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.
ATLANTA — There was almost nothing for the Cardinals to like about Wednesday night's series finale against the Braves at Turner Field, except for the final score. Shortstop Brendan Ryan left the game in the fifth inning with a left hamstring injury. Adam Wainwright labored through six imprecise innings, needing 110 pitches to get 18 [...]
ATLANTA — Brendan Ryan sustained a left hamstring injury in the fifth inning of the Cardinals' game against the Braves on Wednesday night and is likely out at least five-to-seven days. Ryan could also miss 15 days, since the Cardinals probably will be forced to make a roster move before Thursday night's game against the [...]
ATLANTA — Cardinals shortstop Khalil Greene was scratched from Wednesday night's game against the Braves due to discomfort in his right forearm, and he is expected to be out of the lineup for roughly two to three days. Greene has been dealing with the condition for several days, but it became significantly worse Tuesday night. [...]
ATLANTA — Kyle Lohse overcame illness and injury to pitch six exceptional innings for the Cardinals on Tuesday night. But even his inspiring performance wasn't enough to outweigh a listless offensive performance and three eighth-inning walks by reliever Kyle McClellan. And so with insufficient backup for Lohse, the Cards fell to the Braves, 2-1, at [...]
ATLANTA — Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is hesitant to name a closer. That doesn't mean he's hesitant to use one. Though the club expected to divide up ninth-inning opportunities among several pitchers, one pitcher has clearly emerged as the main man: right-hander Ryan Franklin. Not only that, but the usage patterns in front of [...]
ATLANTA — Through three-plus weeks of the young season, the National League's best rotation may well reside not in Chicago or Cincinnati or Arizona, but in St. Louis. The standard disclaimers apply, most notably that we are only three-plus weeks into the season, but there are some very real reasons that the Cardinals are 14-7, [...]
ATLANTA — It came down to defense for the Cardinals on Monday night. And that was a good thing. Starter Joel Pineiro once again put the game in the hands of the men behind him, and they rewarded his faith with an exceptional fielding game. Pineiro's extreme pitch-to-contact philosophy was rewarded in a 3-2 Cardinals [...]
ATLANTA — Albert Pujols appropriately capped an eventful week on Monday when he was informed that he had been named the National League's Player of the Week. Considering all that Pujols did, and had happen to him, it's hard to imagine how anyone else could have collected the hardware. It starts with the obvious — [...]
Ideally, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa would probably just like to have another roster spot or two. But if he has to make the choice, for now he's using his last couple of spots on relief pitchers. For Tuesday night's game against the Braves, as well as the foreseeable future, the Cardinals will continue to [...]
ST. LOUIS — It is far, far too early to write off Todd Wellemeyer's season. However, it is no longer too early to be concerned. Wellemeyer endured yet another rough start on Sunday as the Cardinals missed out on a chance for a perfect homestand. He surrendered six runs, five earned, over five innings in [...]