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Cardinals Finish First Homestand of 2016

Posted on May 15, 2015 at 05:08 AM.

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The 2016 season begins with a strong start for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Redbirds finish off the first homestand with a 4-2 record that included a 3-0 series sweep against the San Diego Padres. However, the "birds on the bat" struggled to gain any offense against the Los Angeles Dodgers, averaging 2.6 runs a game, and dropping 2 out of 3 games. They did manage to beat Clayton Kershaw in the final game as ace Adam Wainwright pitched a 3-hit shutout.

The homestand also provided Cardinal fans on seeing their new starting left-hander David Price. Price got his 1st victory as a Redbird as he went six innings with eight strikeouts in against the Padres. New acquisitions Andrew Miller and Brandon League have been good and bad respectively. Miller hasn't yielded a run in 2 appearances, while League is 0-1 with an 18.00 ERA. It's early in the season, and more than likely it will change for League, but indeed a rough start for the new middle reliever.

Elvis Andrus already has 10 hits in six games and is looking to match or better his .305 average from last season. He has a .417 clip to start the young campaign. Matt Adams trying to outdo his 2015 campaign has launched a couple of long home runs so far this season. Yadier Molina is trying to shake off his injury-riddled season and hopefully finish back at the top of the batting race as he did two seasons ago.

Upcoming games for the Birds include a six-game road trip against Central Division rivals the Milwaukee Brewers (Monday-Wednesday) and the Cincinnati Reds (Friday-Saturday); then following up with a six-game homestand that includes 3 with the Colorado Rockies beginning next Tuesday and 3 more with the Brewers.