29 Mar
Spring Training is over. The team has gone north, first to play a pair of exhibition games in Springfield against their AA affiliate, then on to St. Louis to host the Rockies on Opening Day.
I love Opening Day. I wouldn’t miss it. My flight leaves Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow morning at 5:40. I’ll be doing a [...]
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27 Mar
The Cardinals beat the Orioles today 8-2, extending their winning streak to six games, and remain unbeaten in their last nine. Adam Wainwright got the win, giving up one earned run on four hits, while striking out four in six innings. He joins Anthony Reyes as the only other Cardinal pitcher to go six innings [...]
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26 Mar
The Cardinals continued their winning ways today, riding a brilliant performance from pitcher Anthony Reyes to 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals. St. Louis is unbeaten in their last eight games. Here’s today’s box score.
Coming in to today’s game, Reyes was the odd man out of the Cardinals’ patchwork rotation, having been beaten out [...]
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25 Mar
Sure it’s only Spring Training. Maybe the games don’t count. But there is reason to be hopeful. Since the beating they took against the Marlins back on March 12th, the Cardinals have been playing some pretty exciting baseball, winning 9 of their last 11, including an 8-4 victory over the Twins in Fort Meyers today. [...]
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23 Mar
The Cardinals got off to a hot start against the Mets today in Port St. Lucie, scoring three runs in the first. The Cards kept up the hot hitting throughout the game, scoring in five different innings, including a six run ninth.
The Cards’ bats were booming, scoring 14 runs on 21 hits. Skip Schumaker, [...]
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