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Cardinals ride Garcia, Freese past Giants 4-1 (05/17/12)
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the host San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Wednesday.

Cardinals place Jay on DL with shoulder injury (05/16/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Center fielder Jon Jay was put on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday by the St. Louis Cardinals because of shoulder soreness. St. Louis played the finale of a five-game homestand with only one regular outfielder, left fielder Matt Holliday. Right fielder Carlos Beltran missed his second straight start due to a minor knee injury but was available to pinch hit, and first baseman Lance Berkman was a late lineup scratch...

Cardinals break losing streak with walk-off single (05/16/12)
Molina's two-out hit in the ninth inning lifted St. Louis to a 7-6 win against the Cubs

Cardinals recall Sanchez, release Romero (05/15/12)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals are down to one left-hander in the bullpen after releasing J.C. Romero. Manager Mike Matheny is OK with that. In addition to Marc Rzepczynski, Matheny has a pair of righties, Kyle McClellan and Victor Marte, who have been successful in the past pitching to left-handed hitters...

Cardinals' skid hits four games with loss to Cubs (05/15/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Ryan Dempster's winless streak is now at 15 starts. But the Chicago Cubs took a step forward with their luckless pitcher. "It's all right. Baby steps," Dempster said after the Cubs sent the St. Louis Cardinals to their fourth consecutive loss at home with a 6-4 victory Monday night. "We got a win when I started a game."...

Rams' plan calls for overhaul of dome (05/15/12)
The city estimates the team's proposed renovation will cost more than $700 million

Cardinals encounter two firsts in 7-4 loss to Braves (05/14/12)
The Braves handed Lance Lynn his first loss to complete a sweep of St. Louis

Rams minicamp features two 'big name' longshots (05/13/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Jake Long's kid brother didn't bother staying close to the phone during the NFL draft. Neither did Bobby Hebert's son. The St. Louis Rams' two-day rookie minicamp served as orientation for the team's 10 draft picks. Some of them are pegged for immediate duty, and all of them are secure in the knowledge that they'll at least be around for the start of training camp...

Braves win 7-2 over Cardinals (05/13/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Brandon Beachy gave his mom an early Mother's Day present. With both his parents in the stands, the Kokomo, Ind., native pitched six innings of one-run ball and helped himself with an RBI single as the Atlanta Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 Saturday night...

Bettman: New owner brightens Blues' status (05/11/12)
ST. LOUIS -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman gave his stamp of approval to new St. Louis Blues ownership, saying the franchise's financial picture is much improved. Bettman spent time at the podium alongside Tom Stillman, a beer distributor who heads an all-local ownership group, at a news conference Thursday...

Cardinals hold on to sweep Arizona (05/10/12)
PHOENIX -- Pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter lined a go-ahead double in the sixth inning, Allen Craig homered to cap a four-run burst in the ninth and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on Thursday night for a three-game sweep...

NHL Board of Governors OKs sale of St. Louis Blues (05/10/12)
ST. LOUIS -- The NHL Board of Governors has approved the sale of the St. Louis Blues to a group headed by St. Louis beer distributor Tom Stillman, the league announced Wednesday. The sale price was not disclosed but is believed to be about $130 million...

Beltran drives in six runs in Cardinals' 6-1 win (05/09/12)
The Cardinals outfielder blasted a grand slam against the Diamondbacks

Purchase of Blues could be final today (05/09/12)
ST. LOUIS -- The sale of the NHL's St. Louis Blues appears imminent. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the sale of the team to a group led by St. Louis-area businessman Tom Stillman could close today, with a news conference announcing the sale as early as Thursday...

Attorney general says he will release Rams' dome proposal (05/09/12)
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri attorney general will release details next week on how the St. Louis Rams want to renovate the Edward Jones Dome despite the team's desire to keep the plan secret. The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission, which runs the dome, and the Rams are in the midst of negotiations aimed at bringing the dome up to top-tier status among the 31 NFL stadiums. Otherwise, the Rams could break their lease and potentially move after the 2014 season...

Cardinals hold on to down Diamondbacks (05/08/12)
PHOENIX -- Lance Lynn wasn't at his best Monday night -- just good enough for five scoreless innings and another victory. The big, young St. Louis right-hander gave up three hits to become the majors' first six-game winner, and the Cardinals held on for a 9-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks...

Blues break down in second series after breakout season (05/08/12)
ST. LOUIS -- It seems only natural that many St. Louis Blues think the Los Angeles Kings can go all the way. The Blues were the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference and the top team standing. Hopes were high for a deep Stanley Cup run given the President's Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks were out, along with other perennial title threats in Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago...

Blues ousted from playoffs with 3-1 loss to Kings (05/07/12)
LOS ANGELES -- Anze Kopitar skated down Dustin Brown and just plain tackled him, dropping the Los Angeles Kings captain to the ice as a sellout crowd expelled 19 years of frustration. Brown's goal into the empty St. Louis net had just secured a spot in the Western Conference finals for the Kings, who steamrolled their first two playoff opponents the same way Kopitar flattened his longtime teammate...

Cardinals avoid sweep in Houston (05/07/12)
HOUSTON -- Adam Wainwright hasn't felt like himself this season in his return from elbow-ligament replacement surgery that cost him all of last year. He finally felt close to being the pitcher he once was Sunday. Tyler Greene hit a career-high two homers and drove in four runs, Wainwright continued his dominance of the Astros, and the St. Louis Cardinals got an 8-1 win over Houston...

Sutter leads Kings to brink of ousting Blues (05/06/12)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Kings weren't immediately sweet on the Jolly Rancher. When coach Darryl Sutter took over in December after Terry Murray's firing, his doleful facial expressions and that low-pitched, gravelly voice bedeviled the Kings. They couldn't figure out when Sutter was joking, when he was being serious -- or even what he wanted sometimes...

Astros beat up Garcia, Cardinals (05/06/12)
HOUSTON -- St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia entered Saturday night's start 0-3 in five career starts against the Astros. Make that 0-4 after another major clunker. Chris Johnson hit his first career grand slam off Garcia, Bud Norris continued his dominance of the Cardinals and the Astros beat St. Louis 8-2 to win a fifth consecutive game for the first time since late 2010...

Blues fall into 3-0 hole in series with Kings (05/04/12)
LOS ANGELES -- Drew Doughty had a goal and two assists, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves and the Los Angeles Kings moved to the brink of an unlikely second-round sweep with a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 3 on Thursday night. Mike Richards scored the Kings' first power play goal in six games before setting up Doughty's clinching goal with 11 minutes, 48 seconds to play for the eighth-seeded Kings, who improved to 7-1 in the postseason with their third consecutive dominant win over second-seeded St. ...

Cardinals strike early but then strike out vs. Pirates (05/04/12)
Pittsburgh pitchers recorded 17 strikeouts in the Pirates' 6-3 victory

Cardinals punish Pirates (05/03/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Carlos Beltran drove in a career-best seven runs with a pair of three-run home runs an and RBI single in the first three innings to lead the way as the St. Louis Cardinals punished A.J. Burnett and the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-3 on Tuesday night...

Kings return home, have Blues on ropes (05/02/12)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Jeff Carter realizes how smooth the Los Angeles Kings' 6-1 run through the postseason must look from the outside. The power forward knows most people don't realize how the Western Conference's eighth seed had to grind, scratch and scrape just to get a chance to look so good...

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