Dodgers win in bottom of ninth, 3-2
Adam Wainwright turned over a 2-1 lead to the Cardinals bullpen for the ninth after allowing just one run on three hits in eight innings only to see the Dodgers win it with two outs, thanks in part to a…
Adam Wainwright turned over a 2-1 lead to the Cardinals bullpen for the ninth after allowing just one run on three hits in eight innings only to see the Dodgers win it with two outs, thanks in part to a…
Tony La Russa on starting Colby Rasmus in center despite teasing earlier in the week about a Skip Schumaker return to the outfield: “It really came down to Colby or Rick (Ankiel) at center. And I think Colby earned the…
LOS ANGELES — Manager Tony La Russa is going to have start at least one lefthanded hitter against either of the Los Angeles Dodgers first two starters in this National League Division Series, and that could mean sending Skip Schumaker…
ST. LOUIS — Rookie Colby Rasmus continues to find his place in the middle of the St. Louis Cardinals lineup as a lefthanded intrusion on the Cardinals righthanded muscle. Rasmus, worked over by Atlanta’s Javier Vazquez like so many Cardinals on Sunday,…
LOS ANGELES — Manager Tony La Russa gave a nod to the numbers this afternoon when he placed Khalil Greene in the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chad Billingsley.
Greene, starting in place of Mark DeRosa, enjoys career 7-for-12 success…
LOS ANGELES — The Cardinals enter seldom-seen territory tonight against the Los Angeles Dodgers when they face Charlie Haeger in his second major-league start. And, oh, Haeger is a knuckleballer.
In preparation for the game manager Tony La Russa added matchups…
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NEW YORK — Manager Tony La Russa will include two lefthanded bats in tonight’s lineup against New York Mets lefthander Johan Santana (12-8, 2.96 ERA). Center fielder Rick Ankiel will start and bat seventh after compiling a .412 average…
PHILADELPHIA — St. Louis Cardinals rookie Colby Rasmus will have his sore left heel evaluated by doctors Monday when the team returns to St. Louis to start a four-game series against Los Angeles Dodgers. Rasmus is playable, manager Tony La…
PHILADELPHIA — Even with the roster outfitted now with a trio of new bats to add depth to his lineup, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is still eyeing that bullpen as being one shy of the ideal.
La Russa…
HOUSTON — St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has insisted there are no such thing as “personal catchers” in his clubhouse, he has relented to the idea that maybe there is something to it, and now he’s revisited the…