SANDY, UTAH – The 2016 USL season kicked off for Saint Louis FC inside Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. A back and forth match fell to the Real Monarchs as substitute Maikon Orellana made the most of his time by scoring in stoppage time to seal the victory for the home side. “If we’re…
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – J.T. Realmuto’s two-out, two-RBI bloop single in the sixth broke a 2-all tie and propelled the Miami Marlins to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Realmuto lofted what normally would have been a routine fly ball to right-center field, but Cardinals’ right fielder Stephen Piscotty had been…
VIERA, Fla. (AP) – Max Scherzer outpitched Adam Wainwright in a matchup worthy of opening day, and the Washington Nationals defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 Thursday. Scherzer struck out nine and walked three in five innings, allowing two runs – both unearned – and three hits. Wainwright gave up four runs and seven hits…
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Giancarlo Stanton’s first home run of the spring wasn’t enough to help Miami overcome a dazzling pitching performance by Carlos Martinez for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 4-1 win Wednesday. An All-Star last season, Martinez threw five shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out five. Stanton tied it…
(KTRS) – The Cardinals remain one of the most valuable franchises in Major League Baseball heading in to the new season according to Forbes. The magazine pegged the team’s value at $1.6 billion, good for seventh spot on the list. A few other franchises of interest: The Yankees remain the most valuable franchise for the…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Brian Elliott made 37 saves in his second straight shutout since returning from an injury and Robby Fabbri scored the lone goal midway through the third period to give the St. Louis Blues a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Elliott has stopped all 56 shots…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri coach Barry Odom announced Tuesday that two football players are leaving the program. Running back Chase Abbington and offensive tackle Malik Cuellar, both juniors, notified Odom this week of their intentions to end their football careers. “Chase visited with me a couple days ago and he’s decided to quit football,”…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Ariel Atkins scored 22 points and No. 2 seed Texas earned its second consecutive trip to the Sweet 16 with a 73-55 win over No. 10 Missouri on Monday night with an impressive display of speed and athleticism that overmatched the bigger Tigers. Lashann Higgs scored 11 points and was a…
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Mark Letestu each scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Wednesday night. Taylor Hall and Leon Draisaitl also scored for the Oilers, who have won six of their last 10 games, but had lost their last two. David Backes scored twice, and…
(KTRS) – The St. Louis Cardinals plan to examine allegations that a minor-league player quit playing baseball because of homophobic situations he witnessed. The Post-Dispatch reports that former minor-league pitcher Tyler Dunnington gave an interview to Outsports-dot-com and said he was a closeted gay athlete that endured homophobia in the sport. The paper says that…