Wed, Apr 16

• MLB

  The Cardinals needed a ‘big hit’ to claim series vs. Astros. Lars Nootbaar delivered it

  35m · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  The Cardinals left fielder gave his club their first runs since Monday when hit a three-run homer to help lift them to a 4-1 win Wednesday against the Astros.

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  Players:

  • Lars Nootbaar
  • Ronel Blanco
  
• MLB

  Videos: What Lars Nootbaar, Brendan Donovan, others said after Cardinals won series vs. Astros

  2h · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Here's what Lars Nootbaar, Brendan Donovan, Thomas Saggese, Steven Matz and Oli Marmol said after the Cardinals' series-clinching win over Houston on Wednesday.

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  Players:

  • Lars Nootbaar
  • Brendan Donovan
  
• MLB

  Matt Svanson's 'roller coaster' journey brings him to major leagues: Cardinals Extra

  3h · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  A former trade deadline acquisition, prospect Matt Svanson arrived to the majors Wednesday to give the Cardinals a fresh arm with starter Steven Matz on a pitch count.

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  Players:

  • Matt Svanson
  • Masyn Winn
  
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  Lars Nootbaar's three-run homer lifts Cardinals to win to close out series vs. Astros

  4h · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  With his team scoreless in their last 14 innings, Cardinals left fielder Lars Nootbaar broke their scoreless streak with a three-run homer in their 4-1 win over the Astros.

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  Players:

  • Lars Nootbaar
  • Steven Matz
  
• MLB

  The standard Steven Matz aims to match as he starts for Cardinals: First Pitch

  9h · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  The Cardinals move to a six-man rotation Wednesday in the series finale vs. the Astros at Busch Stadium, which begins at 12:15 p.m.

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  Players:

  • Steven Matz
  • Zack Thompson
  
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  Bruised in Boston, Cardinals rotation vowed ‘we’re better than this’ and started proving it

  13h · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  A gathering in Pittsburgh established a plan to improve as a group and led to Erick Fedde's quality start Tuesday and Steven Matz's starter debut Wednesday.

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  Players:

  • Erick Fedde
  • Steven Matz
  
• MLB

  Gordo: Positive offensive signs abound in Cardinals' season of development

  13h · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Fans may not have to wait long to see the Cardinals organization’s NextGen hitters take major strides forward.

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  Players:

  • Nolan Gorman
  • Victor Scott II
  
• MLB

  Houston's Hunter Brown cools Cardinals' lineup with straight-up heat and so much sink, too

  21h · St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  Brown pitches six scoreless innings to lead Astros to 2-0 victory and give the Cardinals their first shutout loss off this season.

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  Players:

  • Hunter Brown
  • Erick Fedde