ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harrison Bader tripled and homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals clinch a postseason berth on the final day of the regular season with a 5-2 win over Milwaukee, and the Brewers...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harrison Bader tripled and homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals clinch a postseason berth on the final day of the regular season with a 5-2 win over Milwaukee, and the Brewers...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers lefty Brett Anderson exited his start Sunday in a key game at St. Louis in the third inning because of a blister on the index finger of his pitching...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson allowed just one hit in six innings and the St. Louis Cardinals backed him with four home runs to beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-1 on Saturday night.
CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt's drive got up and just kept going, soaring out of a windy Wrigley Field on Sunday night.
When it landed, St. Louis was well on its way to another big win in...
CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler O'Neill and Paul DeJong homered, five St. Louis pitchers combined on a three-hitter and the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 Saturday night to sweep a...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina had four hits and top prospect Dylan Carlson hit his first career homer, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Sunday.
CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Dexter Fowler tried to do something nice for rookie teammate Max Schrock, and it turned into quite an adventure.
A team-by-team look at the National League Central entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harrison Bader is confident he'll be in center field for the St. Louis Cardinals when the season begins.
Bader was in St. Louis on Saturday taking part in the annual...
WASHINGTON (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt has benched Dexter Fowler and made several other changes to his slumping lineup for Game 4 of the NL Championship Series against the...
ATLANTA (AP) — St. Louis manager Mike Shildt says he considered more than offense when choosing rookie third baseman Tommy Edman over veteran Matt Carpenter in Game 1 of the NL Division Series...
A look at the best-of-five National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves:
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Schedule: (All times EDT) Game 1, Thursday, at Atlanta, 5:02 p.m....
DENVER (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals had the upper hand from the start on a day the ball was flying out of Coors Field.
Dexter Fowler and Kolten Wong opened the game with successive home...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The moment was not too big for Matt Carpenter.
Carpenter and Harrison Bader hit run-scoring singles during St. Louis' two-run ninth inning, and the Cardinals beat the...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson wasn't going to let another quality start slip away.
Hudson allowed just two hits over six innings, Harrison Bader and Paul Goldschmidt homered, and the St....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty has completed six no-hit innings against the San Francisco Giants.
Flaherty has thrown 70 pitches and struck out six. The...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Austin Martin is best known as Vanderbilt's .400 hitter. He's starting to get a reputation for his power.
Martin homered on Reid Detmers' first pitch of the game and he...
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul DeJong and the Cardinals looked like the ballclub St. Louis fans expect Friday night.
"When we play well," manager Mike Shildt said, "we've gotten into people's bullpens...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jacob deGrom tossed his glove all around the dugout. Harrison Bader blamed himself after a big hit. And umpires found themselves caught out in the rain.
CHICAGO (AP) — Cole Hamels is starting to look like his old self.
The 35-year-old Hamels threw eight innings of three-hit, shutout ball, Javier Báez hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The once-struggling Cardinals are quickly putting their woeful May behind them.
Dexter Fowler and Harrison Bader hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning, and St. Louis...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Held to one hit through four innings, the St. Louis Cardinals suddenly broke loose.
Harrison Bader homered to spark a six-run fifth as the surging Cardinals rallied past...
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...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals manager Mike Shildt likes going to Matt Adams in big spots.
He showed why Friday night.
Adams sliced a broken-bat, two-run double down the third-base line, lifting St. Louis to a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Harrison Bader sparked the winning rally with a two-out walk against Mark Melancon (0-2). Yairo Munoz then singled before Melancon was replaced by left-hander Tony Watson.
ATLANTA (AP) — Miles Mikolas has been unbeatable this season when the St. Louis Cardinals score him a couple of runs.
He's 16-0 when getting at least two runs of support, a big asset for the Cardinals as they stay in the postseason hunt.
"I've been fortunate enough that when I've pitched, we've had great offense and we've put up runs and played great defense and everything has just come together," Mikolas said. "It's been a great season."
ST. LOUIS (AP) — In a pivotal series for the Dodgers, rookie Walker Buehler came through with a masterful performance.
Buehler allowed two hits in eight innings, Yasiel Puig homered twice and Los Angeles drew even with the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL wild-card race with a 3-0 victory on Friday night. The Dodgers also moved within one-half game of first-place Colorado in the NL West.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A small bump in the road.
That's what St. Louis Cardinals infielder Paul DeJong says Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates was.
"At this point we're flushing this one," DeJong said. "And getting ready for L.A."
The Cardinals begin a key four-game series against the Dodgers on Thursday. St. Louis leads Los Angeles by two games for the second NL wild card. The Dodgers beat the Reds 8-1 on Wednesday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A small bump in the road.
That's what St. Louis Cardinals infielder Paul DeJong says Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates was.
"At this point we're flushing this one," DeJong said. "And getting ready for L.A."
The Cardinals begin a key four-game series against the Dodgers on Thursday. St. Louis leads Los Angeles by two games for the second NL wild card. The Dodgers beat the Reds 8-1 on Wednesday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals pitcher John Gant got a new label from teammate Jose Martinez — power hitter.
Harrison Bader and Gant hit back-to-back home runs, Gant pitched into the sixth inning and St. Louis beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Thursday night.
"You hit one, you're lucky," Martinez said of Gant's second blast of the season. "You hit a second one, you're a power hitter."
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Washington Nationals right-hander Jeremy Hellickson was removed from Wednesday night's game in St. Louis in the fifth inning after colliding with Cardinals outfielder Harrison Bader at the plate.
Hellickson was covering home after a wild pitch. He stumbled over Bader as Bader slid home safely.
Hellickson was charged with three runs, two earned, on three hits in his 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals were a .500 team after a loss on July 25, but since then they've been the hottest team in the National League.
Yadier Molina broke a tie with a two-run single in the seventh inning, Tyson Ross won his St. Louis debut and the Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Sunday to win their fifth straight, matching a season high.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jack Flaherty got a lift from St. Louis' lineup, and the rookie right-hander made the most of it.
Flaherty struck out nine in seven innings, and the Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Saturday night for their fourth straight win.
Harrison Bader and Jose Martinez each hit a two-run homer, helping the Cardinals move seven games above .500 for the first time since June 12. They are 15-9 since Mike Shildt was named interim manager on July 15.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — At this point, it's almost as if the St. Louis Cardinals expect Matt Carpenter to hit a home run every day.
Carpenter connected for the sixth time in seven games, Austin Gomber pitched five scoreless innings and the Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-0 Friday night.
Carpenter tops the National League with 32 home runs, a .600 slugging percentage and 65 extra-base hits. He has reached base in a career-high 28 straight games with 16 homers and 27 RBIs in that span.
MIAMI (AP) — Javy Guerra kept closer Kyle Barraclough's struggles from costing Miami a victory Monday night.
Guerra cleaned up a ninth-inning mess created by Barraclough, getting Yadier Molina to hit into a double play to end the Marlins' 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
"It was important to be ready," Guerra said. "I think overall I went in there prepared and got the right results. It went well."
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jose Martinez is making the most of his limited opportunities.
Martinez sliced an opposite-field pinch-hit single to the right-center field gap off Wade Davis with one out in the ninth inning, driving in the tying and go-ahead runs and lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Thursday.
"Trying to put the ball in play, trying just to get one run, that's the most important thing," Martinez said.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shildt got a glimpse of the St. Louis Cardinals' future Wednesday night.
The interim manager was plenty encouraged by what he saw in a 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.
"That's the blueprint of how you play the game," Shildt said. "Every phase was executed (well) across the board."
Rookie outfielder Tyler O'Neill hit a tiebreaking pinch single in the sixth inning and five rookie relievers dominated over 6 1/3 innings to lift the Cardinals.