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Ponce de Leon struggles as Cardinals fall 9-3 to Brewers
ST. LOUIS — Avisaíl García homered for the second day in a row, Travis Shaw and Manny Piña also connected and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Sunday. García, who homered and drove in five runs in a 9-5 win Saturday, and Shaw hit early drives that helped the Brewers build …
Hoffman’s two goals, O’Reilly’s game-winner lift Blues to overtime win over Wild
ST. LOUIS — Ryan O’Reilly scored with two seconds left in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Mike Hoffman scored twice for the Blues, tying it with 41.6 seconds left in regulation after the Blues pulled goalie Ville Husso. O’Reilly skated around the net …
Blues’ Thomas out against Wild with upper-body injury; Hoffman to rejoin lineup
ST. LOUIS — Blues forward Robert Thomas is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury suffered late in the team’s 9-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night, as head coach Craig Berube announced before Saturday night’s rematch with Minnesota. Thomas missed six weeks earlier this season with a broken thumb. The 21-year-old forward has …
Blues’ Thomas out against Wild with upper-body injury; Hoffman to rejoin lineup
ST. LOUIS — Blues forward Robert Thomas is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury suffered late in the team’s 9-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night, as head coach Craig Berube announced before Saturday night’s rematch with Minnesota. Thomas missed six weeks earlier this season with a broken thumb. The 21-year-old forward has …
O’Reilly records hat trick in Blues’ dominant 9-1 victory over Wild
ST. LOUIS — Ryan O’Reilly had three goals and an assist, Jaden Schwartz scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 9-1 on Friday night. Justin Faulk and Sammy Blais each had a goal and two assists, and Zach Sanford and Ivan Barbashev also scored for the Blues, who posted a season …
Goldschmidt not starting Cardinals home opener (lower back tightness)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was not in the starting lineup against Milwaukee on Thursday because of lower back tightness. St. Louis said the move was made for precautionary reasons. The 33-year-old, starting his third season with the Cardinals, is batting .308 with no homers and two RBIs in 26 at-bats …
Blues snap seven-game skid with 3-1 win over Golden Knights
ST. LOUIS — Jordan Binnington made 45 saves to help the St. Louis Blues snap a seven-game skid a 3-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. Vladimir Tarasenko, Sammy Blais, and Jake Walman scored to help St. Louis end an 0-6-1 stretch. It also gave the Blues their first home victory since …
Yadi’s HR, Carlson’s slam help Cards complete sweep with 7-0 win over Marlins
MIAMI (AP) — Yadier Molina hit a two-run homer and Dylan Carlson added a grand slam, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over Miami 7-0 Wednesday for a three-game sweep that dropped the Marlins to 1-5 for the first time since 2015. Jack Flaherty (1-0) allowed one hit in six innings, a leadoff single by Corey …
Struggling Blues seek to regain swagger, move up in playoff hunt
Craig Berube stood back and watched his St. Louis Blues practice battle drills so he could see how players handled the situation amid a seven-game losing streak. Anyone looking in from the outside can spy a team in deep trouble. Berube’s Blues have lost 12 of their last 14 games and are running out of …
Cardinals overcome deficit, rally past Marlins 4-2
MIAMI — Yadier Molina hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly off former batterymate Sandy Alcantara to cap a three-run rally in the sixth inning that sent the St. Louis Cardinals over Miami Marlins 4-2 on Tuesday night. Dylan Carlson hit his second homer of the season for an insurance run in the ninth. Alcantara was traded …