The Cardinals traded Chris Duncan to Boston for shortstop Julio Lugo this afternoon.

“We felt that Julio could help our club by improving our middle infield depth,” said Cardinals’ Vice President/General Manager John Mozeliak.

Dave Duncan told Derrick Goold that Chris was…

Chris Duncan, the Cards slumping outfielder, has been optioned to Class AAA Memphis.

The Cardinals have not made a corresponding move although a team source indicated to the Post-Dispatch’s Joe Strauss that Brian Barden would get the call. Barden is hitting…

HOUSTON — St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa redirected a discussion about his textbook use of Chris Duncan as a pinch hitter in the ninth of Monday’s loss into a stinging statement about what he perceives as an “unfair” tide…

HOUSTON — Piggybacking on the article Rick Hummel wrote in this morning’s paper about the Cardinals search for production in left field, a lot of the discussion with manager Tony La Russa this afternoon revolved around the same subject. He’s starting…

KANSAS CITY - Tony La Russa dismisses the inevitability of his 2,500th career managerial win. Never mind that only Connie Mack and John McGraw have crossed the threshold before him. Yet La Russa joins Hall of Fame company if the…

ST. LOUIS — Detroit Tigers righthander Rick Porcello was talking about the steady growth of his pitch count from start to start — doing so in terms of how he planned to handle tonight’s heat at Busch Stadium — and…

ST. LOUIS — Standing a few feet from the top step of the St. Louis Cardinals dugout this afternoon, just as his team began its batting practice, manager Tony La Russa paused before describing the opposing pitcher.

What to say about…

CLEVELAND — The St. Louis Cardinals began 80s weekend here at Progressive Field fittingly, with a half dozen or so Redbirds clustered around a snazzy flat-screen, hi-def, new-wave television to play old-school Nintendo. The game of choice: Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out.

Bald…

MIAMI - Tony La Russa originally planned to start Ryan Ludwick tonight against the Florida Marlins.

Things change

La Russa will again start the all lefthanded-hitting outfield of Chris Duncan, Colby Rasmus and Rick Ankiel tonight against Marlins righthander Chris Volstad. La…

SAN FRANCISCO - Held out of Friday’s lineup against righthander Matt Cain, Rick Ankiel returns to center field tonight against San Francisco Giants lefthander Barry Zito. The start will be his second since May 4, the  night Ankiel suffered whiplash…