The National League Championship Series moves to Los Angeles, California on Monday night, as the Los Angeles Dodgers play host to the St. Louis Cardinals, in a critical game for the home team.
It was a wild Monday, in Major League Baseball playoff action, as the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the next round, while the Oakland Athletics grabbed a series lead, and both the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays survived possible elimination.
After getting clobbered in game 1 of the NLDS, the Pittsburgh Pirates rebounded in a big way Friday, putting a clobbering of their own on the St. Louis Cardinals. Pedro Alvarez was money at the plate, going...
Carlos Beltran's three-run homer sparked a seven-run third inning and the St. Louis Cardinals got seven stingy innings from Adam Wainwright, delivering a reality jolt to the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 9-1 rout Thursday in their NL division series opener.
This is video of St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher Michael Wacha losing a no-hitter in the ninth inning of a game against Washington on Tuesday night, when Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman reached on a two-out, infield single.
This is video of John Jay, of the St. Louis Cardinals, hitting a home run, off the glove of Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, in a game on Wednesday night.
In earlier segments of my 2013 Major League Baseball Preview, I took a look at the American League East, the National League East, and the American League Central.
In this segment, I preview the National League Central.
Matt Cain pitched his second series-clinching game of the postseason, and the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-0, in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Monday night at AT&T Park.
Baseball's last two World Series champions face off for the National League pennant. The Cardinals and Giants advanced to the best-of-seven National League Championship Series by improbable and historic rallies over less-experienced opponents. Game 1 is set for Sunday night, as St. Louis' Lance Lynn opposes San Francisco's Madison Bumgarner at AT&T Park. Here's a preview of the 2012 NLCS:
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After a game in which they failed to get an extra base hit, The St. Louis Cardinals flexed their muscles on Monday.
The Cardinals scored seven runs in the first four innings en route to an 12-4 thumping of the Washington Nationals, evening the best of five National League Division Series at one game apiece...
The baseball playoffs start today with the new format of having two wild-card teams play each other in a one game, loser go home format.
The Baltimore Orioles are in Texas to take on the slumping Rangers tonight. Lefty Joe Saunders get the start for Baltimore, while Yu Darvish takes the mound for Texas in a game to start this evening at 7:30.
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The Washington Nationals have secured home field advantage throughout the National League playoffs by beating the Philadelphia Phillies in the regular season finale.
The Nationals entered the day tied with the Cincinnati Reds for the NL's best record...
It's a little strange to lose a body part. But that's what happened to St. Louis Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter when surgeons removed one of his ribs in an attempt to alleviate pressure that was running up his pitching arm.
After the surgery Carpenter was presented with the bone, and he knew just what to do with it:
Left-hander Johan Santana became the first pitcher in the history of the New York Mets to throw a no-hitter on Friday night, as the Mets defeated the Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-0, at Citi Field, in New York, New York.