Today’s rubber game against Cincinnati was the final game of the month, and the Cardinals earned a franchise record 18 wins to start the season with their victory today. In two other seasons, St. Louis won 17 games in April.
Cardinal starter Braden Looper saw his last outing end in a no decision after a blown [...]

The Cardinals hoped to even the series tonight against the Reds, and with rookie Johnny Cueto on the mound for Cincinnati, it appeared to be a tough assignment.  A few quirky plays later, the Redbirds found themselves up by seven, and ended up winning the game 7-2.
After a bit of a rough start, Cardinal starter [...]

First and foremost, welcome to the new site. This is the first post for the new dig, and although the layout has changed, you’ll still find a very opinionated writer in control of the keyboard, after all, I’m Mike, and this is Mike on the Cards. You should notice that I’m part of [...]

Everyone knew before this game started, there were bound to be some extracurriculars.  A handful of incidents, including yesterday’s bench clearing episode in the third, clearly spilled over into today’s rubber match between the Cards and ‘Stros.
Interestingly, Houston’s Brandon Backe seems to always find himself in the middle of these disputes, and today was no [...]

The Cardinals lost last night’s game to the Astros in the ninth inning, but returned the favor today with a strong performance from starter Adam Wainwright, and some much needed clutch hitting.
Coming in, St. Louis was hitting .257 with runners in scoring position in 296 plate appearances. That lack of production partially attributed to last [...]

Typically, after a ball game, I’ll spend some time online perusing all of the Cardinal forums and message boards.  Last night, because of the rain delay, the game ended late, so I went straight to bed.  This morning, before work, I checked in on all my usual web stops, and one thing was common across the [...]

Cardinal starter Joel Pineiro continues to improve with each outing.  He was activated from the 15-day disabled list to make his first start on April 13th against the Giants, but gave up 6 runs in 3.2 innings.  In his second start, also against San Francisco, he lasted 6.1, and allowed just 3 runs. Tonight was [...]

It didn’t take long for the Cardinals to encounter their second string of back-to-back losses.  Monday’s win against Milwaukee separates the two short losing streaks.  The loss is tougher to take, not only because of the turn of events that transpired in tonight’s game, but also because it came against a Pittsburgh team was predicted [...]

Here’s the next commercial from the “Play Like A Cardinal” ad campaign.  If you missed the first two, check out them out here, and here.  This spot features starter Adam Wainwright, and closer Jason Isringhausen. Enjoy!

Cardinals Win!  And it comes against a division rival Milwaukee Brewers team that many picked to win the Central.  With the Cubs win over the Mets, they maintain a half game lead over the Redbirds.The win tonight put an abrupt end to the Cardinals’ first losing streak, albeit only a two game streak.  The game [...]