ST. LOUIS (AP) — In only his second season, Paul DeJong is comfortable batting third. DeJong had three hits and three RBIs, Yadier Molina also had three hits and drove in a run, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Friday night before a season-high crowd of 47,169 at Busch Stadium.…
CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Carpenter’s homer streak is over. Jose Quintana was that good. Quintana pitched seven effective innings, keeping Carpenter in the ballpark and helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday. “Everything kept getting sharper,” manager Joe Maddon said. “We needed him to go more deeply in the game.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter homered twice, matched a career best with five hits and helped chase Corey Kluber in the shortest start of the right-hander’s career in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 11-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Carpenter scored a career-best five runs and also drove in three. Kluber (11-4)…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Luke Weaver seemed to regain his old form. It just took a while. He settled in after a shaky first inning to win for the first time in eight starts and Jose Martinez hit a three-run homer to pace the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Neither Jesus Aguilar nor Bud Norris wanted to let their team down. Aguilar succeeded twice. Aguilar homered to break up rookie Jack Flaherty’s no-hit bid in the seventh inning, then homered again in the ninth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers over the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Friday night. Both teams got…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vince Velasquez attributes his recent resurgence to something in his head, not his arm. The Philadelphia right-hander pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, and Carlos Santana and Pedro Florimon each hit home runs in the Phillies’ 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night. Velasquez (4-4) gave up…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bobby Wilson hit his first home run in more than a year, Jose Berrios bounced back with strong effort on the mound, and the Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Tuesday night. Wilson, a journeyman catcher for six different teams in nine major league seasons, hit a slider from…
By:Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL It was announced Sunday morning that St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina underwent surgery for what was described as a traumatic hematoma. He is expected to miss at least a month, the team announced yesterday. While this could be a big blow for a team that is currently in first place in…
NEW YORK(AP) — Paul DeJong made the right decision to give up the scalpel, trumpet and piano to concentrate on baseball. A rising star on the St. Louis Cardinals, the 24-year-old shortstop had the first multihomer game of his young big league career Sunday and helped the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets…
ST. LOUIS(AP) — The last time the Cubs went to the postseason three straight years was in 1906-08. The World Series champions won the National Central for the second straight year with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. Under .500 and trailing Milwaukee in the division race at the All-Star…