2009 Stache All Star: Chris Carpenter

June 26, 2009Minnesota 3, St. Louis 1Losing pitcher - Adam Wainwright (8-5)June 27, 2009Minnesota 3, St. Louis 5Winning pitcher - Josh Kinney (1-0)SV - Ryan Franklin (18)HR: Albert Pujols (27, 28)June 28, 2009Minnesota 6, St. Louis 2 Losing pitcher - Joel Pineiro (6-9)The Cards move on to 41-36 on the season.

Tuesday's news briefs: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has quietly dropped his lawsuit against the social networking site Twitter Inc.

Adam Wainwright continued his 2009 mastery of the Brewers Tuesday night. He picked up a short shutout, going 8 1/3 innings in a 5-0 win over the division rival. He lowers his ERA against Milwaukee to 0.77 in three starts. He’s struck out 25 and walked just six. Amazingly, he’s 2-1 [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals are placing newly acquired utilityman Mark DeRosa on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 1, because of a strained left wrist.

by Knox BardeenFiled under: Cardinals, MLB Media WatchIn a one-paragraph statement filed June 26 with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Tony La Russa announced that he'll drop all claims against Twitter. The statement also confirms that he'll receive no compensation from the social media site.Back in June, La Russa filed suit against Twitter claiming, among other...

Former National League Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter tries to repeat a masterpiece against Cincinnati today when he and the St. Louis Cardinals visit the Reds at Great American Ball Park to finish up a three-game holiday weekend series.

Shirley Wang of the WSJ suggests that baseball has “significantly shifted” its assessment of psychological issues, moving from an insensitive “gutting it out” approach to a more understanding attitude.  Giving Khalil Greene, Joey Votto and Dontrelle Willis as examples, she portrays anxiety as an injury.  It’s not an injury, nor should it be considered one. Social [...]

St. Louis' favorite son will duel with a native son in the Home Run Derby, as Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and St. Louis-born Ryan Howard headline the National League squad for the annual slugfest. Pujols, who leads the majors with 31 ho...

Cards 5, Brewers 0 • Wainwright, Ludwick and Rasmus lead the way before Franklin ends it.

Former champion Ryan Howard, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Adrian Gonzalez will represent the National League in the All-Star home run derby next week.

After a day off, the St. Louis Cardinals returned with a bang, trouncing the Milwaukee Brewers tonight by a score of 5-0. The contest between division rivals featured a succession of Milwaukee coaches getting ejected from the game for arguing with the umpires' calling of balls and strikes.Despite any controversy, starter Adam Wainwright pitched brilliantly for eight-and-a-half innings...

This was no way to start the final home stand before the all-star break, one that all involved agreed was important. Unable to get anything going against St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright, the Milwaukee Brewers bowed meekly to the Cardinals.