Preview: Cubs-Cardinals
Jake Arrieta takes the mound today for the Cubs, first pitch at 1:20.
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Jake Arrieta takes the mound today for the Cubs, first pitch at 1:20.
The game won't be made up this week.
In reality, new Cubs ace Jon Lester was making his last spring training start, as opposed to his first outing of the 2015 regular season on Sunday evening.
Opening Night was thwarted by the Cubs' rival and was a reminder to stay patient.
Adam Wainwright threw six innings of shutout baseball.
Come Sunday, we can turn out attention to what we cherish: meaningful baseball.
Carlos Martinez will be expected to step up for the Cardinals.
Chicago opens the season April 5 against St. Louis at Wrigley Field.
St. Louis has already acquired reliever Jordan Walden.
The Cubs will open against the Cardinals on ESPN2.
Taveras had a blood-alcohol level more than five times the legal limit, officials say.
The "what if?" question is so haunting, so sad in life and sports.
"We loved Oscar, and he loved us," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny says.
Baseball fans outside of San Francisco will be rooting for the Royals.
The Royals reached their first World Series since 1985 with eight straight playoff wins.
Buster Posey and the Giants know how to win in October.
In the NLCS, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals are evenly matched. Baseball fans should hang on and enjoy the ride.
The Royals lead the Orioles 2-0. The Cardinals and Giants are tied at one game. What's the chance of each possible World Series matchup?
The Royals and Giants, both wild-card teams, could each make the World Series. The top MLB regular-season teams are out, again.
The high-spending Cardinals, Giants and Phillies have won the last six National League pennants. The Cardinals or Giants will win it again in 2014.
The Royals have the smallest payroll of the remaining MLB playoff teams.
The San Francisco Giants advanced, beating the Washington Nationals in the NLDS in three close games. But are the upsets really a surprise?
The Cardinals eliminated the Dodgers to advance to the NLCS for the fourth straight year.
Aside from a seemingly generous strike zone, Scott also appeared to clap when Yasiel Puig was struck out during the third inning.
Kolten Wong hit a two-run homer to snap a seventh-inning tie, Matt Carpenter went deep for the third straight game and John Lackey pitched the St. Louis Cardinals past the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Monday night to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five NL Division Series.
