Adam Wainwright‘s continued dominance against the Pirates continues. And tonight, it only took 88 pitches to pitch a complete-game shutout. His last loss against the Pirates came on April 3, 2016. Only three members of Pittsburgh’s current active roster had made their MLB debuts at that point. Despite a career 5.47 (until tonight) at PNC … More The ageless wonder does it again!
Entering Saturday night’s match-up against Arizona, Adam Wainwright had the lowest run support per start in Major League Baseball among all qualifying pitchers. He only received 2.6 runs per game on average. The Cardinals decided to end that drought on Saturday, as they defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4. With the victory, St. Louis remained in … More Wainwright finally gets some run support
Jacob DeGrom wishes he could get the run support Jack Flaherty does. When Flaherty starts, the Cardinals have scored five-plus runs in each of his six starts, scored 61 runs in the games that he’s started, and they have scored 49 runs while Flaherty was still in each game, the most for any pitcher in … More Flaherty shuts down Pirates, offense shines
The Reds made it interesting, and the bullpen almost blew it. But in the end, the Cardinals defeated Cincinnati 5-4 at Busch Stadium on Friday night. Kwang-Hyun Kim (1-0), making his Busch Stadium debut, allowed only one run on five hits and also notched a career-high with eight strikeouts. The victory snapped a two-game losing … More Cardinals edge Reds in 5-4 victory
Poor Adam Wainwright. In his best start this season, and one of his best starts in recent memory, the longtime Cardinal ace went seven innings (just the third quality start this season by a Cardinals starter) struck out ten batters, and allowed just one run on five hits. And then the bullpen came in and … More Bullpen wastes quality start from Wainwright
For the St. Louis Cardinals, it was almost like a home run derby. Home runs by Justin Williams, Tommy Edman, Paul DeJong and Paul Goldschmidt all catapulted the Cardinals over the Washington Nationals 12-5 on Monday night. DeJong hit two home runs, including a grand slam. “We were just really disciplined today as a group… … More Home runs galore lift Cardinals over Nationals
The Cardinals’ bullpen went to work early on Tuesday night, but it was less so because of John Gant‘s performance, and more so because the Marlins just hung in there during every-at bat. Nevertheless, the offense did just enough, coming back from a 2-0 deficit, and the defense was solid as the Cardinals came back … More Bullpen shines in Cardinals comeback win
It’s always a special accomplishment when you pass a Hall of Famer. And that’s exactly what happened in Miami on Monday night. With his 382nd career double, future Hall of Famer Yadier Molina passed (already) Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench on the all-time list for doubles among catchers, putting him in sole possession of … More Molina makes history as Cardinals win 4-1
Big news out of Jupiter today. Potential CF starter Harrison Bader, is out for at least 4 weeks due to a forearm injury that has Bader getting a platement-rich plasma injection. Bader, who was struggling at a 3-28 clip, will be missed defensively – however Dylan Carlson will probably see the bulk of the innings … More The 2021 Cardinals Roster: March 24th Edition
This is the second installment of the Cardinals Opening Day roster prediction. A month ago, I looked at what the roster might look like a week before Spring Training started. The Cardinals are playing their 8th game of their Spring slate, and the roster is starting to round into shape. So here is my 26-man … More The 2021 Cardinals Roster: March 10th Edition
