Lance Lynn

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jon Jay and Matt Holliday each had two hits and two RBIs as the St. Louis Cardinals jumped on the Pittsburgh Pirates early in a 10-6 victory Monday night.   Allen Craig doubled and drove in three runs for the Cardinals, who...

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 -- The Budweiser was flowing all over town. The champagne was on ice in the clubhouse. The Cardinals were one victory from the World Series, and all that stood between them and a wild civic celebration was a pitcher a decade removed from his...

Oct 19 (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants beat the St Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Friday to stave off elimination and extend the National League Championship Series (NLCS) to a sixth game back at their home ballpark. A four-run burst in the fourth inning...

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...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Nationals signed Jayson Werth to show them how to win. His game-ending homer Thursday night extended their surprising season.         Werth led off the bottom of the ninth inning by driving Lance Lynn's 13th pitch into the...

ST. LOUIS -- The Washington Nationals were so impressed with outfielder Tyler Moore as an amateur that they drafted him three times before he finally signed. On Sunday, that persistence paid off in the opening game of the NL Division Series. Moore, a...

And the Washington Nationals wait. Already assured of the capital’s first postseason baseball since 1933, the Nationals remained stalled in their drive for the NL East title when they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 Sunday. “We’ve...

Season series: Cardinals lead 7-4 All games on WGN-AM 720. Friday: 1:20 p.m., CSN. RH Lance Lynn (12-4, 3.10 ERA) vs. LH Travis Wood (4-5, 4.33). Saturday: 12:05 p.m., CSN. RH Joe Kelly (1-3, 2.78) vs. RH Jeff Samardzija (7-8, 4.25). Sunday: 1:20 p....

The Cubs' rotation has begun rotating into strange territory. After Friday's 9-6 loss to the Cardinals, Travis Wood is officially in trouble. And then there's Monday starter, who officially is listed as "unknown" and, of course, there's the ongoing...