ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols had an absolute blast. And not at the plate this time, either. The longtime slugger made his first career pitching appearance Sunday night, closing out a 15-6 blowout for the St. Louis Cardinals over the San Francisco Giants that gave Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina the major league record…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rylan Bannon became just the third Baltimore player since 2000 to get a hit on the first pitch of his big league career, Jorge Mateo and Anthony Bemboom homered and the Orioles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Thursday. “I let him know he’s in the big leagues an hour…
1 of 8St. Louis Cardinals’ Juan Yepez is congratulated by teammates after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ST. LOUIS (AP) — Juan Yepez homered and Miles Mikolas pitched seven strong innings, leading the…
1 of 5San Francisco Giants’ Mike Yastrzemski rounds the bases after hitting a home run against St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 8, 2022, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a tiebreaking home run into McCovey Cove in the sixth inning,…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yadier Molina’s late arrival to spring training left him little time to fine tune his swing. He wasn’t seeing the ball, often going after every pitch. So when Molina homered for his first RBI of the season, things felt right again. The vetrean catcher connected on a slider leading off the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yadier Molina wasn’t going to let an illness that kept the Cardinals catcher out of the previous day’s lineup also keep him from walking onto the field with Adam Wainwright for the 310th time on Wednesday. Nor was Molina going to take the rest of the day off after St.…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. hit his first major league home run, Brad Keller pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 Tuesday night to end a four-game losing streak. Witt connected for a solo homer in the second inning. The prized…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis catcher Andrew Knizner had to take a peak at the scoreboard. He couldn’t believe his eyes after a catching a 103.1 mile-per hour fastball from reliever Ryan Helsley in the eighth inning of the Cardinals’ 7-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. ”Any time you can run up…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson pitched six shutout innings, Paul Goldschmidt drove in three runs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-3 Thursday night. St. Louis star Nolan Arenado had two hits after deciding to appeal a two-game suspension from Major League Baseball for his role in a brawl with the…
Benches clear during the eighth inning of a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ST. LOUIS (AP) — The New York Mets’ hit-by-pitch frustrations boiled over Wednesday when reliever Yoan López threw a pitch near Nolan Arenado’s head, sparking…