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Cubs, Cardinals jockey for position in NL Central
Ian Happ will try to build on what he hopes was a slump-busting performance when the host Chicago Cubs wrap up a three-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. ,Happ blasted a three-run homer on Saturday, going 2-for-3 with a walk to lead Chicago to a 5-1 victory over St. Louis. Th...

Ian Happ 3-run homer helps Cubs beat Cardinals
Shota Imanaga recorded his eighth quality start of the season, Ian Happ blasted a three-run homer and the host Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Imanaga (7-1) went seven innings, allowing just one run on four hits. He didn't issue a walk and struck out six as Chica...

Scrounging for runs, Cubs face rematch with Cardinals
The Chicago Cubs' offense has started to go from bad to worse.,After being shut out for the sixth time this season, Chicago will try to get its lineup going on Saturday afternoon when it continues a three-game set with the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.,St. Louis beat the Cubs 3-0 in the opener on Fr...

Pedro Pages, Kyle Gibson lift Cardinals past Cubs
Pedro Pages chose a good time to hit his first homer of the season, opening the top of the eighth with a solo shot to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-0 victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon. ,Pages had one of the nine hits on the day for St. Louis, which opened a three-game seri...

Kyle Gibson looks to break career-long curse vs. Cubs
In 12 major league seasons, St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Kyle Gibson has yet to solve the Chicago Cubs.,Gibson has four losses in four career starts against Chicago, a skid he will try to break on Friday afternoon when St. Louis opens a three-game series with the host Cubs.,Chicago has gotten to...

Brendan Donovan HR gets Cardinals past Pirates
Brendan Donovan delivered a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning as the host St. Louis Cardinals edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series., ,Paul Goldschmidt also went deep for St. Louis, which took the deciding game of the three-game set. The Card...

Cards' Nolan Arenado brings hot bat to finale vs. Pirates
Nolan Arenado tried to stay patient during a bumpy start to the season.,Now things are starting to click for the third baseman, who has collected multiple hits in three consecutive games. He will try to maintain his hot streak when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afte...

Nolan Arenado fuels Cardinals past Pirates
Nolan Arenado went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and the host St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.,Dylan Carlson, Masyn Winn and Brendan Donovan added one RBI apiece for St. Louis. The Cardinals evened the series at one win apiece with the rub...

Pirates face Cardinals, look to continue surge
The Pittsburgh Pirates have won five of their past seven games to move into second place in the National League Central.,Next, the Pirates will look to move within one game of .500 on Wednesday night when they play the second contest of their three-game series against the host St. Louis Cardinals.,P...

Paul Skenes stellar again as Pirates edge Cardinals
Jack Suwinski scored on a fielder's choice and Andrew McCutchen raced home on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, fueling the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.,Pittsburgh rookie Paul Skenes allowed five hits and struck out eight over 6 1/3 s...

Cardinals down Rockies to earn split of four-game set
Masyn Winn drove in two runs and Andre Pallante threw five scoreless innings as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-1 Sunday.,Alec Burleson hit a homer and Pedro Pages had an RBI and two runs for the Cardinals, who salvaged a 2-2 split in the four-game series. ,Pallante...

Cardinals look to shore up defense in finale vs. Rockies
While losing six of their last nine games, the St. Louis Cardinals have suffered a variety of fielding breakdowns.,The visiting Colorado Rockies have capitalized while winning two of three games from St. Louis in their four-game weekend series.,The Cardinals will try to clean up their play Sunday af...

Ezequiel Tovar powers Rockies past Cardinals
Ezequiel Tovar went 4-for-4 with two homers and four RBIs to power the visiting Colorado Rockies past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Saturday afternoon.,Charlie Blackmon went 3-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored for the Rockies.,Colorado starting pitcher Ryan Feltner held the Car...

Cardinals score 3 early, 3 late to knock off Rockies
Dylan Carlson drove in his first three runs of the season to lift the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Colorado Rockies 8-5 on Friday night.,Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs while extending his on-base streak to 24 games.,Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn allowed four runs on six hits and...

Cardinals aim to give a bit more in rematch vs. Rockies
The St. Louis Cardinals had plenty of baserunners Thursday. They also hit several balls to the warning track.,But the Cardinals didn't have much to show for it, falling 3-2 to the Colorado Rockies in the opener of their seven-game homestand. ,St. Louis went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position a...

Rockies end five-game skid by edging Cardinals
Michael Toglia drove in a run and made a run-saving catch as the visiting Colorado Rockies edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Thursday to snap a five-game losing streak.,Rockies starting pitcher Cal Quantrill (5-4) blanked the Cardinals for five innings while allowing three hits and four walks. He st...

Cards aim to pick up steam in series opener vs. reeling Rockies
After persevering during a difficult nine-game road trip through Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Houston, the St. Louis Cardinals will try to regain momentum during a seven-game homestand.,First up for the Cardinals is the opener of a four-game series with the slumping Colorado Rockies on Thursday nigh...

Cardinals stave off Astros 4-2, avoid sweep
Nolan Arenado homered among the team's five hits as the St. Louis Cardinals eked out a 4-2 victory over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday to salvage the finale of the three-game series. ,Miles Mikolas (4-6) allowed two runs and scattered five hits over six innings, striking out three without issu...

Astros hold off Cardinals
Yainer Diaz homered for the second consecutive game and the Houston Astros held off a late charge from the visiting St. Louis Cardinals for an 8-5 win on Tuesday.,Diaz capped a four-run third inning with his fifth home run of the season, a three-run shot to right field that gave the Astros a 6-1 lea...

Yainer Diaz, Astros shoot for encore vs. Cardinals
Following a seven-game road trip during which Yainer Diaz went 2-for-16, Houston manager Joe Espada twice sat the catcher during the Astros' weekend series against the Minnesota Twins to give Diaz a reset.,Diaz went 0-for-3 in his lone start against the Twins and started the opener of a three-game i...