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Cardinals break away late to split series with Pirates
Jordan Walker hit a two-run home run to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 Thursday afternoon.,Thomas Saggese went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run as the Cardinals earned a split of the four-game series.,Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed one run on four hits i...
Pirates hope to keep rolling against Cardinals
After languishing as the lowest-scoring team in the majors this season, the Pittsburgh Pirates finally have picked up their offensive pace, scoring 32 runs during a five-game span.,The Pirates will try to extend that roll Wednesday as their four-game series with the Cardinals continues in St. Louis....
Pirates jump ahead early, take down Cardinals
Henry Davis hit a homer and drove in two runs as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 Tuesday night., ,Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs and Bryan Reynolds hit two doubles, scored twice and drove in a run for the Pirates, who won for the fifth time in their last six ...
Cardinals 1B Willson Contreras suspended 6 games after outburst
Major League Baseball suspended St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras for six games Tuesday after he threw his bat while arguing with umpires on Monday night.,Contreras' bat hit his own coach, and the player also spiked his batting helmet and chucked a bucket of bubble gum from the dug...
Cardinals' Andre Pallante faces Pirates, aims to halt his August swoon
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Andre Pallante is trying to get his season back on track after a sharp downturn in August.,Fellow right-hander Mitch Keller of the Pittsburgh Pirates is trying to do the same.,Pallante (6-11, 5.17 ERA) and Keller (5-12, 4.34) will seek turnaround performances Tue...
Alec Burleson's walk-off blast boosts Cards over Pirates
Alec Burleson hit a walk-off solo homer with two outs in the ninth to lift the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 Monday night.,Burleson was 4-for-5 with two runs scored for the Cardinals. Willson Contreras drove in two runs before home plate umpire Derek Thomas ejected him...
Cards give rookie P Michael McGreevy a chance to show his stuff vs. Pirates
The St. Louis Cardinals are giving many young players an opportunity to advance themselves during this transition year, and rookie pitcher Michael McGreevy is taking full advantage.,McGreevy (5-2, 4.26 ERA) is 3-0 with a 3.38 ERA in four August starts. The right-hander has worked six innings in each...
Junior Caminero's grand slam lifts Rays past Cardinals
Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero rocketed his team-leading 37th homer, a sixth-inning grand slam, to help the Rays pull away from the visiting St. Louis Cardinals in a 7-2 rain-delayed victory on Sunday afternoon.,The All-Star third baseman jumped on reliever Matt Svanson's first pitch and hammered the t...
Rays, Cards look to make up ground in wild-card races
The St. Louis Cardinals travel to Florida's coast to face the Tampa Bay Rays for this first time this season in a three-game series that opens Thursday night.,Saturday's matchup, originally the second contest of the series, was moved to Thursday and became the opener to avoid the conflict of playing...
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani set to return to mound in clash vs. Cards
A week after Shohei Ohtani sent a scare throughout Los Angeles when he departed early from his latest pitching performance, the right-hander will return to the mound on Wednesday afternoon in the Dodgers' series finale against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.,The Dodgers' two-way star was supposed ...
Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr. returns, may play preseason opener
Arizona Cardinals star wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. returned to practice Tuesday after missing several days with knee soreness followed by an illness.,Harrison's return means he may be available for Arizona's preseason opener Saturday against the Kansas City Chiefs. Head coach Jonathan Gannon s...
Dodgers look to Max Muncy for offense vs. Cardinals
The National League West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers still are trying to find their way as they continue their home series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night after one key piece of the roster returned, while another stepped away for some downtime., ,The Dodgers hope the return of Max M...
Dodgers turn to Tyler Glasnow to face Cardinals
After salvaging the final two series of a nine-game road trip, the Los Angeles Dodgers will return home Monday night to face the St. Louis Cardinals, bringing their modest haul from last week's trade deadline with them.,The Dodgers added right-handers Brock Stewart and Paul Gervase, as well as outfi...
Cardinals find offense, eye series win vs. Padres
On Saturday night, the St. Louis Cardinals tried a novel concept: Scoring runs.,After managing just one in 30 innings, they suddenly exploded for four in the fourth inning, got two more in the fifth and went on to a much-needed 8-5 win over San Diego that snapped the Padres' six-game winning streak....
Randy Vasquez, Padres' bullpen look to deck Cards
It didn't take Mason Miller long to contribute to the San Diego Padres' stacked bullpen.,The Athletics' former closer, traded to the Padres on Thursday in a stunning six-player deal, threw a scoreless eighth inning Friday night during a 4-1 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.,Miller might...
With new additions, Padres seek to subdue Cardinals
If the San Diego Padres are contending, it's a given that general manager A.J. Preller is going for it.,After making five trades on Thursday, Preller showed he is swinging for the fences to bring the franchise its first World Series title. The acquisition of Mason Miller, J.P. Sears, Freddy Fermin, ...
Marlins' roster in flux ahead of series finale vs. Cards
The Miami Marlins have had to adjust their roster on the fly during their final series ahead of Thursday's trade deadline.,More trades could take place before, during or after Miami's finale of a three-game series against the host St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.,The Cardinals recorded a 7-1 ...
Sandy Alcantara throws five innings as Marlins shut out Cards
Sandy Alcantara boosted his trade stock by pitching five strong innings as the visiting Miami Marlins blanked the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Tuesday.,With speculation swirling around the right-hander ahead of the Thursday trade deadline, Alcantara (6-9) held the Cardinals to three hits. He walked th...
Marlins' Sandy Alcantara aims for solid effort vs. Cards
If Miami Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara makes his scheduled road start against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night, he will have the full attention of contending teams seeking pitching help.,Alcantara (5-9, 6.66 ERA) is one of the top starters who could be dealt before Thursday's trade de...
Andre Pallante fires 7 scoreless innings as Cards rout Marlins
Andre Pallante allowed one hit in seven scoreless innings as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Miami Marlins 7-1 Monday night.,Pallante (6-7) struck out four batters and walked one while enjoying quite a turnaround from his previous three starts, when he allowed 18 runs, 17 earned, on 25...