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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH With veteran relievers Mitchell Boggs and Marc Rzepczynski now in the minors for tuneups, the Cardinals' bullpen has taken on a texture not many could have imagined after only...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH The Cardinals' bullpen, the only real drawback to their National League best record through the first five weeks of the season, already has taken a few different looks and likely...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Cardinals' third baseman David Freese and center fielder Jon Jay both had been languishing below the Mendoza line a few days ago. But manager Mike Matheny gave both a couple...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH The Cardinals, despite hitting .330 with men in scoring position, managed to bat just .245 for the month of April, although they picked it up a bit in the first two days of May....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH In their previous three series, the Cardinals lost two of three games to perennial second-division club Pittsburgh but swept a three-game set at Washington, which had the best...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH The Cardinals called up a starting pitcher from the minor leagues last season to bolster the major-league bullpen and Trevor Rosenthal wound up being a postseason hero. Right-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH David Freese is living up to his surname and that's not a good thing for the St. Louis Cardinals. The third baseman has yet to hit a home run and has a .163 batting average through...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH The Cardinals' plan of gradually easing Mitchell Boggs back into the closer's role is not close to coming to fruition. Boggs was removed as the closer after suffering two blown...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Wednesday is no longer a hard and fast deadline for the Cardinals to decide whether closer Jason Motte will undergo Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery after the closer got...

The Sports Xchange By Bucky Dent, The Sports Xchange Cardinals 9, Pirates 1 ST. LOUIS -- Lance Lynn gave St. Louis' shutdown starting rotation another excellent game. Jonathan Sanchez couldn't even give Pittsburgh an out. Lynn allowed two hits and...

The Sports Xchange By Bucky Dent, The Sports Xchange Beltran's two homers power Cardinals ST. LOUIS -- Carlos Beltran spent St. Louis' off day Thursday feeling sick. He spent Friday night nauseating Pittsburgh pitching. The veteran right fielder...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Rob Johnson may never wear a Cardinals' uniform this season. Yet he has already made an impact on the fortunes of the No. 1 starter. Right-hander Adam Wainwright is off to an...