Oscar Mercado and Paul DeJong combined to drive in nine runs as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 10–5 on Sunday, May 21. Mercado, batting ninth in the order, went 3–for–5 and tied his single-game career high with five RBIs. DeJong hit an RBI single and a three-run homer. The Cardinals…

Willson Contreras blasted two three-run homers and the St. Louis Cardinals hit seven home runs to outslug the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 16–8 Thursday, May 18. Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer and a solo shot for the Cardinals, who won for the ninth time in 11 games. Nolan Arenado hit a two-run home run…

ST. LOUIS—Luis Rengifo homered, drove in four runs and finished a triple shy of the cycle, as the Los Angeles Angels beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11–7 on Thursday, May 4, to complete a three-game sweep. The Angels won for the fourth straight time to improve to four games above .500. The Cardinals lost their…

Jake Lamb and Mike Trout hit ninth-inning homers as the visiting Los Angeles Angels rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 6–4 on Wednesday, May 3. Brandon Drury also hit a homer for the Angels, who won for the sixth time in their last eight games. Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani allowed four runs on five…

Taylor Ward hit a three-run homer to power the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 5–1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. Zach Neto and Anthony Rendon also drove in runs for the Angels, who won for the fifth time in seven games. Angels starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval (3–1) allowed one run on…

LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw continued his dominant start to the season with seven sharp innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the struggling St. Louis Cardinals 1–0 on Saturday night, April 29. Kershaw didn’t allow a baserunner until Dylan Carlson’s one-out single in the fifth. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner gave up two hits,…

Jean Segura hit a decisive two-run single in a six-run ninth inning as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 6–3 to open their best-of-three National League wild-card series. The Phillies trailed 2–0 entering the ninth but launched their comeback when Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley had trouble finding the strike zone. Helsley,…

PITTSBURGH—Move over, Babe. Prince Albert is the new No. 2 on a big baseball list. Albert Pujols hit his 703rd home run Monday night, breaking a tie with Babe Ruth for second place in career RBIs. The 42-year-old slugger connected for the St. Louis Cardinals off Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller, pulling a two-run shot…

LOS ANGELES—Will Smith had two hits and Michael Grove pitched five solid innings to pick up his first career victory as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the No. 1 overall seed in the National League with 4–1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 25. Two days after reaching 700 home runs, Cardinals slugger…

LOS ANGELES—St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run on Friday night, connecting for his second drive of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers and becoming the fourth player to reach the milestone in major league history. With the drive in the final days of his last big league season, the…