ST. LOUIS — In an attempt to cleanup their 40-man roster for the offseason, the St. Louis Cardinals made a series of moves this morning that included releasing reliever Brad Thompson.

The roster moves started last night with Jarrett Hoffpauir being…

NEW YORK — Manager Tony La Russa explained Wednesday’s day off for second baseman Skip Schumaker stemmed from Tuesday’s “active” night in a 10-inning 12-7 win over the New York Mets. Schumaker described the game as “probably the most emotionally…

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals will have three players who spent a good part of their baseball careers playing second base, and not one of them is starting at second base. Such is the multi-tasking nature of the…

MIAMI - Ryan Ludwick’s two-game absence from the starting lineup ends today against the Florida Marlins while the presence of lefthander Andrew MIller allows manager Tony La Russa to re-create the high-energy middle infield connection of Tyler Greene at shortstop…

ST. LOUIS — Shortstop Khalil Greene packed his bags and is rehab-assignment bound this afternoon after agreeing with the St. Louis Cardinals he’s made significant progress and is ready to return to competition. He’s scheduled to play tonight for Class…

Within the  Cardinals’ sluggish May offense, concern grows about what to do at third base. Unfortunately for an organization literally hamstrung by the recent loss of right fielder Ryan Ludwick and center fielder Rick Ankiel, there is little that can be done…

PHOENIX — St. Louis Cardinals infielder Brian Barden had plenty of friends and family at Chase Field last night to see him hit his first major-league home run, the deciding home run in the Cardinals’ 2-1 victory against the Arizona…

ST. LOUIS — Sure that base-running gaffe Wednesday night was a doozy, but even that cannot outshine the two doubles he had in relief and the solid play of Joe Thurston at third base. He’s already wearing No. 22, so…

JUPITER, Fla. — The Cardinals remain behind closed doors taking in a presentation about the evils and repercussions of steroid use, a topic one would think is not new at this point. The lineup for today’s game against the Florida Marlins…

JUPITER, Fla. — Outfielder Jon Jay’s bottom-of-the-ninth single scored the winning run Sunday and made a winner of Blake Hawksworth, who pitched a scoreless inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a chance at the game-ending rally.

Their reward: They were…