St. Louis Cardinals

Player prop betting options for Paul Goldschmidt, Jonathan India and others are available in the St. Louis Cardinals-Cincinnati Reds matchup at Busch Stadium on Friday, starting at 8:15 PM ET. The Cardinals will hand the ball to Jordan Montgomery (2-7) for his 13th start of the season.

1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6. 1944 — Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, became the youngest player in major league history when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Cardinals rookie outfielder Alec Burleson’s success against American League teams had already been noticeable, but he picked a crucial point to come through with a big swing in an AL ballpark on Wednesday night. Burleson smashed a solo home run into the right field stands against Texas Rangers right-hander Jon Gray, who’d been in the midst of a dominating performance, and that run proved the difference as the Cardinals scratched out a 1-0 win in the finale of the three-game series at Globe Life Field on Wednesday night.

After a dreadful road trip, Cardinals’ fate seems to deepen. Could the team benefit from some trades as the Aug. 1 deadline approaches?

Marcus Semien extended his majors-best hitting streak to 25 games with a go-ahead double and Dane Dunning won again since taking injured ace Jacob deGrom’s spot in the starting rotation for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers. After finding out earlier Tuesday that deGrom will have season-ending elbow surgery, the Rangers clinched their sixth consecutive series and improved to 20 games over .500 with a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Ultimately, for the Cardinals, the issue is not that the team is bad, but rather that it’s not much worse than could have been reasonably anticipated.

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Cardinals prospect Leonardo Taveras, a Peoria Chiefs pitcher, has been suspended 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

The Pittsburgh Pirates (31-27) are coming off a huge sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals. Monday, the Pirates begin a three-game set at home against the Oakland Athletics (12-48).

Rich Hill can still dance when he’s on.

The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder Lars Nootbaar on the 10-day injured list Friday with a lower-back contusion.

Ke’Bryan Hayes spent a portion of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ recent West Coast trip poring over videotape and taking copious amounts of swings in the batting cage in hopes of finding something — anything — to help him break out of a funk that dropped him from the leadoff spot all the way to seventh in the batting order. It’s why Hayes was ready when he stepped to the plate in the seventh inning Friday night against St. Louis with two men on and the Pirates down by two. When Gallegos obliged by throwing Hayes an 87 mph slider that stayed in the zone far too long, the Pittsburgh third baseman responded with one of the biggest hits of his still-young career, a towering three-shot shot to the left-field bleachers as the Pirates rallied for a 7-5 victory.

Andy Behrens reveals his priority pickups, headlined by elite prospect Jordan Walker.

Jun. 1—One month ago I said the St. Louis Cardinals didn’t look good. Now, heading into June, things look better. Things are looking much better, really. But there’s still a lot that has to improve if this team wants to live up to the expectations it had entering 2023. You could argue that expectations were never all that high for a team with a starting rotation like the one the Cardinals …

“We feel good about where we’re at right now. We feel really good about it, actually. It took some hard work out of the guys to be able to get here,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said.

Miles Mikolas pitched eight shutout innings, Nolan Arenado hit an RBI double and Nolan Gorman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night to split the two-game set between the I-70 rivals. Mikolas (4-1) matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and allowed three hits in working a season-high eight innings. The strikeout total matched the 34-year-old right-hander’s effort against Milwaukee in 2019.

MJ Melendez has worked to adjust his swing, and it’s starting to pay off.

The Royals’ attempt at major-league history ended shortly after a message from an MLB Network analyst.

Mayers showcased his full arsenal as the Kansas City Royals took the series opener against his old team, the St. Louis Cardinals.