The club's performance has wavered on the road, and attendance is down in St. Louis.

The Cardinals, 1-6 on recent road trip and rocked by relief issues, host their first division series of the season at home, where they're 8-4 despite subdued crowds.

Cardinals fail to add anything to a one-run, first-inning lead and Ryan Fernandez allows his second decisive homer of the 1-6 road trip in 4-1 loss at Atlanta.

'It should be on the table,' says manager when asked if Matz, winner as starter and reliever, can perform well enough be one of five starters, not the sixth.

A three-run homer off Ryan Fernandez in the eighth inning sends Atlanta to a 4-1 victory Wednesday afternoon and leaves Cardinals scrabbling for relief.

Miles Mikolas starts Wednesday as the Cardinals seek to wrap a disastrous road trip with a win vs. the Braves at 11:15 a.m. (St.

Young infielder's bases-clearing double sent Cardinals to a 10-4 victory Tuesday night in Atlanta that ended a five-game losing streak, began his "run" of starts.