ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Connor and the Winnipeg Jets got back on track by sticking to the same way they wanted to play all along. Connor scored twice, Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist, and the Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3 on Sunday night to climb back into their first-round…
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs and Matt Carpenter connected for a tiebreaking drive in the seventh inning that sent the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 9-5 Sunday for a split of their two-game series in Mexico. Tyler O’Neill also homered for St. Louis. Yasiel Puig hit his first…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL After a one-year hiatus, the St. Louis Blues have returned to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the 2019 postseason. It’s the team’s seventh playoff berth in the last eight seasons after just one playoff appearance in the last six seasons from 2006-2011. Finishing the regular season with a record of 45-28-9…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Shildt would prefer to not have his team consistently find itself in a spot where it’s forced to rally. At the moment, though, the St. Louis Cardinals manager isn’t arguing with the results. At least when the Cardinals are facing Pittsburgh’s wobbly bullpen. Tyler O’Neill capped another rally by driving in…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt was hoping to swing for baseball history when Brewers manager Craig Counsell took the bat out of his hands. Though he felt for the boo-bird Cardinal fans behind the visiting dugout, the move wasn’t much of a surprise to Goldschmidt. “We’re still in a tight game there,” the six-time All-Star…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Saint Louis FC drew 1-1 against Tampa Bay Rowdies in front of 4,037 fans at World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Match 3 of the USL Championship regular season. Saint Louis FC opened the scoring in the 26th minute through captain Sam Fink who got on the end of a corner…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ivan Barbashev recorded his first career NHL hat trick to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night. Oskar Sundqvist and Pat Maroon also scored for the Blues, who have points in their last four games. Rookie Jordan Binnington made 20 saves,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Darcy Kuemper and the Arizona Coyotes bounced back nicely after an ugly loss in Chicago. Kuemper made 39 saves, Richard Panik and Vinnie Hinostroza scored, and the Coyotes beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Tuesday. Kuemper was back on his game one night after he allowed four goals on 16…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL It was 5 seeded Bradley vs 6 seeded Northern Iowa for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line in the MVC Tournament Championship. That sounds about right for Arch Madness in the most wide-open Valley Tournament that we’ve had experienced in a while. For the first time since the Missouri Valley…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL The first of two in-state match ups in the MVC Semifinals on Saturday afternoon was No. 1 Loyola and No. 5 Bradley. It was an electric atmosphere at the Enterprise Center between the two fanbases in Illinois. It turned out to be quite the game, too. In a re-match of last seasons MVC Semifinal…