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Garcia beats Reds again as Cardinals end skid
2 hours ago - sportsnetwork.com
... out six. Ryan Franklin picked up his rd save with a spotless ninth to give the Cardinals their fifth straight win against the Reds. Skip Schumaker collected two hits and an RBI in the much-needed win that snapped St. Louis' season-high five-game skid. The last time these two teams met the Cardinals earned a three-game sweep that gave them sole possession of first place in the National League Central. Since then Cincinnati had won of while the Cards went -. Friday's result cut the Reds' lead in the division to seven games. Bronson Arroyo (-) ... Read More »
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Cards hang on after fast start to gain ground
3 hours ago - mlb.mlb.com
... World Baseball Classic Cards hang on after fast start to gain ground ST. LOUIS -- That's one must-win down, and oh, about more to go. The Cardinals' survival series -- and, truthfully, survival month -- started appropriately on Friday night, with the home team clinging to victory by its fingernails. Still, they held on tightly enough, emerging with a difficult - victory over the National League Central-leading Reds at Busch Stadium. The win kept the home team's extremely slim division championship hopes alive, though the Cards likely still need a ... Read More »
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Cardinals' Garcia cools off Reds in series opener
4 hours ago - stltoday.com
... earned run. Garcia owns three quality starts in four outings against the Reds and is - since July . The Reds were two for nine with Garcia pitching from the stretch as the rookie struck out six against three walks within a -pitch outing that further defined his season's second wind and his team's refusal to go quietly at home. ... Read More »
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Pineiro closer to return to Halos' rotation
6 hours ago - mlb.mlb.com
... The right-hander has yielded four earned runs in innings in his past two outings. Haren enjoys closer look at Weaver's work OAKLAND -- Dan Haren has watched Jered Weaver evolve professionally over the years, his appreciation of Weaver's craftsmanship increasing as they have bonded as Angels teammates since Haren's July acquisition from the D-backs. "What's impressed me about Weav is he's throwing , [mph] and he has strikeouts already," Haren said. "You look at a majority of guys at the top of the strikeout list, they're throwing like Felix [Hernandez]. Weav's got a ... Read More »
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Garcia helps himself; Cards lead, 3-1
7 hours ago - stltoday.com
... homer, a -foot drive to left center, to cut the Cardinals' lead to -. Drew Stubbs beat out an infield hit to keep the inning alive but Brandon Phillips grounded out to end the inning, much to the delight of the crowd. St. Louis fans had not taken kindly to Phillips' recent critique of their team. Baseball writers Joe Strauss, Derrick Goold and Rick Hummel cover the Cardinals for the Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com. They'll provide daily Cardinals updates here, from the start of spring training through the end of the season and beyond. connect with us ... Read More »
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Decision looms for Cards on Tuesday's starter
7 hours ago - mlb.mlb.com
... a fierce defender of his club against external comments, had a hard time taking too much issue with recent remarks by the Astros' Geoff Blum. The utility man noted what appeared to be a lack of desire by the Cards when they were swept in Houston earlier in the week. "[We] faced a Cardinals team that hasn't been playing extremely well against sub-. teams and we know that," Blum said on Wednesday afternoon. "Their backs are against the wall, not ours. And it didn't look like they wanted to come out and beat us at all." La Russa, asked about the comment, found it hard to argue all ... Read More »
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Bruce out of lineup in opener vs. Cards
8 hours ago - mlb.mlb.com
... by going -for- (.) over his previous four games. "I think I started feeling like myself," Bruce said. "You never want to be injured. I don't think it will be a problem when I come back." Cueto leaves Reds for family emergency ST. LOUIS -- Reds starting pitcher Johnny Cueto has left the team to return home to the Dominican Republic for an undisclosed family emergency. Cueto is the Reds' scheduled starter on Tuesday at Colorado and he is expected to still make that start. "We plan on it. He's going to run and throw while he's down there," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "He's had a ... Read More »
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Reds pitcher misses Cardinals series
9 hours ago - usatoday.com
... LOUIS (AP) ? Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto missed the team's first series against the St. Louis Cardinals since he played a principal role in their fracas last month, attending to what the team called a family emergency in the Dominican Republic. Manager Dusty Baker thought Cueto, who last pitched on Wednesday, would be back in time for his next turn ... Read More »
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La Russa: "underachieving" description isn't fair
10 hours ago - stltoday.com
... achieve wins." It has been confirmed that the Cardinals will play a makeup of an Aug. rainout at Florida on Sept. in Miami. Beginning tonight, the Cardinals will play straight days through the remainder of the season. La Russa said he made mention of that fact in a brief meeting with his team after Wednesday's game."It can be half empty or half full," said La Russa. "You've got to look at the last days as half full." Asked to expand on that, La Russa said, "I don't get into what I say to the players." Baseball writers Joe Strauss, Derrick Goold and Rick Hummel cover the ... Read More »
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Cards hope to revive postseason hopes in opener with Reds
13 hours ago - sportsnetwork.com
... hope to revive postseason hopes in opener with Reds (Sports Network) - The last time the Cardinals faced the Reds, they completed a three-game sweep that gave them sole possession of first place in the National League Central. The teams have drastically gone in opposite directions since. First-place Cincinnati will try to extend its eight-game lead over second- place St. Louis this evening in the opener of a three-game series at Busch Stadium that by the end could put the division crown out of reach for the hosts. The ... Read More »
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Cards Preview: Garcia vs. Arroyo
15 hours ago - stltoday.com
... debut during the three games. The Cards are trying to pull out of their death spiral and salvage a little self-respect. They went - on their excursion through Pittsburgh, Washington and Houston to fall out of the playoff race. Although the Cards are - against Cincinnati this season, these teams are headed in opposite directions -- in a hurry. So this much-anticipated series won't generate much buzz downtown. PITCHING FOR THE CARDINALS: Jaime Garcia (-, . ERA): He is - with a . ERA against the Reds this season, thanks to ample run support. But that sort of run support ... Read More »
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MLB: The over-reliance on Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday is hurting t ...
16 hours ago - insider.espn.go.com
... There are obviously a lot of ways to do that ( just look here ), but one element of interest recently -- it has a big effect on the race in the NL Central -- is the sharing of offensive production. We wanted to find rosters where one or two big hitters are propping up a bunch of dead weight. What teams get the most from the fewest guys -- and does that skewing hurt them? We looked at each team's two or three best hitters and compared their production to the remainder of the team. San Diego and Detroit almost made this list -- ultimately, though, four teams eclipsed them. As noted, this ... Read More »
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NL Series to Watch: Reds-Cardinals
17 hours ago - mlb.fanhouse.com
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Punchless offense has helped to bury Cards
1 day ago - bnd.com
... MONTH AGO, the words and actions of Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips did more than ignite a brawl. They lit a fire under a St. Louis Cardinals team that hadn't shown much life since an eight-game winning streak in July. The Cards beat up on the Reds and put them in their place or so everyone thought. Surely the momentum from that sweep in a pressure-packed road series would propel the Cards toward another division championship and ... Read More »