On Sunday afternoon, in the waning moments of the St. Louis Cardinals' 8-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals to complete a sweep of their intrastate rivals, Cardinals reliever Tyler Webb hit Royals right fielder Jorge Bonifacio with a pitch on a 1-2 count with two outs, both of which came via Webb strikeouts. It…
Wong, Gant (yes Gant) power Cardinals to seventh straight victory- an 8/14 recap
The Cardinals are absolutely ROLLING right now. They are hitting on all cylinders. After a walk-off victory last night, John Gant takes the mound for the Birds against Gio Gonzalex and the Washington Nationals. If they can pull out a victory tonight, it will be there seventh in a row. Let's keep things rolling. Lineups…
Paul DeJong is stabilizing the Cardinals lineup
When the St. Louis Cardinals promoted Paul DeJong to the big league squad last May, I didn't think too terribly much of it. Unless you're a relative of Paul DeJong's, you probably didn't either. It was a fine, defensible move given the circumstances of the team, but it wasn't exactly Kris Bryant or Ronald Acuna…
8/13/18 Recap: Cards walk off Nats in dramatic opener
The Cardinals pop the cork on a 4-game home series with fellow wild card contenders, the Washington Nationals, tonight. Our surprise virtuoso/stalwart rotation head Miles Mikolas takes on Nats, uh... Guy, Tommy Milone. Milone, 31, has been uninspiring throughout an 8-year career in the majors, putting up -0.4 bWAR in 754 innings, working almost exclusively…
Now the hard part: A Cards-Nats series preview
On this day four weeks ago, the St. Louis Cardinals entered the All-Star break with a sense of renewed hope with newly-crowned (interim) manager Mike Shildt at the helm even if the season already felt sort of hopeless. The team was 48-46, and to conceivably slip in to the Wild Card Game by reaching the…
Cardinals sweep Royals, Ross and Wisdom shine in their Cardinals debuts
The Kansas City Royals, who are very bad, lost the first two games of this weekend's latest installment of the I-70 series pretty handily to the St. Louis Cardinals, who...might be good? They certainly aren't as bad. And with the team's fifth consecutive series victory already in hand, the Cardinals took to the field with a…
Cardinals Win Fifth Straight Series with 8-3 Victory over Royals
The Game The Cardinals played the second of a three-game set against the Kansas City Royals Saturday night. Coming off a 7-0 victory on Friday, the boys in red were looking to deal another loss to their cross-state rival. Indeed, if this team has any hope of making the post-season, they absolutely have to pummel…
Okay Cardinals if you can’t sweep the ROYALS–a series preview
This weekend, the St. Louis Cardinals will face the Kansas City Royals in a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium to resolve an age-old question--who is better at baseball, the 35-79 team or the team whose record isn't abysmal? This may feel like an obvious answer, but Cardinals/Royals is a rivalry which can bring out the…
Exploring potential landing spots for Cardinals DH Jose Martinez
As has been explained on probably close to a weekly basis on this website and others, the St. Louis Cardinals have a problem. Well, kind of. It's actually a great problem to have, in and of itself--they have a surplus of good hitters such that first baseman/occasional corner outfielder Jose Martinez, who has been the team's second-best…
8/8/18 Recap: Cardinals Shut Down Marlins in 7-1 Win
Matt Carpenter continued to dominate everything in sight, Yadier Molina drove in three runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 7-1 on Wednesday night for yet another series win. Mike Shildt's insistence on batting Yadi second paid off in the first inning when Molina hit a solo home run to left field…
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