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ST. LOUIS -- Less than 24 hours after his Cardinals had been summarily routed by the D-backs, veteran right-hander Kyle Gibson allowed the first three hitters of Wednesday’s game to reach base -- two of them on pitches he absolutely hated -- and his emotions were on the verge of

ST. LOUIS -- Jordan Walker, who made the Cardinals out of Spring Training in 2023 and finished his first MLB season with a flurry, was demoted to Triple-A on Wednesday in hopes that he can address his swing issues in a lower-stakes environment. The Cardinals want the 6-foot-6, 250-pound Walker

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ST. LOUIS -- Hit hard by a D-backs lineup that regularly feasts on left-handed pitching, Steven Matz's final line on Tuesday night read a lot like lotto numbers: 6, 7, 3, 4 and 1. Somehow, even after the D-backs beat Matz and the Cardinals 14-1 on Tuesday at Busch Stadium

ST. LOUIS -- After lunching at a local favorite spot on Tuesday, Jordan Montgomery rode into Busch Stadium with close friend Dylan Carlson and had to catch himself before nearly walking into the Cardinals’ clubhouse. “It’s weird being on the other side [of Busch Stadium],” Montgomery said with a laugh

ST. LOUIS -- Sure, Nolan Gorman came into Monday not only mired in a 0-for-18 skid, but one that also included a humbling 10 strikeouts in that stretch. Still, that unsightly slump did little to rattle the 23-year-old slugger's belief in his abilities to lift the Cardinals out of their

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ST. LOUIS -- Looking dejectedly down at the blue and silver carpet inside the Cardinals’ clubhouse at Busch Stadium, Willson Contreras shook his head and repeated the same thing over and over late Sunday afternoon. “It’s just not fair for Sonny,” the Cardinals catcher said of Sonny Gray, who struck

ST. LOUIS -- Looking for something -- anything, really -- to believe in on Saturday following another crushing loss some 15 hours earlier, the Cardinals offense finally gave tough-luck pitcher Miles Mikolas some much-needed run support and a seemingly promising two-run lead. However, in yet another twist to bedevil the

ST. LOUIS -- If you squinted hard enough at Busch Stadium on Friday night, you could almost see a cloud of dust at home plate in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, the coastal town west of Caracas where the Contreras brothers grew up. Maybe they played out the same scenario as boys,

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OAKLAND -- The Cardinals entered Wednesday's finale against the A's within reach of securing their first sweep of the season -- and their first in a three-game set since they swept the Marlins last July. Instead, St. Louis fell to 0-6 in series finales this season as it dropped a

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OAKLAND -- The Cardinals lost a franchise icon on Tuesday, as Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog passed away at age 92. The team found a way to honor the legendary skipper's memory in the best way they knew how -- by securing a win with echoes of his signature

ST. LOUIS -- Whitey Herzog, whose keen eye for talent evaluation and unique creativity in building baseball rosters led to a Hall of Fame MLB managing career, died on Tuesday. He was 92 years old.

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ST. LOUIS -- Fiery and competitive as a manager, and one who never left much gray area while being brutally blunt with players, coaches and umpires, Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog showed those around him another side of his unique personality at a gathering to celebrate a 1985 Cardinals club

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OAKLAND -- Sonny Gray recently got his first taste of pitching with the birds on the bat across his chest in front of his new home crowd at Busch Stadium, but he also savored the opportunity to pitch at the ballpark that he called home in the early days of

OAKLAND -- Chris Caray stood inside the NBC Sports California broadcast booth delivering the introduction for Monday night’s game between the A’s and Cardinals. The voice of his father, Chip, who just two doors down was providing pregame commentary for Bally Sports Midwest, echoed through the booth. A new milestone