon more electricity for Saturday nights rematch with Los Angeles, with both teams desperately in need of long starts after emptying their bullpens this week.St. Louis (52-44) employed seven pitchers in its longest game of the year, two days after sweeping a day-night doubleheader that took a bite from its bullpen. But its positively fresh compared to the Dodgers (54-44), who used eight pitchers Thursday in a 6-3 win at Washington and nine more on Friday night/Saturday morning.The ninth was Bud Norris, who started Wednesday night at Washington and absorbed an 8-1 defeat before tossing 23 pitches just over 48 hours later. His last offering was the one Adams clobbered over the Cardinals bullpen into the seats in right-center field to conclude the 5-hour, 10-minute marathon.We were stretched as thin as we could go, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts said. You cant say enough about what Bud did. Two days off and taking the ball and trying to give us a boost was huge. The guys fought all game.Kenta Maeda (8-7, 3.25) takes the ball for the Dodgers, who will need innings of some sort from him, even if he is as ineffective as he was iin Sundays 6-5 loss at Arizona.ddddddddddddMaeda gave up seven hits and five runs over 4 1/3 innings in one of his few clunkers this year.Maeda, who hasnt faced the Cardinals yet, will be opposed by Mike Leake (7-7, 4.00). Known more as a sinker/slider specialist, Leake has become a strikeout pitcher lately, punching out a season-high 11 Monday night in a 10-2 win over San Diego.In that game, Leake became just the 10th pitcher in major league history to fan at least 10 batters in consecutive starts while pitching at least six innings and giving up one run or less with no walks.With St. Louis bullpen logging 10 innings Friday night and the identity of Sunday nights starter still undetermined thanks to a makeup doubleheader Wednesday, Leake, like Maeda, will have to provide a lot of innings regardless of effectiveness.By winning the series opener, the Cardinals pulled even with Miami for the National Leagues second wild card and drew within a game of Los Angeles for the first wild card spot.I feel like were playing good baseball, St. Louis starter Michael Wacha, who worked six innings on Friday night, said. Guys are having a lot of fun.The Dodgers, who remained four games in back of San Francisco in the NL West, could get right fielder Yasiel Puig (right hamstring) back into the starting lineup, although Roberts hinted Sunday night is a more likely spot for Puigs return. ' ' '