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I was happy to see that the Cardinals gave a non-roster invite to Ruben Gotay. That said, I hope he doesn't make the opening day roster.

The Cardinals began a day of fall housekeeping Wednesday with a scrubdown of their 40-man roster that included the release of middle reliever Brad Thompson .

Schumaker settled in at second He goes into offseason ready to work on getting in top shape to stay in new position.

Baseball's 2009 free-agent class figures to be memorably thin. For the Cardinals, this will make retaining Matt Holliday more difficult -- the prospect of replacing his bat, if need be, more problematic.

BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING Padilla works another 1-2-3 inning. Ludwick grounds to second, Pujols strikes out, Holliday pops to the catcher.

Louis Cardinals ' roster for their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Dodgers despite missing most of the season while rehabbing from shoulder surgery.

Louis Cardinals' game at Colorado after he was struck on his right hand by a pitch in the sixth inning.

Brendan Ryan has left the St. Louis Cardinals' game at Colorado after he was struck on his right hand by a pitch in the sixth inning.

Houston Bottom 8th - Michael Bourn singled to right. Runner on first with none out and Miguel Tejada due up.

The extent of the fence-mending between St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and Twitter.com was clear Friday night, when a co-founder of the social networking site was invited to throw out a first pitch.

The extent of the fence-mending between St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and Twitter.com was clear to see Friday night, when a co-founder of the social networking site was invited to throw out a first pitch.

John Smoltz's shoulder tendinitis had subsided significantly Sunday, a day after it was announced the St.

Backups eye playoffs Notebook One of three infielders probably won't make roster.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, HUMOR The Cardinals should have the NL Central division title wrapped up in the next eight to 10 days.

Good evening, good morning 1. Red Hot: After sweeping Milwaukee, the Cardinals are 43-19 since July 1. In MLB, only the NY Yankees have a better winning percentage than St.

Mark DeRosa showed up to Busch Stadium on Tuesday afternoon excited to get a chance to break his career-long slump against Brewers starter Braden Looper.

Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals , 8:15 p.m. The St. Louis Cardinals will try and earn a split of their four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds tonight, when the two ballclubs wrap up their set at Busch Stadium.

Another game, another injury for the New York Mets. Rookie Jonathon Niese became their latest victim Wednesday, his season ending in frightening fashion when he tore his right hamstring while covering first base.

Mets rookie pitcher Jon Niese is helped to the dugout after collapsing to the mound after suffering a strained right hamstring during second inning of Wednesday's game at Citi Field.

Mets rookie pitcher Jon Niese is helped to the dugout after collapsing to the mound after suffering a strained right hamstring during second inning of Wednesday's game at Citi Field.