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Lance Lynn fires 6 2/3 strong innings as Cards edge Braves
Lance Lynn allowed one run on four hits in 6 2/3 innings as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the visiting Atlanta Braves 4-3 Monday.,Lynn (3-3) struck out five and walked none in his longest outing since April 16.,Ryan Helsley survived Atlanta's the ninth-inning comeback bid. He yielded two runs but st...
Cards activate C Willson Contreras from injured list
The St. Louis Cardinals activated catcher Willson Contreras and reliever Nick Robertson from the injured list Monday.,Contreras was behind the plate and batting third in Monday's series opener against the visiting Atlanta Braves.,Contreras, 32, has been out since May 7 when he sustained a fractured ...
Cards, Braves both catching fire heading into 3-game set
After pulling out of prolonged slumps that started earlier in the season, the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals have become two of the hottest teams in the National League.,Both will try to keep building momentum on Monday when Atlanta opens a three-game series with host St. Louis. ,The Braves ...
Sonny Gray flirts with perfection as Cards sweep Giants
Sonny Gray took a perfect game bid into the seventh inning as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.,Gray (9-4) retired the first 20 batters he faced. Giants catcher Patrick Bailey ended the veteran right-hander's bid by blast...
Dueling aces to deal for hot Cardinals, slumping Giants
After struggling for much of the season, the St. Louis Cardinals hope to gain ground in the National League playoff race during their season-long 10-game homestand.,That effort will continue Sunday when try to complete a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants. The Cardinals defeated the Giants...
Cardinals 3B Nolan Arenado (forearm) exits vs. Giants
Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado departed St. Louis' 9-4 victory Saturday over the visiting San Francisco Giants in the top of the eighth inning due to left forearm discomfort.,Arenado went 0-for-3 with a walk before exiting. Jose Fermin finished the game at third base.,The contest was Arenado'...
Alec Burleson blasts two homers as Cardinals beat Giants
Alec Burleson hit two homers and drove in five runs to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting San Francisco Giants 9-4 Saturday.,Paul Goldschmidt hit his 350th career homer, a two-run shot, and Brendan Donovan hit a solo homer as the Cardinals won for the seventh time in 10 games.,Cardinal...
Cards put C Ivan Herrera (back) on IL
The St. Louis Cardinals placed Ivan Herrera on the 10-day injured list with lower back tightness on Saturday and recalled fellow catcher Nick Raposo from Triple-A Memphis.,The move for Herrera is retroactive to Wednesday, one day after the last game in which he played.,Herrera, 24, is batting .279 w...
Cardinals edge Giants in Negro Leagues tribute game
Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer and an RBI single to propel the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday in Birmingham, Ala., as Major League Baseball paid tribute to the Negro Leagues.,The contest, played at historic Rickwood Field, wound up serving as memo...
Birmingham game turns into tribute to Willie Mays
The death of baseball legend Willie Mays heightens the emotions for the special game between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday.,Major League Baseball is staging the game as tribute to Negro Leagues stars such as Mays, who played for t...
Cardinals 3B Nolan Arenado hit by pitch, day-to-day
Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado left St. Louis' game against the host Miami Marlins in the eighth inning on Wednesday after he was hit by a pitch on the right elbow.,Arenado, who was drilled by a fastball from Huascar Brazoban, was replaced on the bases and in the field by Jose Fermin.,Followi...
Marlins slide past Cardinals with second consecutive walk-off win
Otto Lopez laced an opposite field walk-off single to score Tim Anderson and deliver the Marlins a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon in Miami.,With two outs in the ninth, Lopez lined a 2-0 pitch to right field between first and second base and Cardinals right fielder Alec B...
Cardinals RHP Kyle Gibson (back) scratched vs. Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Matthew Liberatore will take the mound against the host Miami Marlins on Wednesday afternoon after scheduled starter Kyle Gibson was scratched due to tightness in his back.,Liberatore, 24, is 1-2 with a 4.41 ERA in 25 appearances (three starts) this season. He has a b...
Marlins, Cards set for finale after splitting tight decisions
Anyone planning to watch the host Miami Marlins play the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon in the series finale might want to block out some extra time.,The first two games in the set each went extra innings.,St. Louis beat Miami 7-6 in 12 innings on Monday.,Miami beat St. Louis 9-8 in 10 i...
Marlins rally all night, eventually beat Cardinals in 10th
Pinch hitter Vidal Brujan hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning as the Miami Marlins overcame four deficits to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-8, on Tuesday night.,With a 2-1 count against rookie reliever Chris Roycroft (1-1), Brujan pulled a single past second baseman Nolan Gorman for the win....
Marlins rally all night, eventually beat Cardinals
Pinch hitter Vidal Brujan hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning as the Miami Marlins overcame four deficits to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-8, on Tuesday night.,With a 2-1 count against rookie reliever Chris Roycroft (1-1), Brujan pulled a single past second baseman Nolan Gorman for the win....
Cards look to continue surge, clinch series in Miami
The St. Louis Cardinals, winners of five of their past six games, will go for a third straight series victory on Tuesday night when they oppose the host Miami Marlins.,St. Louis blew three leads on Monday but eventually beat the Marlins 7-6 in 12 innings.,Despite the loss, Marlins manager Skip Schum...
Masyn Winn's HR in 12th lifts Cards past Marlins
Masyn Winn slugged a two-run homer in the top of the 12th inning to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the host Miami Marlins 7-6 on Monday night.,Miami scored once in the bottom of the 12th on Nick Gordon's RBI triple leading off the inning. But Gordon was thrown out at home on an attempted sacrif...
Pitching lifting Cardinals while Marlins searching for offense
The resurgent St. Louis Cardinals are set to open a three-game series against the host Miami Marlins on Monday night.,On May 11, the Cardinals were 15-24. But after beating the Cubs 2-1 on Sunday, the Cardinals are 35-35, and they would be a wild-card team if the regular season ended today.,"Really ...
Pedro Pages goes deep, Cardinals defeat Cubs
Rookie Pedro Pages belted a two-run homer and Miles Mikolas tossed 6 1/3 strong innings, lifting the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon.,Paul Goldschmidt had two of the nine hits for the Cardinals, who won the rubber match of this three-game serie...