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Cardinals whiff on gifts, get blanked as Brewers blitz to sixth consecutive victory

MILWAUKEE — There was not the major clattering event that doomed the Cardinals in their first meeting with a division rival this season, but instead a concert of minor misses.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 8, 2023

As Cardinals prep camp, unpack gear, they load up on lefties, swing trade with Royals

JUPITER, Fla. — The trucks freighting the Cardinals’ gear from Busch Stadium arrived and were unpacked Wednesday, and at the same time the club continued another spring training tradition.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 9, 2023

Jeff Gordon: Retooled Cardinals pitching staff could deliver collective success

The Cardinals don’t feature a dominant starter like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer or Sandy Alcantara in their rotation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Aug 31, 2022

Cardinals avoid surprise ending with dramatic win, 7-6, over Dodgers

ST. LOUIS — A dizzying swirl of events, some unexpected and some just outright improvised, carried the Cardinals through the Dodgers’ gauntlet to the most dazzling victory of the season.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 13, 2022

Cardinals' bullpen stars in beginning, middle and end in 6-3 win over Padres

In manager Oliver Marmol’s perfect world, left-hander Packy Naughton and Andre Pallante, the relievers who were the first two hurlers for the Cardinals in Monday afternoon’s “bullpen game,” would have pitched the first six innings. The final three would belong to late-inning stalwarts Giovanny Gallegos, Genesis Cabrera and Ryan Helsley.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 30, 2022

Orioles beat Cardinals in St. Louis for first time in 19 years, 5-3

ST. LOUIS — Left-handed reliever Packy Naughton, replacing COVID-affected Adam Wainwright, made his first Cardinals start Tuesday night against a Baltimore Orioles team which hadn’t been to St. Louis, almost since its forbearers, the Browns, were here.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 11, 2022

Arenado stakes Wainwright; Cardinals ace flushes Royals on one hit for seven innings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol adjusted his lineup Wednesday so that his top three producers this season were hitting 1-2-3. After Tommy Edman, Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, moved up from No. 4, had batted in the first inning Wednesday, the Cardinals had three runs off Kansas…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 4, 2022

Hicks suffers bruised wrist as Cardinals blanked by Mets 3-0

ST. LOUIS — On a scale of injuries, the right wrist contusion suffered Tuesday night by Cardinals right-hander Jordan Hicks, who has had myriad elbow problems since 2019, doesn’t rank as the most dire thing that’s happened to him. For instance, he lives every day as a Type 1 diabetic.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 27, 2022