Ryan Dempster’s winless streak is now at 15 starts. But the Chicago Cubs took a step forward with their luckless pitcher. “It’s alright. Baby steps,” Dempster said after the Cubs sent the St. Louis Cardinals to their fourth straight loss at home with a 6-4 victory on Monday night. “We got a win when I [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals announced Monday they were giving left-hander pitcher J.C. Romero his unconditional release and recalled right-handed pitcher Eduardo Sanchez from Triple-A Memphis to fill the vacancy on the 25-man roster. Sanchez, 23, was 0-2 with a 6.08 ERA in 14 appearances in Memphis. Despite a tough start, the right-hander did not allow [...]
All weekend, the Atlanta Braves got the key hits, got the big outs from their pitchers. Jason Heyward had just three hits, but two of them put them ahead for good. Heyward ended a 10-pitch at-bat with a bases-clearing double in third inning, helping the Braves give rookie Lance Lynn his first loss and beat [...]
Chris Johnson hit his first career grand slam, Bud Norris continued his dominance of the Cardinals and the Houston Astros beat St. Louis 8-2 on Saturday night to win a fifth consecutive game for the first time since late 2010. The victory earned the Astros their second consecutive home series win with a game to [...]
There was a particular pitch Jose Altuve was looking for after studying Kyle Lohse in preparation for Friday night’s game. When he saw that 90 mph, sinker barreling his way, he knew just what to do with it. Altuve put the Houston Astros on top with a three-run homer in the second inning and they [...]
Trying to explain his 3 for 32 slump earlier in the day, Carlos Beltran said he just hadn’t been seeing the ball very well lately. But the St. Louis Cardinals cleanup hitter added several times, it was nothing to worry about. Beltran said bye-bye to the bad times in a big way, driving in a [...]
John Axford’s 48th consecutive save was a strange one. The game ended with a strike-’em-out, throw-’em-out — at the plate. The St. Louis Cardinals had runners on first and third with none out in the ninth inning but came up empty against the Milwaukee Brewers’ closer. Axford got a big assist from his fielders, who [...]
Jake Westbrook gave up one run over seven innings and St. Louis exploded for eight runs in the third inning in a 13-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. St. Louis, which set a season high both for runs in an inning and in a game, won for the eighth time in its [...]
Alfonso Soriano hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 3-2 on Wednesday night, ending the Cardinals’ run of 13 consecutive winning series. Tony Campana sparked the winning rally with a one-out single off Fernando Salas (0-1). Campana then stole second in a close call that led [...]
Joe Mather was just happy to help the Cubs get a win. Beating his former teammates was pretty sweet, too. Mather’s two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning rallied Chicago to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. “It just feels good,” Mather said. “The whole atmosphere in the [...]