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Carlson, Goldschmidt flex their power to vaporize five-run deficit, lead Cardinals comeback win

St. LOUIS — When Dylan Carlson felt his hamstring come apart it was just as his game was starting to come together.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 14, 2022

Cardinals' Hudson goes double (play) or nothing as Reds win 7-6

ST. LOUIS — Dakota Hudson lapsed into a bad habit that had plagued him. Juan Yepez returned to a good one that had got him to the majors.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 12, 2022

Given another chance, Edman homers in ninth to lift Cardinals to 5-4 victory over Reds

ST. LOUIS — Tommy Edman, who uncharacteristically had grounded into a double play to snuff out a Cardinals rally in the seventh inning, got another chance in the ninth Saturday.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 11, 2022

Hudson, Arenado end frustrations in 5-2 Cardinals win over Padres

ST. LOUIS — Dakota Hudson had been waiting for the day he would still be pitching in the seventh inning for the Cardinals. He hadn’t made it past the fifth in his previous four starts.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 1, 2022

Pujols rescues Cardinals in 10th for 3-2 win

ST. LOUIS — As Cardinals linchpins Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina march inexorably toward the all-time record for starts made by one major league battery, Paul Goldschmidt marches to. . . . well, we don’t exactly know yet.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 1, 2022

Cardinals' bullpen stars in beginning, middle and end in 6-3 win over Padres

In manager Oliver Marmol’s perfect world, left-hander Packy Naughton and Andre Pallante, the relievers who were the first two hurlers for the Cardinals in Monday afternoon’s “bullpen game,” would have pitched the first six innings. The final three would belong to late-inning stalwarts Giovanny Gallegos, Genesis Cabrera and Ryan Helsley.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 30, 2022

Brewers pound Cardinals 8-0 as Mikolas again gets no run support

The Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers, the two favorites in the National League Central Division and both playoff teams last season, have played two series of four games apiece this season. Little has been settled.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 29, 2022

Hicks struggles to maintain control in starring role in Cardinals' 8-1 loss to Jays

ST. LOUIS — A tipping point in the Cardinals’ weekslong program to build Jordan Hicks into a starter arrived Tuesday night, and with it came a great reckoning on a big role.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 25, 2022

Goldschmidt's walk-off grand slam lifts Cardinals, 7-3, in 10th inning

ST. LOUIS — The fireworks were just an inning early and a touch dramatic, but not ultimately wrong.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 24, 2022

Pujols homers twice, Molina pitches in Cardinals' 18-4 rout of Pirates

PITTSBURGH — Cardinals Nation must have been aghast when manager Oliver Marmol posted his lineup for Sunday’s finale of a series the Cardinals had a chance to sweep.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 22, 2022