Given "motivation" from Sonny Gray's one-hit, complete game shutout on Friday, Cardinals lefties Matthew Liberatore and JoJo Romero provided key innings on Sunday to complete a sweep of the Guardians.
On a day when multiple Cardinals met milestones, closer Ryan Helsley's save earned him the 100th of his career.
With a scoreless start from Matthew Liberatore and an early three-run homer from Nolan Gorman, the Cardinals swept the Guardians to reach nine game above .500 for the season.
During their comeback win over the Guardians on Saturday, the Cardinals received strong relief work from their veterans and a rookie, timely hits, and a key walk that set the stage.
Matthew Liberatore and the Cardinals go for the sweep in Cleveland at 11:05 a.m. (St. Louis time) on Sunday in the finale of a three-game set.
The lefty Liberatore already has thrown more innings than last year, but Cardinals seem set on being safe without being scared.
The Cardinals completed their largest comeback win of the season when they overcame a 6-1 deficit to win 9-6 vs. the Guardians on Saturday at Progressive Field.
After starter Sonny Gray asked him to hit a home run on Friday, catcher Pedro Pages followed through with a solo blast in the third inning of a 5-0 win.
Since early April, Miles Mikolas has the best ERA among Cardinals starters and the best batting average against while allowing the lowest hard-hit rate.
On Friday night at Progressive Field, Cardinals ace Sonny Gray tossed his fifth complete game shutout of his career and his first since doing so during the 2015 season.
Soon the pressure to go all-in on a postseason push or focus on long-term development may reach a tipping point for the Cardinals.
Cardinals starter Sonny Gray dealt the first complete game of his Cardinals career as he struck out 11 batters on Friday night vs. the Guardians.
Through May and June, Cardinals outfielder Victor Scott II has seen an increase in breaking pitches offered to him while seeing his whiff rate on fastballs increase.
Tekoah Roby's stellar performance highlights the past week in the Cardinals' farm system.
Chicago Tribune baseball writer Meghan Montemurro joins Best Podcast in Baseball host Derrick Goold to discuss how meaningful rivalry is to players on each side of it.
Sonny Gray and the Cardinals begin a nine-game road trip with Friday's game at Cleveland at 6:10 p.m. (St. Louis time), which airs exclusively on Apple TV+.
Attendance for this week's Cardinals-Cubs series at Busch averaged less than 30,000, the lowest for a series in St. Louis between the two since 1995.
Some media sites try to sensationalize announcer's mere miscue.
Willson Contreras was furious after being hit by a pitch in the ninth inning and confronted Cubs only to later apologize. A split series does not change standings.
The Cardinals split the four-game home series with the first-place Chicago Cubs.
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras speaks with the media on Thursday, June 26, 2025, after a second-straight loss to the Cubs at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (Video by Ethan Erickson, Post-Dispatch)
Nootbaar was prescribed 48 hours of inactivity just after slugging .773 in his past four games to end a slump.
The St. Louis Cardinals' bats went dry with runners on base repeatedly as they were shut out 3-0 to split the series against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Shoto Imanaga returns from IL to spin five shutout innings and hold Cardinals to one hit in 3-0 victory that extends scoreless streak, preserves 4½-game lead.
Andre Pallante takes the hill at 1:15 p.m. Thursday as the Cardinals seek the series win in the finale of a four-game set vs. the Cubs at Busch Stadium.
"I know some guys will give him some love because that’s huge," says teammate about short-burst lefty handling 2 1/3 innings to save bullpen in 8-0 loss.
St. Louis Cardinals host Chicago Cubs in third game of four game home stand in Busch Stadium on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The Cardinals lost 8-0.
Ian Happ has three RBIs and Cubs have a jubilee of hard hits to score seven runs in Fedde's 3 2/3 innings. Cardinals shut out at home for first time since April.
