The St. Louis Cardinals, based in St. Louis, Mo., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Cardinals were founded in 1892.
CARDINALS 9, METS 8at Port St. Lucie, Fla.Friday, Feb. 27 Cardinals at the plate: Jarrett Hoffpauir and Allen Craig each had two RBIs, while Jon Jay, Colby Rasmus and Skip Schumaker had one RBI apiece. The Cardinals' nine runs exceeded the team's run output in its first two exhibition games. Mets at the plate: In [...]
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A 1-for-8 batting start to Spring Training doesn't sit well with Chris Duncan. But he's 3-for-3 in a much more important category at this point: games played. Following a highly unusual back surgery in which a titanium disk was placed inside him, it was an open question how Duncan would [...]
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It took something stranger than Skip Schumaker's transition for him to finally field a ground ball at second base. It took a pitcher batting second. Mets hurler Livan Hernandez, batting out of the two hole, hit a grounder to Schumaker in the first inning on Friday, providing the outfielder-turned-infielder with [...]
Orioles 11, Cardinals 3Fort Lauderdale, Fla.February 26, 2009 Cardinals at the plate: Catcher Yadier Molina doubled up the left-field line in the first inning, scoring the first two runs of the game. Tyler Greene singled in the second inning and wound up stranded. The Cardinals were only able to tally two hits in the first [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE — A couple of inconvenient injuries have left the Cardinals in a tight spot for the first week or two of Spring Training. Manager Tony La Russa reiterated on Thursday his concern about his team's ability to cover all of the necessary innings during the early portion of Grapefruit League play. The Cardinals [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE — Perhaps the surest mark of a veteran pitcher is how he handles a rough outing in Spring Training. Kyle Lohse played the part perfectly on Thursday. Lohse saw some ugly results in his 2009 Grapefruit League debut, allowing two home runs for four runs in a loss to the Orioles. He lasted [...]
MARLINS 5, CARDINALS 5at Jupiter, Fla. Wednesday, Feb. 25 Marlins at the plate: Hanley Ramirez cranked a two-run homer that briefly put Florida ahead, and also drew a walk. Jay Gibbons picked up an RBI single off the bench, and Brett Carroll hit a two-run single that tied the game in a three-run eighth. Cardinals [...]
JUPITER, Fla. — Some competitions in Cardinals camp this spring are obvious and high-profile: the battle for closing duties, the second- and third-base derbies, the scramble for outfield playing time. Others are subtler, like the quest to determine the No. 4 hitter in the St. Louis batting order. Ryan Ludwick saw the most time in [...]
JUPITER, Fla. — Skip Schumaker's game debut as a second baseman brought with it a mixed blessing. Schumaker didn't field a single ground ball at the keystone corner, and that was good news and bad news all rolled into one. On one hand, Schumaker was eager to get into the swing of it all, take [...]
JUPITER, Fla. — The Cardinals will have six outfielders in their starting lineup for today's Grapefruit League opener against the Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium. Three of them, of course, will play in the outfield: Rick Ankiel, Ryan Ludwick, and Colby Rasmus. Another, as you might have guessed, will serve as the designated hitter. That's [...]