ST. LOUIS — Looking back on a season that included the first two trips to the disabled list of his career, St. Louis Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse said maybe he did try to come back too early from injury, but he…

ST. LOUIS — Starting pitchers Kyle Lohse and John Smoltz — the St. Louis Cardinals’ two candidates to be the No. 4 starter for the team in the postseason — will be available out of the bullpen in Games 1…

HOUSTON — St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announced the rotation for this weekend’s three-game series in Colorado, and encouraged by what he saw Monday here at Minute Maid Park he’s keeping righthander Kyle Lohse on regular rest.

La Russa…

ST. LOUIS — The righthander’s impromptu bullpen Friday afternoon was enough of a tell that manager Tony La Russa dispensed with any clandestine chatter Saturday and announced Kyle Lohse as Monday’s starter in Houston. Lohse had been set to throw…

ST. LOUIS — Veteran John Smoltz enters tonight’s start against the Chicago Cubs without any lingering uncertainties about the present condition of his shoulder but with plenty of future considerations resting on it.

Smoltz will make his first start since skipping one…

ST. LOUIS — Kyle Lohse left his start Saturday frustrated by its brevity and feeling a lingering soreness that has brought some uncertainty to his next start. Lohse had been set to make a start this coming weekend against the Chicago…

MILWAUKEE — Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is laying few projections in concrete these days, all the better to keep his first-place team focused on closing out the NL Central rather than looking ahead to a probable first-round playoff matchup against…

ST. LOUIS — The first trickle of September callups arrived this afternoon at Busch Stadium for the St. Louis Cardinals, and already he’s being put to work with the bat.

On the first day of expanded rosters, third baseman Troy Glaus…

ST. LOUIS — Kyle Lohse could be sent out for a rehab assignment start sometime early next week, manager Tony La Russa said this afternoon, and Todd Wellemeyer, arm allowing, could follow. Lohse recovered well from his bullpen session Thursday…

SAN DIEGO — Depending on whose count you trust, the Cardinals tonight have the opportunity to become the fourth major-league franchise to reach 10,000 wins. All they need to do is dispose of the San Diego Padres behind starting pitcher Kyle…