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Paul Goldschmidt's Boss Grand Slam Fuels 10-3 Diamondbacks Win Over St. Louis Cardinals

If there hasn't been a major boost in All-Star voting for Paul Goldschmidt after his epic hitting exploits this past week alone, it's something of a minor tragedy. The first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks has been on an absolute tear during the last five games, including blasting a grand slam ... More >>

Paul Goldschmidt's 14th-Inning RBI Lifts Diamondbacks Over Cardinals

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit an RBI single in the top of the 14th inning last night in St. Louis, which proved to be the game-winner in the second game of a four-game series against the Cardinals.There's not much room to complain in a victory, but this game may have had an ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Hammered By the St. Louis Cardinals in 7-1 Rout

The Arizona Diamondbacks couldn't catch a break last night against the best team in baseball as they were trampled 7-1 by the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday evening at Busch Stadium. Inning by inning, members of the D-backs roster weren't able to get much going against Redbirds ace Lance Lynn (8-1, 2 ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Beat St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 in 16 Innings

It took a couple minutes short of forever for the Arizona Diamondbacks to beat the St. Louis Cardinals last night/this morning at Chase Field.D-backs shortstop Cliff Pennington, who was acquired in the trade that shipped Chris Young off to Oakland, got the walk-off hit that scored Jason Kubel in the ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Drop 15 Hits in 6-2 Opening Day Victory Against St. Louis Cardinals

The 2013 Arizona Diamondbacks have won game one of 162.The D-backs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 at Chase Field last night, in the team's first game in the post-Justin Upton era.See also:-Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers' "Moneyball" Strategy Isn't Madness

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Arizona Diamondbacks Swept By World Champs as Putz Putzes Out

The St. Louis Cardinals may have lost Albert Pujols to the Los Angeles Angels through free agency (i.e. "taking care of his family"), but this team surely should contend for a repeat World Series The Cards massacred the Arizona Diamondbacks last night at Chase Field, a 7-2 win over the locals t ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Fall to St. Louis Cardinals Again

The Arizona Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy pitched five very good innings on Tuesday night at Chase Field against the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately, those five shut-out frames came after the ace couldn't get anybody out in the first two innings, in which he gave up a pair of homers (including a gran ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Use Half the Pitching Staff in Ugly Loss to St. Louis Cardinals

How many pitchers does it take to give up nine runs -- including five home runs -- to the St. Louis Cardinals?For the Arizona Diamondbacks last night, the answer was half of them.There are 12 pitchers on the D'Backs active roster, and six of them pitched last night.The D'Backs put up six runs, so th ... More >>

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Arizona Cardinal Outlast St. Louis Rams 23-20 for Relatively Meaningless Victory

​Beanie Wells had arguably the biggest game of his career yesterday, as the running back rushed for 228 yards during the Arizona Cardinals' 23-20 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday afternoon at the Edward Jones Dome. He nabbed a franchise record for rushing during the game, averaging 8.4 yards ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Snap Six-Game Losing Streak With Dramatic Overtime Win

​The Arizona Cardinals snapped a six-game losing streak with a dramatic overtime win against the St. Louis Rams yesterday in Glendale.The score was tied at 13 at the end of regulation -- then the Cards' first-round draft pick in last this year's draft, Patrick Peterson, got all Patrick Peterson on ... More >>

Diamondbacks Ride To the Top Continues With #10, Tough Road Win Over Formidable St. Louis, July 8

The St. Louis Cardinals long have been an upper-echelon franchise with perhaps the greatest fan base in all of Major League Baseball. For sure, they are a passionate bunch, as we found out one night some time ago when we almost found ourselves in a bar fight with Cards fan. Okay, we started it. A pa ... More >>

Batter Up

Larry Fitzgerald Could Make History in Arizona Cardinals' Impending Loss to St. Louis Rams

www.azcardinals.comLarry Fitzgerald: the lone reason to watch the Cardinals play the Rams on Sunday.​With just five catches in Sunday's upcoming loss to the St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald could surpass Anquan Boldin to become the franchise's all-time leader in receptio ... More >>

Beanie Wells Expected to Play as Arizona Cardinals Host Oakland Raiders in Home Opener -- But Can Derek Anderson Hit His Receivers?

​Coming off a miserable loss to the Atlanta Falcons last week -- and barely winning in St. Louis in week one -- the Arizona Cardinals have even the most loyal fans asking "what the hell happened."The answer could go several ways but the most popular explanation for the team's fall from the last tw ... More >>

Take Two for Derek Anderson; Arizona Cardinals Head to Atlanta Sunday

​The Arizona Cardinals are 1-0 after an ugly (really, really ugly) win against the Rams last week in St. Louis. With the exception of a few players -- namely Steve Breaston -- offensively, the Cardinals played like crap across the board.The Cards head to Atlanta this weekend to take on the Falcons ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Ranked 15th On ESPN Off-Season Rankings

Matt Leinart will be feeling the heat this season​ With NFL training camps set to start up soon, ESPN has released their off-season Power Rankings. This list, which ranks all 32 NFL teams from top to bottom, has the usual suspects at the top. But another predictable team is your Arizona Cardinal ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Wrap Up Road Trip with 4-2 Win Over St. Louis Cardinals

Chris Young: The D-Backs' lone All-Star?​The Arizona Diamondbacks' 3-3 record on its recently completed road trip is a smashing success, considering the team's generally poor play this year and the competition (two likely playoff teams, the Tampa Bay Rays and the St. Louis Cardinals). The D-Backs ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Unravel In Ninth Inning; Lose 6-5 to St. Louis In Sickening Fashion

doin-work.com Dan Haren​Oh, those lovable losers known as the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are always finding creative, new ways to lose baseball games. Monday night was no exception as the team wasted an outstanding pitching (and hitting) performance from Dan Haren and a late offensive ... More >>

D-Backs Win a Wild One Despite Another Qualls Relief Nightmare

The most dramatic moment in baseball has got to be a walk-off homer, and Chris Young of the Arizona Diamondbacks did just that on Sunday afternoon blasting a 411-foot bomb to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 at Chase Field.   ​The whacky win earned the D-Backs the weekend series over a s ... More >>

Revenge on the Birds

D-backs try to stick it to St. Louis

Arizona Diamondbacks Claw Their Way Back, Only to Let Game Slip Away to Atlanta Braves

Chad Qualls: The D-Backs' closer has an ERA of 7.77​This one's gotta sting for the Arizona Diamondbacks. First, their hitters are shut down for six innings against young Atlanta Braves future star Tommy Hanson. Then, two big hits -- a two-run pinch-hit homer by Chris Young in the seventh and a thr ... More >>

Marc Bulger the Cardinals' Next Kurt Warner? That's the Rumor, Anyway

www.theredzonereport.comMarc Bulger to the Cards?​After dropping $7.25 million on signing Derek Anderson to play backup to Matt Leinart, the Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be in the beginning stages of making a run at signing former St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger.The word on the street i ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks' Bullpen Blows The Bloody Game Again, Fall to St. Louis Cardinals. Up Next: The Philadelphia Phillies

Colby Rasmus went yard not once, but freaking twice. The second homer won the game for St. Louis.​ At 6:53 p.m., thirteen minutes following first pitch, it looked like the Arizona Diamondbacks were set to lose another game. At that time, St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder Colby Rasmus sent an ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks' Dan Haren Gives Up Seven Runs -- and Wins

Getty ImagesDan Haren: All-hit, no-pitch on Tuesday. ​The Arizona Diamondbacks' best pitcher had a rough night on the mound Tuesday against one of the National League's best squads, the St. Louis Cardinals -- but still won. Go figure.In the end, Dan Haren had one of the oddest pitching lines you'l ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals 2010 Schedule Includes Christmas-Day Home Game Against Dallas Cowboys

​The NFL revealed the Arizona Cardinals 2010 schedule this morning and not only will the Cards host a Monday night game in Glendale this Kurt Warner-less season, Jesus will have a little competition for a fan-base on Christmas Day.The Cards will host a somewhat-rare Christmas Day game against the ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Doing A Deja Vu All Over Again In Miserable Start to 2010 Season

Jeez, how many quality starts are the D-Backs going to waste before they get it together?​Another strong effort, this one by Rodrigo Lopez, went for naught last night as the St. Louis Cardinals came from behind to beat the homies by a 4-2 count.Chalk up this loss--the team's fifth in a row and the ... More >>

Hope Floats

Or maybe it sinks? Find out at Chase Field.

Cardinals Cruise Past St. Louis to Win Ten Games in a Season for the First Time Since 1976

​In a football culture where winning ten games in two seasons was often a milestone, for the first time in Arizona history the state has an NFL football team that has won ten games in a single season. But it hasn't come without its ups-and-downs. The Cards beat up on the St. Louis R ... More >>

How Will a Concussed Kurt Warner Fare Against a Seemingly Sane Vince Young? All Signs Point to the Cards

www.betblog.com Vince Young​Despite suffering a concussion against the Rams last week in St. Louis, it seems as though Kurt Warner will make his 42nd consecutive start this Sunday against the Titans in Tennessee.  

Still Perfect; Cardinals Beat the St. Louis Rams to Remain Undefeated On The Road

Matt Leinart​Considering the Cardinals dismal road performance last season, did you ever think you'd hear these words: The Arizona Cardinals are now 5-0 on the road. For the first time since 1948, back when the team was the Chicago Cardinals, the nomadic franchise has managed to w ... More >>

Can '09 Redbirds Go 8-0 on the Road? First, They Have to Get by a Super Bowl of Sorts in St. Louis.

It's slippery, slashing Rams RB Steven Jackson vs. Arizona's nutty road-field advantage on Sunday in St. Louis.​ Talk about a daft stat. If the Arizona Cardinals get back to the Super Bowl in 2010, it'll likely be thanks to their nutty road-field advantage. Sitting pretty with a road recor ... More >>

Forget the Alamo: Arizona Cardinals Must Whup Hubris and the Houston Texans to Salvage Their Season

If Beanie can hold on to the ball, expect a breakout day for the rookie RB against the Texans.​ Three years ago, Suns fans considered Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers their personal bitches. Two years ago, D-Backers openly lampooned the hapless, pre-Joe Torre L.A. Dodgers. Last year, Arizon ... More >>

It's All-Pitch/No-Hit (Again) for the D-Backs in St. Louis. Next up: Colorado Rockies.

Dan Haren: Another step closer to a Cy Young award?The Arizona Diamondbacks started the second half of the season just as they played most of the first half: on the losing side of a series. And true to form, it was all-pitch/no-hit this weekend in St. Louis. Each of the Diamondbacks' three sta ... More >>

Clean Machine: Sans Steroids, Albert Pujols Continues Triple Crown Chase vs. D-Backs in St. Louis

Good Prince Albert, the anti-Manny.Pete Rose is a numskull, but if he's your definition of evil, you need to invest in a new dictionary. Yeah, Rose bet on games, including his own team, the Cincinnati Reds, while he was still playing/managing. And, yeah, that's bad, but compared to the slimy, ste ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Offense Finally Comes Alive in Extra-Inning Victory Over St. Louis

www.mlb.comConor Jackson was one of the heroes of last night's game.It'd been almost nine long months since Conor Jackson hit a home run for the Arizona Diamondbacks, with the left fielder's last moon shot coming way back in July against the San Francisco Giants. But Co-Jack's homer dry spell ende ... More >>

Runs? You Got 'Em, but D-Backs Are Sloppy and the Pitching Stinks

After a dramatic extra-inning win on Tuesday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks came out swinging on Wednesday afternoon in the series finale and homestand-closing game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately, for every bit of goodwill the D-Backs generated Wednesday, they took a step back ... More >>

Ex-Arizona Diamondbacks' Minor Leaguer Makes the Snakes Pay During St. Louis Cardinals' Series-Opening Victory at Chase Field

www.mlb.comBrian Barden -- an ex-D-Back minor leaguer -- punked his old team Monday night. Way before the St. Louis Cardinals' Brian Barden belted the game-winning blast in the eighth inning to gave the Arizona Diamondbacks their third consecutive loss, the home team arguably choked away the game w ... More >>

Luck of the Draw: Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons in NFC First-Round Playoff on Saturday

"Charmed" seems an odd descriptor for the 2008-09 Arizona Cardinals, who lost -- no, were crushed in -- four of their last six regular-season games. Yet here they sit, all warm and snuggly at 9-7, hosting a first-round playoff game at home in the Red Zone. Meanwhile, a couple of teams they lost to ... More >>

Defense Seals Deal: Arizona Cardinals Clinch NFC West in Blowout

The defense was stellar in the Arizona Cadinals' division-clinching 34-10 win over the St. Louis Rams, forcing two fumbles and intercepting a pass in the end zone and returning it 100 yards for a score. But before we get too giddy and start ordering Super Bowl tickets, let' ... More >>

Best of the NFC Worst: Cards Should Clinch Division Title Against Lowly St. Louis on Sunday

Cards QB Kurt Warner will meet his old team in Glendale. You can't win in the NFC West. Even if you win. That's the moral of the story for the Arizona Cardinals, who've been crucified for years as the doormat of the weak-sister NFC Worst. Now  that they're on the verge of winning their first ... More >>

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