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BIZARRE: 4 - What They Never Told You

Adam Wainwright offered amazing insight during his mic’d-up bullpen session and MLB fans loved it

This was awesome to listen to.

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Ben Frederickson: MLB umpires, you're out. It's time for an automated strike zone.

I feel bad for the good umps.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Before Cardinals' lineup lets loose on Cubs, Jake Woodford leaves impression on DH split

CHICAGO — It took a while Tuesday for the Cardinals’ offense to get a start it wanted, but once it did there was no questioning its impact.

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Cubs knock wind out of Cardinals' lineup and winning streak with 2-0 win in Game 1

CHICAGO – What Jordan Montgomery’s excellence overshadowed Monday night at Wrigley Field was clear to see under the sunlight of Tuesday afternoon.

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Ben Frederickson: One more year for Pujols and Cardinals? He's capable but not planning on it.

ST. LOUIS — Everybody has an opinion about what Albert Pujols should do next season.

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Pujols launches grand slam, Wainwright baffles Rockies in Cardinals' 13-0 rout

ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright, two weeks shy of his 41st birthday, stopped the Colorado Rockies on three hits over seven innings Thursday in a 13-0 Cardinals victory. But Wainwright had to defer to his elders.

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Benjamin Hochman: Cardinals' Miles Mikolas eats innings like they're toasted ravioli

In Colorado, doing a “14er” is a great triumph — using local lingo, that means a person climbed 14,000-plus feet on one of the state’s 58 tallest mountain peaks. But last week, Miles Mikolas achieved his own Colorado “14er,” which indubitably was a valley.

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Brewers survive Adam Wainwright's nine-inning gem, beat Cardinals in 10th

ST. LOUIS — Bob Forsch would have been smiling. The last Cardinals pitcher to author a no-hitter in St. Louis was not on hand Saturday night at Busch Stadium to witness potential history, having died in 2011.

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The extraordinary Justin Verlander is 39 … and the best pitcher in baseball

The Houston Astros ace is approaching his fifth decade and barely played in the last two seasons. But he has returned to dominate opposing batters

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Cardinals are in first place two-thirds of the way into the season; it's a good sign

Four hours, 25 minutes later Sunday, the Cardinals finally reached the two-thirds mark of the season in first place by two games in the National League Central Division standings. That means 108 games have been played and 54 remain, but the Cardinals’ record when they’re in first place at this…

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Cardinals hold on for 12-9 win to complete first sweep of Yankees

ST LOUIS — Avery good home stand turned into a great one Sunday as the Cardinals rallied from three deficits in the first five innings and outlasted the New York Yankees 12-9 at Busch Stadium to complete not only their first three-game sweep of the Yankees but they also swept…

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Adam Wainwright-Yadier Molina battery is recharged as Cardinals stomp Cubs

ST. LOUIS — Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright had had a 3.94 earned run average over his previous eight starts. Not great. Not bad. But not Molina.

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This You Gotta See: Will White Sox find much-needed help by Tuesday trade deadline?

Here’s what’s happening.

Chicago Sun-Times

Albert Pujols flexes, Adam Wainwright delivers Cardinals series split vs. Blue Jays

TORONTO — With a road trip threatening to head south regardless of the direction their plane headed Wednesday night, the Cardinals got a lift from the usual veterans and a necessary jolt from a few youngsters.

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Adam Wainwright pounded again by Reds in Cardinals' 9-5 loss

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds have beaten the Cardinals just three times in nine meetings this season. Adam Wainwright has suffered two of those losses. But, then again, he hardly ever beats the Reds, it seems.

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Cardinals manager Marmol says winning means only one thing, 'win the whole thing'

As any newcomer from the minors or another major-league club makes his way for the first time from the players’ parking lot to the Cardinals clubhouse, he is enveloped in history and greeted by its expectation.

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Ben Frederickson: Pujols can catch A-Rod, and other numbers for Cardinals' second half

Considering 58% of the season was in the bag by the time the Cardinals split ways for their All-Star break, it feels a little silly to refer to what starts Friday in Cincinnati as the beginning of the second half.

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Ben Frederickson: Cardinals need a little more from Ryan Helsley, along with one big save from front office

Oliver Marmol's Cardinals need a little more from Ryan Helsley, along with one big save from the front office.

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Cardinals blow 6-0 lead as Dodgers rally to win with seven late runs

ST. LOUIS — The Los Angeles Dodgers finally wore down Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright, forcing his exit after a whopping 114 pitches in the sixth inning on a hot St. Louis night Wednesday at Busch Stadium.

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Alec Bohm homers twice; Phillies shut out Cardinals to claim sole possession of second NL wild-card spot

ST. LOUIS — Rob Thomson wouldn’t bite.

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Pitching Deep Into Games Has Become a Rarity. Sandy Alcantara Does So with Regularity

Matt Martell is on a well-deserved vacation this week. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. Of Sandy Alcantara’s many impressive statistics this season—including a 1.82 ERA and an 0.91 WHIP—there is perhaps none so remarkable as his total innings pitched. The 26-year-old has made himself ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies move closer to a playoff spot with 4-0 win over Cardinals

It was July 3, too soon by any reasonable measure for scoreboard watching. But it was also Sunday Night Baseball, the last game of the day, so the opportunity facing the Phillies was hard to miss.

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Cardinals' Wainwright stifles Marlins; Yepez, Goldschmidt punish them, 9-0

ST. LOUIS — Into the breach of injured Cardinals starters and tired relievers Monday night marched Adam Wainwright, two months short of 41 years. The 17-season veteran knew he was going to be on the mound for six or seven innings, for 100 or so pitches, no matter the score.

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Arenado's homer upends Brewers, seizes first MLB win for Cardinals' Oviedo

MILWAUKEE — A decisive element of the Cardinals’ ongoing search for that reliever who could seize a middle inning and steal time for the offense to rally was, of course, banking on their offense to at some point conjure that rally.

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Benjamin Hochman: How I learned to stop worrying and love the DH in the NL

Harrison Bader, often the Cardinals’ eighth hitter in previous seasons, led off the second inning in the first game. After he singled, I remember thinking: Ugh, the pitcher is coming up.

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