Lance Lynn

Almost 10 years. That's how long it has been since the Cubs beat the Cardinals in a series that mattered, not that St. Louis fans would remember it. When Dusty Baker's 2003 team took four out of five from the Cardinals in a four-day September war that...

Here we are again. For the second series in a row, the Giants have refused to fade to black. They have extended the National League Championship Series to six games, forcing the Cardinals to make a round-trip flight they would have liked to avoid. The...

SAN FRANCISCO — This is the time of year when baseball executives sift through the discard bin, looking for useful, inexpensive pieces that add needed inventory. They might bear down a little more than usual this week, as Ryan Vogelsong...

ST. LOUIS — If Jamie Moyer was watching Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Friday night, he must be planning his next comeback. On the biggest stage of his roller-coaster career, Barry Zito pitched in a way that showed why some...

ST. LOUIS — Six years. That's how long it has been since Barry Zito has pitched the kind of game he's going to need Friday night, and he hasn't been cryogenically frozen in the interim. He has been getting older, losing velocity off his fastball...

This one is too easy: Anthony Rizzo finally got called up from the minors and will make his Cubs debut after going 0-for-his-last-9 in Iowa. So, yeah, he’s a perfect Cub. See? Told you it was too easy. But seriously, folks, Rizzo will start...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Not much was expected of Cardinals rookie shortstop Pete Kozma this season other than to be steady in the field and not an automatic out from the eighth position in the batting...

MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Fingers have been pointed at Dodgers manager Don Mattingly for weeks now, aimed at him as the likely fall guy for the team's disappointing season so far. Mattingly turned the tables this week,...

RHP Fernando Salas went on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 21) with a right shoulder strain. The move cleared a spot on the active roster for Wednesday's starter, LHP Tyler Lyons. Salas is 0-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 15 appearances this season....

MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH The gems of the Cardinals minor league system keep shining upon their arrival in the major leagues. The latest was on display Wednesday in San Diego, where Tyler Lyons threw seven strong innings...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Dodgers - INSIDE PITCH Dodgers' manager Don Mattingly has been able to maintain his sense of humor even as speculation that he could be fired any day now has swirled around the team. "As far as any...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay has gone from table-setter to run-producer. Jay, the leadoff man for much of the second half of last season and for the first month this season,...