The Latest Breaking News from Jordan Hicks

ST. LOUIS — A dizzying swirl of events, some unexpected and some just outright improvised, carried the Cardinals through the Dodgers’ gauntlet to the most dazzling victory of the season.

Collins and Hicks still talk about football and scheme, and Hicks showed Collins how to study in the NFL.

ST. LOUIS — Logan Webb was clearly still seeking to rediscover his top-line form, but that didn’t matter Friday night against the Cardinals — for the Giants, or for his pitching line.

SAN FRANCISCO — After back-to-back games when they squeezed one run from nine innings of opportunity, the Cardinals did a remix of their lineup and, as a new rhythm took hold, introduced a hitter they once thought was going to be part of their season all along.

ST. LOUIS — For innings, for days, for most of this homestand, the Cardinals had been watching other teams have all the fun of watching baseballs soar over the wall while their home ballpark remained less than hospitable to their swings.

ST. LOUIS — On a scale of injuries, the right wrist contusion suffered Tuesday night by Cardinals right-hander Jordan Hicks, who has had myriad elbow problems since 2019, doesn’t rank as the most dire thing that’s happened to him. For instance, he lives every day as a Type 1 diabetic.

MIAMI — The idea behind swapping switch-hitters atop the Cardinals' lineup was to see if Dylan Carlson might pounce on some of the pitches that spot sees and do so with power.

MILWAUKEE — With a chance to make an early-season statement against the reigning division champs, the Cardinals had to overcome themselves and Milwaukee’s heralded bullpen.

ST. LOUIS — The easy narrative is that Albert Pujols had his first three-hit game and first homer as a Cardinal since September 2011. But there was so much more going on at Busch Stadium Tuesday night in the Cardinals’ 6-5 interleague victory over the Kansas City Royals before an…