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With one swing of Colby Rasmus’ bat, the St. Louis Cardinals’ losing streak ended. One can only hope it was the end of their slump as well.
The Cardinals and San Francisco Giants were locked into a pitching duel between Adam Wainwright and Matt Cain Wednesday night. In fact, they were locked in so tightly that [...]

It was not a good night in baseball for ace pitchers. New York’s Johan Santana allowed 6 runs on 6 innings, while Cleveland’s Cliff Lee lasted only 3 innings, surrendering 7 runs. The bad luck even spread to St. Louis, where Cardinals’ ace Chris Carpenter was hit hard.
Carpenter, starting against the San Fransisco Giants and [...]

It has been nearly a month and a half since the St. Louis Cardinals begin Spring Training, but after a 5-2 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday, the Cardinals have officially completed Grapefruit and Spring Training play. Let’s recap what has taken place this spring:
Spring Record: After a less than par offseason, Cardinals [...]

With the St. Louis Cardinals’ spring straining officially over and their regular season about to start, let’s take a quick look back out how the spring went.
Record Breakdown: The Cardinals compiled a 17-10-2 record with a .630 winning percentage, 4th best in all of the grapefruit league, only behind the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who [...]

With 2 runs in the 1st inning, the St. Louis Cardinals held on to an early lead to beat the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3, in a game that the Cardinals were missing Chris Carpenter, who recently went back on the disabled list.
Instead, Brad Thompson started the game on the hill for the Cardinals and save the [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals and the San Fransisco Giants began a four game series yesterday as they played the first game of the series and, unluckily for the Cardinals, the Giants pulled out on top, as they beat the Cardinals 5-1.
The Giants began their lead in the first inning, when they scored the first run [...]

It has been nearly a month and a half since the St. Louis Cardinals begin Spring Training, but after a 5-2 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday, the Cardinals have officially completed Grapefruit and Spring Training play. Let’s recap what has taken place this spring:
Spring Record: After a less than par offseason, Cardinals [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, who had each won one game apiece in the series, finished off a three game series last night at Busch Stadium with the Cardinals coming out on top, 5-3.
After losing the to the Cubs to night before, the Cardinals came out of the gate strong, scoring 4 [...]

Alright, so spring training is half way through and opening day is just around the corner, which means its time once again to do predictions –just for fun. I will try to predict four different things: (1) The St. Louis Cardinals opening day lineup and roster, (2) which players will the the triple crown categories [...]