CHICAGO — The Cardinals have recalled righthander P.J. Walters from Triple-A Memphis to compensate for hard-ridden Kyle McClellan’s unavailability for the remainder of the four-game series against the Chicago Cubs. The Cardinals created roster room by optioning Brian Barden four…

CLEVELAND — Entering into a series against an American League team, the St. Louis Cardinals are going back to the roster mix that pitching coach Dave Duncan and manager Tony La Russa feels best protects their pitching staff.

Rookie righthander P.J.…

(4:45 p.m. Friday update: Cards manager Tony La Russa said that Kyle Lohse should be able to make his next start, Tuesday in Atlanta.)

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A magnetic resonance imaging performed on Cardinals pitcher Kyle Lohse Thursday evening found no structural damage…

CHICAGO - Rookie PJ Walters needed 60 pitches — that’s right, 60 — to navigate the first two innings against the Chicago Cubs Friday. Yet Walters has just re-taken the mound with a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the…

CHICAGO - Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter underwent a magnetic resonance imaging on Thursday that confirmed the 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner sustained a torn left oblique muscle during Tuesday night’s start against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Carpenter will begin rehab…

PHOENIX — The St. Louis Cardinals made moves this morning to protect a spent bullpen and will make a move Friday to address the opening in their starting rotation. Righthander P.J. Walters is scheduled to make his major-league debut, starting…

MEMPHIS - The Cardinals made short work of their Triple-A Memphis affilate Friday night. What a series of lefthanded relievers didn’t give the parent club, first baseman Albert Pujols took.

Finally free of what seemed an eternally unfriendly Florida wind, El…