THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals’ starting pitching is a problem area that’s been in decline for several years. The situation reached a new low for absurdity and failure in Thursday’s 11-7 loss to the Angels. Jack Flaherty was mauled for nine hits and 10 earned runs...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals move into Dodger Stadium for a weekend of baseball. They undoubtedly entered Chavez Ravine in a better mood, having escaped San Francisco on Thursday with a dandy 6-0 Thursday win that blocked the Giants from completing a four-game...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW THE LEDE: The Cardinals are having a miserable time of it in San Francisco. They were shutout in the first game, 4-0. On Tuesday, they charged back to take a 4-2 lead with three runs in the eighth, only to get boomed to smithereens on a three-homer...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW THE LEDE: Manager Oli Marmol and his players have stressed the need to do “the little things” to win more games. And that isn’t wrong. The Cardinals used aggressive but intelligent baserunning and a highly-rated defense to average 91.5 wins over the...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW THE LEDE: In ransacking Arizona on Wednesday the Cardinals scored 14 runs, chunked 13 hits, drew four walks, and triggered seven extra–base hits including two hitters. Stat of the day: The Redbirds won 14-5 on a day when Paul Goldschmidt...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Hello. Good morning. How ya doing? Don’t forget the Diamondbacks and Cardinals will close their three-game series Wednesday with an early 12:15 p.m start. After falling behind 8-3 on Tuesday, the Cardinals put up a fight to generate some late–game...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW That was a helluva 9-6 win by the Cardinals on Tuesday night at Coors Field. Sure, the starting pitching was horrendous (again), but this time the St. Louis hitters rebounded from a 6-2 deficit to power the Cardinals to their second...
What a week. The offense slowed, the starting pitching was gross, and manager Oli Marmol ignited a public controversy with outfielder Tyler O’Neill. After Marmol’s tough-guy show, the fired-up Cardinals stumbled to lose three of their next four games. I may have just...
The Cardinals faced a tough assignment for their first series of the new season. Toronto was in town and three good starters lined up to subdue a hyped-up St. Louis offense: Alek Manoah, Kevin Gausman and Chris Bassitt. It wasn’t much of a rumble. In the three-game...
