The Peoria Chiefs were officially eliminated from the second half playoff race with a rain-shortened 5-3 loss to the Kane County Cougars Thursday night. The winning run scored for the Cougars on the last play before a lengthy rain delay halted play and the Chiefs are now 4 ½ games behind Kane County with just four to play. The loss drops the Chiefs to 31-33 on the half and 69-64 on the

(AP) - Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer and the Houston Astros completed a sweep of St. Louis with a 5-2 victory Wednesday, handing the slumping Cardinals their fifth straight defeat. The fading Cardinals, who have lost 13 of 16, began the day seven games behind first-place Cincinnati in the NL Central. Nelson Figueroa (4-2) pitched out of two bases-loaded jams and lasted five innings for the

One of the key elements to ESPN's early years and a Bradley University graduate will come back to give the winter commencement address at his alma mater.  Charley Steiner will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the ceremony on December 18th.  This will be the first commencement to be held in the new on-campus arena.  Steiner spent 14 years at ESPN, focusing on...More

(AP) - Wandy Rodriguez pitched seven innings and three relievers completed the three-hit shutout as the Houston Astros again beat the slumping St. Louis Cardinals, 3-0 on Tuesday night. Hunter Pence drove in two runs in Houston's three-run fourth inning. The Cardinals were shut out for the second straight game after J.A. Happ threw a two-hitter in a 3-0 win on Monday. They have dropped four

(From Bradley University) - The first-ever women’s basketball game in Bradley University’s new arena versus Butler, as well as consecutive games versus Big Ten Conference opponents Iowa and Illinois, and the program’s first international regular-season trip since 1989-90 highlight  the 2010-11 Bradley women’s basketball schedule announced by BU head coach Paula

(From Bradley University) - Bradley came up short in its first road match of the season Tuesday night at Northern Illinois, falling to the Huskies 25-14, 25-17, 25-15.  The Braves dropped to 2-2 on the season with the loss.

(AP) - J.A. Happ threw a two-hitter and rookie Brett Wallace had a career-high three hits and drove in a run to help the Houston Astros beat the struggling St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Monday night. It was another tough loss for the Cardinals, who have dropped six of seven and entered the day five games behind Cincinnati in the NL Central race. Happ earned his fourth complete game and third shutout

(From Bradley University) - Sophomore defensive specialist/libero Allie Gardner has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week announced by the league office Monday afternoon. Gardner helped Bradley to a 2-1 record and second-place finish at the season-opening Hotels at Grand Prairie Invitational.

(AP) - Adam Wainwright struggled for five innings and the St. Louis Cardinals lost again, falling to Washington 4-2 Sunday and dropping five games behind Cincinnati in the NL Central. Wainwright (17-9) failed in his third bid to become the NL's first 18-game winner. The Nationals tagged him for four runs on six hits and three walks in five innings. John Lannan pitched shutout ball into the

(AP) - Not exactly a dominant performance by Derek Anderson. Not quite redemption, either, for Matt Leinart, but a win for Arizona. Anderson and Leinart each threw for a touchdown while delivering solid if not spectacular performances to help the Cardinals beat the Chicago Bears 14-9 in a preseason game Saturday night. Coach Ken Whisenhunt had Anderson start after the watching the first-team

(AP) - Adam Dunn broke out of a prolonged slump with a homer and five RBIs, helping the Washington Nationals to a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. Dunn was in an 8-for-66 skid over 20 games when he doubled home two runs for a 4-3 Washington lead in a four-run third inning. With the score tied at 5 in the fifth, Dunn hit a three-run shot, his 32nd of the season and

(From Bradley University) - Junior Megan Schmidt of Bloomington Central Catholic tallied 13 kills and sophomore Madelyn Ervin added 12 kills, but Southeast Missouri State topped Bradley in four sets to claim the title at the 2010 Hotels at Grand Prairie Invitational Saturday. The Braves took the opening set 25-15, before SEMO rallied to take the final three sets 25-21, 25-20, 25-17.

Shaun and Tim talk High School Football, Baseball and if the NFL should expand to an 18 game schedule

 

WASHINGTON (AP) - Albert Pujols homered for the second  straight night and Jaime Garcia pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings  to earn the victory in the St. Louis Cardinals' 4-2 win over the  Washington Nationals last night. Garcia leads major league  rookies in wins with 12.

(AP) - Ian Desmond singled home Nyjer Morgan in the bottom of the 13th inning and the Washington Nationals overcame Albert Pujols' 400th home run Thursday night in an 11-10 roller-coaster win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Morgan was hit by a pitch from Blake Hawksworth (4-8) while squaring to bunt leading off the inning, then advanced to third on Alberto Gonzalez's one-out single. With the

(AP) - Daniel McCutchen pitched six shutout innings for his third victory as a major league starter, Neil Walker tripled with the bases loaded and the Pittsburgh Pirates dealt the St. Louis Cardinals another damaging loss by winning 5-2 on Wednesday night. Dropping their fourth consecutive series against a losing-record team, the Cardinals fell 3 1/2 games behind Cincinnati in the NL Central. St.

(AP) - Pirates rookie Neil Walker drove in three runs and last-place Pittsburgh prevented Adam Wainwright from becoming the majors' first 18-game winner, holding off a ninth-inning rally to beat St. Louis 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Cardinals, down 4-2 when the ninth started, loaded the bases with one out and a run in on Jon Jay's single, but Evan Meek got Matt Holliday and Felipe Lopez to pop up

(From Peoria Chiefs) - The Peoria Chiefs in conjunction with the Chicago Cubs have announced that injured Cubs hurler Carlos Silva will rehab with the Chiefs on Friday in a 6:30 p.m. start against the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Tickets for the rehab game are currently on sale online at www.peoriachiefs.com, by calling 1-866-MYTICKET and at the O'Brien Field box office which opens Wednesday...more

(AP) - Albert Pujols hit a three-run home run one pitch after injured Pirates starter Ross Ohlendorf was pulled during a four-run St. Louis first inning, and the Cardinals moved to within a game of the NL wild card lead by beating Pittsburgh 10-2 on Monday night. Kyle Lohse (2-5), making his second start since spending nearly three months on the disabled list with a right forearm injury, pitched

(AP) - Retired slugger Sammy Sosa is upset with the Chicago Cubs for not retiring his No. 21 jersey, telling a magazine that the organization doesn't care about him. Sosa hit 545 homers over 13 seasons with the Cubs while becoming one of baseball's biggest stars. But he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in 2005 after a sour end to his time in Chicago. Sosa tells Chicago Magazine for a story in

(AP) - Jaime Garcia threw a three-hitter for his first career shutout and fellow rookie Allen Craig hit a two-run home run for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 9-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Jon Jay had three hits and an RBI and Brendan Ryan and Yadier Molina each had two hits and an RBI for the Cardinals, who knocked out Barry Zito in the fourth inning. St. Louis rebounded from

(AP) - Oakland reserve linebacker Slade Norris recovered a muffed punt in the end zone for a go-ahead TD and later blocked a punt for a safety Saturday night, leading the Raiders to a 32-17 preseason victory over the Chicago Bears. Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, who missed all but one game last season after hurting his wrist in the season opener, injured his calf on the opening drive and did

CHICAGO (AP) - The man hired to head the basketball program  at the University of Illinois at Chicago intends to lead the  Flames to the top of the Horizon League. Former Bradley university and Wisconsin assistant  coach Howard Moore is replacing Jimmy Collins who announced last  month he's retiring Aug. 31, after 14 seasons with the Flames.  The 37-year-old Moore

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rookie Madison Bumgarner pitched into the  eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants got home runs from  Pablo Sandoval and Aubrey Huff, sending the St. Louis Cardinals  to their season-worst fifth straight loss with a 6-3 victory on  Friday night. Albert Pujols hit his 398th career homer for the Cardinals,  who led the NL Central by a game after a

(AP) - Will Venable hit a two-run single in the seventh inning and the San Diego Padres rallied to beat the Cubs 5-3 Thursday, completing their first four-game sweep of Chicago in their 42-year history. The four-run seventh - capped by Venable's dash home when the Cubs weren't paying attention to him - made a winner of Mat Latos and helped the NL West-leading Padres to their 10th victory in 11

Chillicothe IVC is changing conferences once again. The Journal Star reports the Grey Ghosts will be joining the Mid-State 6 conference for football only next school year. Other sports may join in later. It's a win-win for both entities. IVC is member of the North Central Illinois Conference which will disband after this school year. The Mid-State 6 has just five football members this year...more

(AP) - Randy Wolf allowed three hits in 8 1-3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers got just enough offense against 17-game winner Adam Wainwright to send the St. Louis Cardinals to their fourth straight defeat, 3-2 on Wednesday. Trevor Hoffman struck out Brendan Ryan with the bases loaded to earn his 598th career save. Hoffman came in after the Cardinals pushed across a pair of runs in the ninth.

(AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals have signed third baseman Zack Cox, their first-round draft pick, to a $3.2 million, four-year contract. Second-round pick Jordan Swagerty, a right-handed pitcher from Arizona State, also agreed to terms late Monday night. Cox, the 25th overall selection, will report to Class-A Palm Beach. Swagerty, the 75th player taken in the June draft, will begin his career at

(AP) - Derrek Lee homered his first two at-bats, helping the Chicago Cubs pummel Kyle Lohse and knock the St. Louis Cardinals out of first place in the NL Central with a 9-7 victory on Sunday. Ryan Dempster (11-8) won his third straight start for the Cubs, who have won only four of 18 but took two out of three against a team that had grabbed the division lead with a three-game sweep at

(AP) - Carlos Zambrano won for the first time since his banishment for a dugout tantrum in June, and the Chicago Cubs won for just the third time in 17 games, 3-2 over St. Louis on Saturday. Aramis Ramirez homered after missing three games with sore ribs. Derrek Lee also hit a solo homer for Chicago. The Cardinals had won four in a row. Chris Carpenter (13-4) gave up three runs in six innings. He

(AP) - Ryan Mathews had an impressive debut and the San Diego Chargers got along fine without holdouts Vincent Jackson and Marcus McNeill in a 25-10 preseason victory over the Chicago Bears on Saturday night. Mathews, the first-round draft pick who will replace the departed LaDainian Tomlinson, gained 50 yards on nine carries and caught two passes for 11 yards. Philip Rivers threw a 28-yard

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Chicago Cubs lost 6-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals last night. The Cubs have been on the road since Monday, and will face the Cardinals in St. Louis again this afternoon. The Cubs have lost three in a row.

(AP) - Pinch-hitter Andres Torres hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the San Francisco Giants into a weekend showdown against San Diego on a high note following an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. Pat Burrell hit a grand slam and solo home run and Pablo Sandoval also homered to snap a drought of 178 at-bats without a longball as the Giants won

(AP) - Yadier Molina jawed with Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips in the first inning Tuesday night, sparking a benches-clearing fight, and the Cardinals followed their catcher's lead to an 8-4 victory that moved St. Louis back into first place in the NL Central. Molina hit a solo homer and a sacrifice fly off Johnny Cueto (11-3), who got shoved against the backstop screen and

(AP) - The final game of the St. Louis Cardinals' series at Florida is postponed because of rain. No makeup date was immediately announced. The game started 55 minutes late Sunday, then was halted with two out in the top of the first inning and no score. The postponement came after a wait of 3 hours, 7 minutes. The Cardinals, who began the day 1 1/2 games behind the NL Central-leading Reds, start

(AP) - Hanley Ramirez hit a game-winning double in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Florida Marlins a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. Ramirez, Dan Uggla, and Donnie Murphy also homered for the Marlins, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Uggla homered in the ninth to tie the game 4-4. Clay Hensley (2-4) picked up the win in relief by pitching a scoreless 10th.

(AP) - Albert Pujols hit a three-run homer and Chris Carpenter slowed the Houston bats in the St. Louis Cardinals' 8-4 victory over the Astros on Wednesday night. Pujols connected on a 3-2 pitch from J.A. Happ and put it over the left-field wall in the second inning for his 27th home run of the season and 393rd of his career. He has homered in three of his last four games and moved into a tie

(AP) - Bud Norris won his fourth game this season and third against the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Houston Astros got career-highs of six RBIs and four hits from rookie Angel Sanchez, stretching their winning streak to seven with an 18-4 rout on Tuesday night. Colby Rasmus and Matt Holliday homered for the Cardinals, who will try to avoid getting swept by Houston for the second time at home

(AP) - Jeff Keppinger had two hits and four RBIs, including a key hit during a go-ahead three-run eighth inning, and the Houston Astros won their sixth straight to spoil Jake Westbrook's St. Louis debut with a 9-4 victory over the Cardinals on Monday night. Albert Pujols homered for the third straight game and Westbrook worked six strong innings for St. Louis, which lost for only the second time...more

(AP) - Albert Pujols hit his 24th homer and finished with three hits, helping Jeff Suppan get his first win since September and leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. Suppan (1-6) allowed five hits in 5 1-3 scoreless innings. He also struck out five in his first victory since Sept. 19 for Milwaukee. Colby Rasmus hit a two-run homer and an

The St. Louis Cardinals trade Ryan Ludwick to the San Diego Padres while the Chicago Cubs send pitcher Ted Lilly and infielder Ryan Theriot to the Los Angeles Dodgers in trades announced before Saturday afternoon's trade deadline. The Cardinals trade of Ludwick was part of a three-team deal with the Cleveland Indians and Padres. The Cardinals get pitcher Jake Westbrook from Cleveland and minor...more

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Brendan Ryan's broken-bat infield hit in  the 10th inning drove in the game's lone run and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 on Friday night. Chris Carpenter allowed five hits over eight innings for the Cardinals, who have won eight of nine at home and regained first place in the NL Central by a half-game over Cincinnati. St. Louis is 35-16 at home and

(AP) - Rookie right-hander Stephen Strasburg has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Washington Nationals because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder.

CHICAGO (AP) - Rookies Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro  homered Saturday, completing a successful week at the top of  Chicago's order and helping the Cubs to a 6-5 victory over the  St. Louis Cardinals.

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is going to  retire at the end of the season.  Piniella announced his decision Tuesday before a game  against the Astros. The 66-year-old manager says he is looking  forward to spending more time with his family. He says announcing his retirement now - just after the  All-Star break - gives the team time to find a replacement. ...More

(AP) - Albert Pujols' two-run home run in the fifth inning began a barrage of four long balls in a span of six at-bats and Blake Hawksworth survived a rocky start in the St. Louis Cardinals' 8-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Rookie Allen Craig added his first career homer and Skip Schumaker hit his third of the season in a five-run fifth against Kyle Kendrick. Randy Winn led off the

(AP) - Adam Wainwright pitched six sharp innings to improve to 10-0 at home and Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each drove in a run, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 on Saturday. Wainwright (14-5), who lowered his ERA to 2.02 ERA, has allowed just one earned run in his last 29 1-3 innings. The All-Star right-hander gave up five hits and struck out three in winning

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Yadier Molina homered and drove in four runs, matching his RBI total from the previous 25 games, helping the St. Louis Cardinals overcome a rough start by rookie Jaime Garcia in an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chad Billingsley (7-5) was the second straight Dodgers starter to get cuffed around by the Cardinals, allowing seven runs and 10 hits in four innings. It was

(From Peoria Chiefs) - The Peoria Chiefs bullpen gave away the lead in the ninth again on Wednesday, but a walkoff home run by Nelson Perez gave Peoria a 10-9 win over the Dayton Dragons. The win improves the Chiefs to 5-12 since the second half of the Midwest League season began. Chiefs shortstop Hak-Ju Lee went 4-for-5 and scored a pair of runs in his first career four-hit game. He also doubled

Shaun, Tim, Jonny and Pat talk about LeBron's "Decision", the new Miami Heat and the Cardinals bad bullpen week. Click the links to hear the show Hour 1  Hour 2

HOUSTON (AP) - Adam Wainwright pitched eight scoreless  innings and Matt Holliday hit a three-run homer to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 8-0 Friday night. Albert Pujols drove in three runs and Kyle McClellan pitched a perfect ninth to complete the shutout for St. Louis and end a three-game skid.Houston snapped a three-game winning streak and was shutout for the

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(AP) - Rickie Weeks hit a leadoff homer to begin a miserable outing for Chris Carpenter, and the Milwaukee Brewers capitalized on perhaps the St. Louis Cardinals' shakiest defensive inning of the season in a 12-5 victory Saturday night. Carpenter (9-2), among the Cardinals' hopes to land an All-Star spot, failed to retire any of the four batters he faced in the fourth. Carpenter was charged with

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rookie Jaime Garcia bounced back from his 

(AP) - Colby Rasmus and Skip Schumaker homered off Kyle Davies, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Saturday amid chants of "USA! USA!" during America's World Cup match against Ghana. The soccer game was shown on televisions scattered throughout Kauffman Stadium, sold out for the second consecutive game of the always-spirited I-70 series. As the Americans

(AP) - Life on the edge came to an exhausting and disappointing end for the United States against a familiar foe. Ghana sent the U.S. packing from the World Cup - again - eliminating the Americans in the second round Saturday night. Asamoah Gyan scored 3 minutes into overtime, leading the Black Stars to a 2-1 victory that ended a thrilling but ultimately unfulling World Cup for the United...more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Zack Greinke went eight-plus innings and Scott Podsednik ignited a three-run third inning, leading the Kansas City Royals past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Friday night before a loud, energetic sellout crowd.  Greinke went into the ninth looking for the franchise's first consecutive shutouts in almost 18 years. But Felipe Lopez's sacrifice fly off Joakim Soria drove

(From Bradley University) - With five appearances on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Day to his credit during his two-year Bradley career, former Braves swingman Chris Roberts was selected in the fourth-annual Harlem Globetrotters Draft Tuesday. According to a Tuesday morning release from the Globetrotters, Roberts will be invited to a fall training camp to vie for the honor of joining...more