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Cardinals overcome four errors, fits of walks for 6-5 victory vs. Pirates in Game 1

PITTSBURGH _ The two cornerstones of the Cardinals' season have been pitching and defense. The Cardinals have boasted one of the top-five pitching staffs and rotations for much of the season despite a carousel of contributors, and their defense has ranked tops in the majors despite playing fewer games than…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 18, 2020

Wainwright rescues Cardinals with complete game, but Brewers bop back to split doubleheader

MILWAUKEE _ Already guilty of the being the team that was the opponent when the Cincinnati Reds awoke and started a winning streak that has brought them into the playoff race, the Cardinals could leave Milwaukee guilty of being the spark for another rival's offense.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 16, 2020

With Cardinals in a bind, pushed the brink of trouble, Wainwright rushes to the rescue, again

MILWAUKEE _ Each time the Cardinals have found themselves on the precipice of disaster this season _ returning from 17 days of quarantine, a bullpen threadbare from reach use, a losing streak _ Adam Wainwright has been the pitcher next up in the rotation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 16, 2020

Missouri researchers hope putting 'backpacks' on wild turkeys can help explain population declines

ST. LOUIS _ Missouri officials and university researchers, worried the state's wild turkey population is on the edge of calamity, are embarking on an extensive study of the fowl, even preparing to track the birds with GPS "backpacks."

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 14, 2020

Cardinals bullpen buckles, loses game and possibly Gant in 10-5 stumble to Reds

ST. LOUIS _ The question coming out of Sunday's misspent afternoon at Busch Stadium isn't about how costly the 10-5 loss was to Cincinnati Reds for the Cardinals.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 13, 2020

Hudson, homers help Cardinals cruise to 7-1 win against Reds

ST. LOUIS _ The Cardinals' game with the Cincinnati Reds Saturday night at Busch Stadium was trending downward when starter Dakota Hudson walked the bases loaded with nobody out in the third inning in a scoreless game. But sinkerball specialist Hudson then induced two ground balls, the second for an…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 12, 2020

Reds ace Castillo carves up Cardinals in complete-game, 3-1 victory

ST. LOUIS _ One way to measure a game that Adam Wainwright brought with him to the Cardinals from his time as a young Braves prospect was a tip from one of the Cy Young-winning starters there about the relation between pitch count and innings.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 11, 2020

Could common vaccine given to kids help prevent COVID-19 in adults?

ST. LOUIS _ Washington University School of Medicine is helping lead an ambitious, worldwide study to see if giving adults the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine _ a common vaccine administered to young children _ could help protect against infection from the coronavirus.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 11, 2020

St. Louis police cite 9 for trespassing in June protest outside couple's mansion

ST. LOUIS, Mo. _ City police have issued trespassing summonses to nine protesters who on June 28 marched onto Portland Place, a private and gated street where a St. Louis couple brandished guns as demonstrators walked past their mansion.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 11, 2020

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 10, 2020