DENVER — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is out with a bruised left knee and outfielder Matt Holliday was a late scratch with the same illness that sent him from Saturday’s game. Those absences left manager Tony La Russa…

HOUSTON — St. Louis Cardinals officials said that their (late) September callups were limited to four players because the amount of playing time and at-bats remaining for them in the season is significantly limited. Both lefty Royce Ring and left…

ST. LOUIS — The four players the St. Louis Cardinals plan to bring up from their Class AAA affiliate will join the team in Colorado by next Friday, manager Tony La Russa said this morning. That should give the minor…

Mark DeRosa, whom the Cardinals acquired in a trade with Cleveland just more than two weeks ago, is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a left wrist strain. DeRosa, who played just three games with the Cardinals before injuring…

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…

Khalil Greene started Sunday’s game at third base against the Minnesota Twins. Remember the moment because it may be a seldom-seen one going forward.

Saturday’s night’s acquisition of Mark DeRosa from the Cleveland Indians immediately offers the Cardinals greater flexibility. DeRosa…

NEW YORK — St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa had the tables turned on him today when he was asked how he would deal with the bases loaded and first baseman Albert Pujols digging into the box.

Why, as an…

KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman insists his pitchers will challenge Albert Pujols this weekend. Not to be outdone, Tony La Russa will start Khalil Greene at first base barely 24 hours after the club activated him from a…

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 — The biggest difference for the St. Louis Cardinals’ lineup as they try to shake loose a monthlong offensive malaise was the handwriting on the lineup card.

With manager Tony La Russa preoccupied by a few meetings this morning,…