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Cards wait out rain, beat Cubs (06/18/13)
St. Louis won 5-2 as rookie pitcher Shelby Miller collected his eighth victory

MLB's worst team cools off Cardinals (06/17/13)
The Marlins handed St. Louis its first series loss since April

Westbrook returns from DL, takes loss (06/16/13)
MIAMI -- The groundballs came the way Jake Westbrook wanted. Outs proved more elusive. Pitching for the first time since May 8, Westbrook gave up eight hits in five innings Friday, and the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Miami Marlins, 5-4. The right-hander, who had been sidelined with elbow inflammation, allowed five runs, two of them unearned...

Cardinals return Wacha to Memphis (06/16/13)
MIAMI -- Rookie left-hander Tyler Lyons will remain in the St. Louis Cardinals rotation, edging out rookie right-hander Michael Wacha, who was optioned Friday to Class AAA Memphis. The Cardinals had to choose between the two with the return of right-hander Jake Westbrook. He had been on the disabled list since June 9 with elbow inflammation, and was activated as expected to start Friday at Miami...

Beltran belts two HRs to help Cards outslug Marlins (06/16/13)
St. Louis banged out 17 hits in a 13-7 win against Miami

Wainwright outduels Mets' Harvey (06/14/13)
NEW YORK -- Adam Wainwright used to be a creature of routine leading up to each start. "Same sleeping shirt the night before," the St. Louis Cardinals ace said. "I couldn't wear blue jeans. I had to wear the color red. Are you kidding me? It was ridiculous. ...

Mickelson is the clubhouse leader at wet, wild U.S. Open (06/14/13)
ARDMORE, Pa. -- So much for getting a good night's sleep. Phil Mickelson arrived at Merion Golf Club about four hours before his 7:11 a.m. tee time and still managed to shoot a 3-under 67 for the clubhouse lead at Thursday's opening round of the U.S. Open...

Ogletree eager to focus on football (06/14/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Rookie linebacker Alec Ogletree's biggest scare in his first few months with the St. Louis Rams did not come on the field. The 30th overall pick in the NFL draft got stuck in the middle of a tornado on May 31 and found himself in a race with Mother Nature. Ogletree said he and several teammates were returning home from a movie when they spotted a funnel cloud less than a mile away...

Blackhawks beat Bruins 4-3 in 3OT Stanley Cup opener (06/13/13)
CHICAGO -- Andrew Shaw scored on a deflection in triple overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in a riveting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night. Michael Roszival shot the puck from the right point into traffic. ...

Gee, Mets shut down Cardinals (06/13/13)
NEW YORK -- Dillon Gee is grateful for the recent spate of bad weather -- in more ways than one. Gee revealed he has tendinitis in his right elbow and was able to make his start Wednesday night because two rainouts last week in Washington pushed his turn back a couple of days...

Hogan's 1-iron all but extinct in major play (06/13/13)
ARDMORE, Pa. -- The only 1-iron anyone talks about at Merion Golf Club is kept under wraps. And it won't be found in a bag at the U.S Open. Unlock the waterproof case, remove the soft covering, and it comes into view. Slip on the mandatory white gloves and savor the moment...

Spurs rain 3s on Heat (06/12/13)
SAN ANTONIO -- From big 3s to Big Three, the Spurs had it all in the NBA Finals' raucous return to San Antonio. Danny Green made seven of the Spurs' finals-record 16 3-pointers, Tim Duncan had 12 points and 14 rebounds, and the Spurs clobbered the Miami Heat 113-77 on Tuesday night to take 2-1 lead in the series...

Wacha earns first win (06/12/13)
NEW YORK -- Michael Wacha had combed his hair and dressed in a button-down shirt, all ready at his locker not long after a beer shower to celebrate his first major league win. Just as he did on the mound, the St. Louis rookie got cleaned up quick...

Cards unload seven-run 10th on Reds (06/10/13)
CINCINNATI -- The St. Louis Cardinals passed two tests with their first extra-innning win of the season. With the best offense in the National League and the second best pitching staff, the Cardinals have rarely had to play from behind. They erased a pair of two-run deficits in a 10-inning, 11-4 win...

Shae Simmons chosen for minor league all-star game (06/10/13)
Scott City grad and former Redhawk has been excelling in the Braves' system

Latos stymies Cards again (06/09/13)
By MARK SCHMETZER Associated Press CINCINNATI -- Three Mat Latos starts against St. Louis. Three Cincinnati Reds wins -- their only wins against the Cardinals this season. That's the record after Latos turned in seven solid innings and the Reds broke out of their slump with a 4-2 win over St. Louis on Saturday night...

Cards take Gonzaga LHP with first pick (06/07/13)
The St. Louis Cardinals selected Gonzaga Bulldogs left-hander Marco Gonzales with the No. 19 pick in the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft. Gonzales was a two-way player in his three years with the Bulldogs -- splitting time between pitching and playing first base -- but his future is on the mound. The southpaw was 7-3 with a 2.80 ERA in 17 starts for Gonzaga this past spring, striking out 96 batters in 106 innings...

Cards' Miller hits his first HR in his seventh win (06/07/13)
Cardinals rookie Miller hit his first home run in his seventh win of the season

Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks slam Cards (06/06/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Paul Goldschmidt hit his second grand slam in five days, Wade Miley bounced back from his two worst outings of the season and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 on Wednesday night. Arizona has won four of five. St. Louis, with the best record in the majors, dropped back-to-back games for the first time since April 28-29...

MLB interviewing players as part of drug probe (06/06/13)
NEW YORK -- One by one, for three weeks already, players accompanied by their lawyers have been summoned to interviews as part of baseball's latest investigation into performance-enhancing drugs -- and the process is a long way from finished...

Goldschmidt's hit in 14th lifts Arizona over Cards (06/05/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Paul Goldschmidt hit a run-scoring single in the 14th inning to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-6 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Arizona, which improved to 7-2 in extra innings, has won three of four. St. Louis (38-20), which still has the best record in the majors, has lost all four of its extra-inning games this season...

ESPN report: MLB to suspend players for PEDs (06/05/13)
The New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez and Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun are among about 20 players that Major League Baseball is preparing to suspend, according to a report aired Tuesday night by Outside The Lines on ESPN. The network's investigative report said the players are reportedly linked to the Biogenesis Clinic in Miami. ...

Cards win opener of series against Diamondbacks (06/04/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was feeling so good that he wanted to stay in the game. These days, everything is going right for the pitcher. Lynn pitched seven solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran in a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night...

Cardinals' Carpenter throws to live batters (06/04/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter threw to live batters Monday for the first time in his comeback attempt from a career-threatening nerve issue. After throwing successful bullpen sessions on May 27 and 30, Carpenter threw about 20 pitches to teammates Shane Robinson and Matt Adams on Monday. He threw another 20 or so without a batter from the mound, while several teammates gathered behind the batting cage to watch...

Cardinals lose battle with umps, Giants (06/03/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Yadier Molina wants to set the record straight. The St. Louis catcher, who was ejected in the third inning of the Cardinals' 4-2 loss to San Francisco on Sunday afternoon, was not angry with first base umpire Clint Fagan on the play...

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