TIME: 07:37 P.M. ESTVENUE: AT&T Park The Giants sure are tough to eliminate this postseason. Barry Zito and the Giants gave themself at least one more game in the NL championship series with a 5-0 victory Friday in St. Louis that forced Sundays Game 6 back at AT&T Park. Just where the NL West winners [...]
online wire reportsOct. 18, 2012 ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals are oh so close. They know better than to start celebrating yet. To a man, the defending World Series champions kept their latest victory in perspective Thursday night. Before cashing in another wild-card run to a second straight pennant, theyve still got to [...]
TIME: 08:07 P.M. ESTVENUE: Busch Stadium The St. Louis Cardinals are one game away from reaching back-to-back World Series for the first time since the NL championship series has been contested. The leagues most successful club is not sure whether slugger Carlos Beltran will be available, but it has the opportunity to close out the [...]
online wire reportsOct. 18, 2012 DETROIT — Prince Fielder waved his arms franticly, gleefully calling off his teammates while the crowd at Comerica Park roared. From the moment the big first baseman signed his massive contract in January, an entire city had been waiting for a chance to celebrate like this. After another dazzling effort [...]
online wire reportsOct. 17, 2012 ST. LOUIS — Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer after subbing for an injured Carlos Beltran and the St. Louis Cardinals chased Matt Cain before a 3½-hour rain delay in the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night for a 2-1 NL Championship [...]
online wire reportsOct. 16, 2012 DETROIT — Justin Verlander and Detroits stellar starters are on quite a roll — no matter who is in the opposing lineup. Verlander took a shutout into the ninth inning and the Tigers held on to beat New York 2-1 Tuesday night for a 3-0 lead in the AL Championship [...]