Madison Bumgarner Earns Record-Tying Home Win

Madison Bumgarner now owns a share of the title for winningest pitcher in Oracle Park history.

San Francisco Official Site

Time For Baseball To Name An Award For Stan Musial?

Even as the modern game drifts to the extremes of its nature — short starts, long homers, fewer balls in play, many many strikeouts — the era we’re leaving may very well be remembered as the heyday of baseball.

Bird Land

Cardinals May Have Expressed Interest In Marcell Ozuna, Dee Gordon, & Brad Ziegler During 2017 Summer; Pirates May Put Andrew McCutchen Back On Trading Block

One Marlins player said he heard word there was talk of interest on the part of the Cardinals, including in Marcell Ozuna, Dee Gordon and Brad Ziegler. The Ziegler talk occurred after Trevor Rosenthal went down.

FanRags

Career Well Done: Matt Cain Outstanding In Last Start

Even in his last game, right up until his final pitch, Matt Cain continued to assert his presence and define himself as a pitcher.

San Francisco Official Site

Matt Cain To Retire At End Of 2017 Season

The Giants have spent weeks working on a plan to have Matt Cain make one final start for them this weekend. Cain announced Wednesday that Saturday's appearance will actually be the last one of his big league career.

CSN Bay Area

Course Of The Horse: Matt Cain Reflects On Career

During the 13 seasons that Matt Cain has worn a jersey with San Francisco written across his chest, The City steadily has crept into his heart.

San Francisco Official Site

Mark Melancon Will Have Surgery On Forearm

Mark Melancon's unusual September continued Monday with a report that the right-hander will need surgery on his throwing arm.

San Francisco Official Site

Madison Bumgarner Scratched Due To Flu, Matt Cain To Start Thursday For Giants

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Giants Sending Matt Cain Back To The Bullpen

Andrew Baggarly Twitter

Matt Cain Is A Sinkerballer Now & It's Having Weird Effects

After a prolonged period of struggle, Matt Cain is trying to transform and stick around.

Beyond The Boxscore

Randal Grichuk Seeing Results

The sample size of the last few days may be small, but for Randal Grichuk there are some tangible results his work is paying off at the plate.

STL Baseball Weekly

Kolten Wong, Stephen Piscotty Not In Lineup; Matt Adams Trade Revisited; A Little Extra For Matt Carpenter; Extra Bases

Second baseman Kolten Wong (sore left elbow) and right fielder Stephen Piscotty (bruised left forearm) were out of the Cardinals’ lineup Sunday, but apparently they won’t be out terribly long, and Piscotty actually pinch hit a single in the eighth inning.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Look To Adam Wainwright To Prevent Sweep By Giants

If the St. Louis Cardinals are to salvage the final game of what looked like a promising homestand just a few days ago, they will have to do what they have done for years: rely on Adam Wainwright.

Fox Sports Midwest

Adam Wainwright Seeks Fourth Win In Finale Against Giants

When the Giants and Cardinals meet Sunday in the teams' series finale, both starting pitchers will come into the game with victories in their previous outings. For right-hander Adam Wainwright, his ninth start of the year will be an attempt to pick up his fourth consecutive win, while right-hander Matt Cain will be searching for his second straight win.

St. Louis Official Site

Series Preview: Giants @ Cardinals May 19-21,2017

The Cardinals welcome in the San Francisco Giants this weekend for a three-game series. Coming off a two-game sweep at the hands of the Boston Red Sox, the Cardinals have fallen out of first place and trail the Milwaukee Brewers by one game.

Post-Dispatch

Matt Cain Shows Strength In Milestone Night

Matt Cain etched his name once again alongside the Giants' greatest pitchers. But the ink on his signature will have been dry, possibly for decades, before he understands the significance of his handiwork.

San Francisco Official Site

Adam Wainwright Reminded Everyone He Is A #PitcherWhoRakes With This Home Run

With a runner on third and one out in the top of the third of Friday's Brewers-Cardinals game, Adam Wainwright stepped to the plate. Surely thinking, "He's the pitcher -- how hard could he possibly hit the ball?" Craig Counsell instructed his infielders to move in.

Cut4

Shelby Miller Delivers Strong Effort Vs. Giants

Wednesday's fifth inning may have gotten away from Shelby Miller a little bit and therefore the game and the series against the Giants as well, but the D-backs are still plenty pleased with what they've seen from their right-hander through two starts this year.

Arizona Official Site

31 Cardinals Stats To Get You Ready For Opening Day

Section I: Starting it off Right

KSDK

Albert Pujols Helps Spark Four-Run Seventh For Angels

Displaying the durability that made him a postseason hero, left-hander Madison Bumgarner surrendered one hit in six innings on Wednesday for the Giants, who responded to a late Angels rally and rode a pair of RBIs from Michael Morse to a 7-4 win at Scottsdale Stadium.

Anaheim Official Site