News Category: St. Louis Cardinals

Cards look to continue surge, clinch series in Miami

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The St. Louis Cardinals, winners of five of their past six games, will go for a third straight series victory on Tuesday night when they oppose the host Miami Marlins. St. Louis blew three leads on Monday but eventually beat the Marlins 7-6 in 12 innings. Despite the loss, Marlins manager Skip Schumaker didn’t lament the missed opportunities but rather lauded his club’s resiliency. “Our guys don’t quit — hell of an effort against Sonny

Pitching lifting Cardinals while Marlins searching for offense

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The resurgent St. Louis Cardinals are set to open a three-game series against the host Miami Marlins on Monday night. On May 11, the Cardinals were 15-24. But after beating the Cubs 2-1 on Sunday, the Cardinals are 35-35, and they would be a wild-card team if the regular season ended today. “Really nice job by our pitchers,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said after Sunday’s win. The Cardinals, who have won four of their past

Cubs, Cardinals jockey for position in NL Central

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Ian Happ will try to build on what he hopes was a slump-busting performance when the host Chicago Cubs wrap up a three-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. Happ blasted a three-run homer on Saturday, going 2-for-3 with a walk to lead Chicago to a 5-1 victory over St. Louis. The Cardinals saw their three-game winning streak end just one day after blanking the Cubs 3-0 in the series opener. Entering

Scrounging for runs, Cubs face rematch with Cardinals

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The Chicago Cubs’ offense has started to go from bad to worse. After being shut out for the sixth time this season, Chicago will try to get its lineup going on Saturday afternoon when it continues a three-game set with the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis beat the Cubs 3-0 in the opener on Friday, with Chicago mustering just three singles. The Cubs had averaged three runs in their previous seven games before their

Kyle Gibson looks to break career-long curse vs. Cubs

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In 12 major league seasons, St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Kyle Gibson has yet to solve the Chicago Cubs. Gibson has four losses in four career starts against Chicago, a skid he will try to break on Friday afternoon when St. Louis opens a three-game series with the host Cubs. Chicago has gotten to Gibson (4-2, 3.76 ERA) for 15 runs on 20 hits in 20 1/3 innings, giving him a 6.64 ERA to go along

Cards’ Nolan Arenado brings hot bat to finale vs. Pirates

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Nolan Arenado tried to stay patient during a bumpy start to the season. Now things are starting to click for the third baseman, who has collected multiple hits in three consecutive games. He will try to maintain his hot streak when the St. Louis Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday afternoon. It will be the rubber match of a three-game series. The Pirates won the series opener 2-1 on Monday before the Cardinals answered

Pirates face Cardinals, look to continue surge

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have won five of their past seven games to move into second place in the National League Central. Next, the Pirates will look to move within one game of .500 on Wednesday night when they play the second contest of their three-game series against the host St. Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh scratched for a pair of runs in the ninth inning and held on for a 2-1 victory over St. Louis on Tuesday.

Pirates rookie Paul Skenes faces Cardinals for first time

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Pittsburgh Pirates rookie right-hander Paul Skenes will look to put the Cardinals on their heels Tuesday night when the National League Central rivals open a three-game series in St. Louis. Skenes (3-0, 3.00 ERA) will feature both his triple-digit fastball and his “splinker” — a combination split-finger fastball and sinker — when he takes the mound opposite fellow right-hander Miles Mikolas (4-6, 5.32). The light continued to shine bright on the 6-foot-6 Skenes in his

Cardinals look to shore up defense in finale vs. Rockies

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While losing six of their last nine games, the St. Louis Cardinals have suffered a variety of fielding breakdowns. The visiting Colorado Rockies have capitalized while winning two of three games from St. Louis in their four-game weekend series. The Cardinals will try to clean up their play Sunday afternoon in the series finale. Throwing errors by Nolan Gorman and Ivan Herrera hurt St. Louis in its 6-5 loss to Colorado on Saturday, as did

Cardinals hope offense stays hot vs. Rockies

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The St. Louis Cardinals have been searching for more offense. Dylan Carlson has been searching for his lost swing. The Cardinals’ 8-5 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Friday brought a night of discovery. Carlson hit an RBI single and a two-run double to pace St. Louis’ attack. “It’s really good to see,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. “He needed that, we needed that. Hopefully, that’s a step that allows him to continue