THE REBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals had a chance to earn credibility by winning a series in Philadelphia against a surging team that has the National League’s second-best record since the end of May. After the teams split the first two games, the Cardinals had a chance to...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Over the first three months of the 2022 season the Cardinals played a busy and hectic schedule that stretched the limits of their endurance, their pitching, their roster … and perhaps their sanity. They crammed in a MLB-high 74 games from April 14...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After a weekend of baseball in Philadelphia, the Cardinals officially will reach the halfway station of their 162-game regular-season schedule for 2022. The Redbirds are finished playing ball in June, having closed with a sudden and stunning 4-3...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After a downer, buzzkill weekend and a series given away to the Cubs, the Cardinals had themselves a happy good time playing baseball on Monday night, flogging the visiting Miami Marlins by a 9-0 count. Adam Wainwright pitched like an ace. Paul...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals did it again, doing enough things poorly to give the Brewers a 6-4 win on Thursday in Milwaukee. And we know what that means: another failure by the Redbirds to put their opponent away when having the opportunity to sweep a three-game...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW: Greetings. We have some day ball to look forward to, so I’ll try to get The Review done earlier than usual to leave plenty of reading time before the scheduled 1:10 p.m. pitch in Milwaukee. Opening Statement: The Cardinals have been this way...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals won 6-2 in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, but the final score doesn’t reflect the difficulty of their challenge. Jack Flaherty had another shaky start, needing 71 pitches to get 18 outs in three innings of laborious mound work. After the...
Here are the facts: Albert Pujols is batting .127 against right-handed pitching this season. He’s 3 for his last 28 versus RH (.107) since May 23. Pujols is one of 293 players that have at least 85 plate appearances against righthanders this year. Among the 293...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Over the weekend The Cardinals won a series and moved into first place. That’s good. The Cards also botched a chance to sweep the Reds in a loss that enabled Milwaukee to pick up a game in the NL Central standings. That’s disappointing. The...
