Matt Carpenter sets pace for increasingly impressive St. Louis Cardinals team
The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the most balanced attacks in all of Major League Baseball. Their pitching staff leads in earned-run average, the defense has the fewest errors in baseball and the lineup is ranked fourth of the 30 teams, but every power-producing engine needs a spark plug.
For the Cardinals, that’s Matt Carpenter.
Carpenter began the season as a post-Tony La...
RECAP: Cards fall to Reds 4-2 at Great American Ball Park
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Mat Latos turned in seven solid innings and the Cincinnati Reds broke out of their slump with a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.
Devin Mesoraco homered and drove in two runs, and Jay Bruce also homered as the Reds snapped a three-game losing streak and scored more than two runs against St. Louis for the first time in the last seven games...
Cardinals 9, Reds 2
Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings for his ninth win, and every Cardinals starter had a hit in a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night that gave St. Louis a four-game lead in the NL Central, its biggest of the season.
Wainwright (9-3) gave up two runs and seven hits as the Cardinals improved the major leagues' best record to 40-21.
Slumping Pete Kozma drove...
Cardinals have plenty of potential road blocks ahead
When a team owns the best record in the majors, sports the lowest ERA and commits the fewest errors, plus is averaging the most runs in the National League, that team is sitting pretty.
The Cardinals certainly are, even if they cant beat the Diamondbacks.
Dont expect the Cardinals to crow about their success, though. This is a group that professes to live in the moment, to not...
Carpenter sets a painful St. Louis Cardinals record
While the St. Louis Cardinals absorbed a painful 14-inning loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday night, it was doubly painful for second baseman Matt Carpenter.
While a leadoff man’s job is to get on base, Carpenter surely did not envision how it would come about Tuesday. In seven plate appearances, the left-handed batter had two hits, including a leadoff triple. He was retired...
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Matt Carpenter thrives in leadoff role for the Cards
ST. LOUIS After Matt Carpenter walked twice and singled against the Colorado Rockies on May 12, St. Louis center fielder Jon Jay said he hoped his teammate's success as the leadoff man would continue.
Jay himself had appeared in the leadoff spot for close to 90 at-bats during the season. But Carpenter who had shifted around in the order had just logged his eighth consecutive...
Matt Carpenter thrives in leadoff role for the Cards
ST. LOUIS After Matt Carpenter walked twice and singled against the Colorado Rockies on May 12, St. Louis center fielder Jon Jay said he hoped his teammate's success as the leadoff man would continue.
Jay himself had appeared in the leadoff spot for close to 90 at-bats during the season. But Carpenter who had shifted around in the order had just logged his eighth consecutive...
St. Louis Cardinals: Improved Hitting and An Evolving Rotation
A month into the season and the Cardinals offense looked like an illusion. No one was hitting particularly well overall, but the Cards made the most of their hits… a very frugal but effective offense. After that first month, several key offensive players were slumping heavily. But now Allen Craig has raised his wRC+ to a respectable 121, which is definitely above average. This...
2013 St. Louis Cardinals are very good, but could be great
The St. Louis Cardinals jumped out to a 28-16 record through roughly the first quarter of the regular season, and while that is the best record in the National League, the team still has noticeable room for improvement.
The roster started to round into form nicely in early May as the hitters such as centerfielder Jon Jay and third baseman David Freese improved their swings, and...
Phil Naessens Show 05-21-2013: Fantasy Baseball Tuesday
Reading Between the Seams continues its partnership with Phil Naessens in bringing you his top-rated Podcast coverage of Major League Baseball. Our site manager David Whitlock is featured on Monday’s show, and we’re excited to bring you baseball coverage from his other shows, including Tuesday’s weekly feature on Fantasy Baseball:
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Patience pays off for Jon Jay, David Freese
Although short-sighted analysis would have suggested otherwise, St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder Jon Jay and third baseman David Freese weren’t going to struggle at the plate forever.
Cardinals fans quickly became anxious about both players in April as Jay struggled to a .213 batting average, and Freese was even worse at .163 as he returned from an oblique injury he suffered...
May Is The New July
Signs that your season is going down the tubes: Your announcer reacts to a game losing wild pitch in the seventh inning by simply sighing and saying "oh boy." And I don't know if any flowery language from me can sum up Wednesday night's dumpster fire than that.
Shaun Marcum was solid through six and 2/3's which turned out to be his unofficial introduction...
Mets Waste Solid Start By Marcum In 4-2 Loss To Cardinals
Lately, it seems the only thing the Mets excel at is finding ways to lose.
Shaun Marcum had his first quality start as a Met, going 6.2 innings allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits while walking one and punching out three. He threw 96 pitches, 65 of which for strikes, however fell to 0-4 on the year in easily his best effort for the Amazin’s this season.
After matching...
Cardinals back at Busch tonight against Colorado
(AP) -- The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the best pitching staffs in the majors, but they've also gotten plenty of help from their hitters during a red-hot stretch.
The Cardinals will try to keep rolling in their return from a six-game road trip Friday night by adding to their recent success against the Colorado Rockies.
St. Louis' 3.07 ERA is the best in the majors...
Rockies-Cardinals Preview
The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the best pitching staffs in the majors, but they've also gotten plenty of help from their hitters during a red-hot stretch.
The Cardinals will try to keep rolling in their return from a six-game road trip Friday night by adding to their recent success against the Colorado Rockies.
St. Louis' 3.07 ERA is the best in the majors and its...
Cardinals 5, Cubs 4
Carlos Beltran and Jon Jay drove in two runs apiece, and the St. Louis Cardinals capped an impressive trip with a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.
Beltran also had three hits as St. Louis won for the seventh time in eight games and improved to a major league-best 14-7 on the road. The Cardinals went 5-1 on a six-game swing to Milwaukee and Chicago, with the lone loss...
Cardinals rally for 5-4 win over Cubs
CHICAGO (AP) Carlos Beltran and Jon Jay drove in two runs apiece, and the St. Louis Cardinals capped an impressive trip with a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.
Beltran also had three hits as St. Louis won for the seventh time in eight games and improved to a major league-best 14-7 on the road. The Cardinals went 5-1 on a six-game swing to Milwaukee and Chicago, with...
Estrada, Brewers look to get back on track
The St. Louis Cardinals are finding Miller Park's dimensions very much to their liking.
That doesn't bode well for Milwaukee right-hander Marco Estrada.
The Cardinals will try to continue their power surge and complete a four-game sweep of the Brewers on Sunday.
Jon Jay homered for the first time since April 10 and drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, while Allen...
Jay lifts Cards over Brewers in 9th
Kyle Lohse failed to find his rhythm against his former team.
The St. Louis Cardinals pounded out 11 hits against him in six innings on the way to a 6-1 victory.
''They just never gave me an opportunity to settle in. It was really a battle for me all night,'' Lohse said. ''It wasn't my best night. I felt good starting out but then it just kind of got...
Cardinals sneak past Brewers in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (AP) Jon Jay homered and drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth and Allen Craig and Daniel Descalso each hit home runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
Shane Robinson singled to center and then took second on center fielder Carlos Gomez's fielding error off Jim Henderson (2-1) who started the ninth for Milwaukee with...
St. Louis Cardinals offense hasn’t been good, but new month offers hope
The St. Louis Cardinals have gone through a 15-game stretch when they’ve scored more than three runs just five times, yet they’ve won eight of those games. So despite near panic that the lineup has forgotten how to hit, the team is still winning ballgames mostly because the starting pitchers have been terrific to start the season.
The starting rotation likely won’t continue...
Cardinals 10, Pirates 6
Jon Jay and Matt Holliday each had two hits and two RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals jumped on the Pittsburgh Pirates early in a 10-6 victory Monday night.
Allen Craig doubled and drove in three runs for the Cardinals, who knocked around James McDonald (1-2) with a seven-run second inning. McDonald gave up eight runs, three earned, and walked two in 1 1-3 innings, the shortest start...
Cardinals jump on Pirates early in 10-6 win
PITTSBURGH (AP) Jon Jay and Matt Holliday each had two hits and two RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals jumped on the Pittsburgh Pirates early in a 10-6 victory Monday night.
Allen Craig doubled and drove in three runs for the Cardinals, who knocked around James McDonald (1-2) with a seven-run second inning. McDonald gave up eight runs, three earned, and walked two in 1 1-3 innings...
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