Cardinals

It's like a holiday in St. Louis when the Cardinals play their first home game at Busch Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The action starts long before ...

In a season with high expectations, the Toronto Blue Jays start things off with a significant challenge as they take on the St. Louis Cardinals for Opening ...

For the Blue Jays, it is the Philadelphia Phillies. O’Neill had a down year last season, connecting for 14 home runs – down from 34 in 2021. [Watch the Blue Jays face the Cardinals on Opening Day](https://www.snnow.ca/?utm_source=SPORTSNET&utm_medium=EDITORIAL&utm_campaign=JAYS&utm_term=NA&utm_content=HOMEPAGE) [Let's play ball. ET/ noon PT on Sportsnet and SN NOW.](https://www.snnow.ca/?utm_source=SPORTSNET&utm_medium=EDITORIAL&utm_campaign=JAYS&utm_term=NA&utm_content=HOMEPAGE) It’s the first of 10 consecutive games on the road as the Blue Jays complete renovations of the Rogers Centre prior to their home opener against the Detroit Tigers on April 11. The Toronto Blue Jays open the 2023 season in St. PT Toronto RHP Chris Bassitt (15-9, 3.45 ERA) vs. Louis RHP Jack Flaherty (2-1, 4.25 ERA) PT: Toronto RHP Alek Manoah (16-7, 2.24 ERA in 2022) vs. PT: Toronto RHP Kevin Gausman (12-10, 3.35 ERA) vs. Louis RHP Miles Mikolas (12-13, 3.29 ERA) Louis against the reigning NL Central champion Cardinals.

St. Louis Cardinals top prospect Jordan Walker will make team history Thursday when he makes his MLB debut.

Opening Day in the MLB is here. The 2023 regular season kicks off today, and the Blue Jays begin the year in the midwest with a three-game series against ...

The Blue Jays and Cardinals are scheduled to have the first pitch at 4:10 p.m. One of the newest members of Toronto knocks in the first run of the 2023 season for the Blue Jays, driving in Springer on a double to right field. Louis goes to the bullpen with one out and runners on second and third in the top of the fourth. 2:30 p.m.: On the mound, the Blue Jays are rolling with Alek Manoah. 7:08 p.m.: Donovan pops out to Bichette to end the inning. The slugger rips a single to right field that brings in Springer and Bichette. 7:40 p.m.: Now the Blue Jays elect to issue the intentional walk. 7:41 p.m.: Walker grounds out to Chapman at third for the third out. 7:25 p.m.: Chapman grounds out into a fielder's choice to end the inning. 7:55 p.m.: Varsho ends the inning with a fly out to right field. 7:59 p.m.: Donovan rolls over a weak grounder to Merrifield for the second out. Louis the team a 9-8 lead in the bottom of the eighth, closer Ryan Helsley allowed the first three Jays batters in the ninth to reach and eventually allowed the tying and go-ahead runs.

Tens of thousands of Cardinals fans flocked to Busch Stadium on Thursday to celebrate the return of baseball in an afternoon matchup against the Toronto ...

Louis, said Opening Day marks a new chapter of the year that's filled with baseball and warmer weather. "The day is great. “When I was in elementary school is when [Mark] McGuire was just crushing home runs, and I just got super into the Cardinals and just stuck with it ever since.” “Being here being around the other fans is just, it's breathtaking,” Davis said. "It just brings everybody together, and you just get to see a sea of red," the longtime former usher at Busch Stadium said while standing alongside her sister, Drena Ross. [is hoping to bounce back after a disappointing first-round exit](https://news.stlpublicradio.org/sports/2023-03-29/new-season-new-rules-new-lineup-the-cardinals-are-set-for-opening-day) from the playoffs last season.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, left, talks with his players as they wait their turn at bat during a simulated game at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, ...

The uncertainty for the Cardinals is the rotation, and the lineups they’ll face early and often this month could determine what kind of start the Cardinals have. The first nine games of the season against teams built to contend for a division title — Toronto, Atlanta, and rival Milwaukee. The Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays both held their final workouts of spring training at Busch Stadium on Wednesday before opening day of the regular season on Thursday. It means more time to prepare for facing more players, and it means fewer games to fatten the record against Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Miles Mikolas started the final game of the 2022 season, a 2-0 loss to Philadelphia in a best-of-three wild-card playoff, and will start the first game of the 2023 season. The last out of the 2022 season meant the last appearance of Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols, both of whom retired. It’s nice that we get to see all the great players around the league and how we stack up. A game long defined by the absence of time — no 2-minute warning, no shot clock, no stoppage time — has introduced a pitch clock to hasten games and spur action this year. His second career opening day start will be his first under the Arch and in Busch Stadium. When your last game of the season is you just kind of walking out of the dugout and getting dressed and going home, no one likes that. Seasons are still measured, as they have been for generations, by whether the Cardinals’ finish their season against an American League opponent, and it will be at least a decade between pennants after three consecutive and abrupt departures from the postseason. Paul Goldschmidt stood this past October in the dugout at Busch Stadium, watching the zeroes collect on the scoreboard and unable to stop the minutes rapidly vanishing from the Cardinals’ season.

The Arizona Cardinals signed former Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons cornerback Rashad Fenton to a one-year deal on Thursday.

Fenton has 49 games of NFL experience (17 starts), mostly with the Kansas City Chiefs. He could challenge for playing time — or at least act as depth — in a corner group that includes Marco Wilson and Antonio Hamilton at the top of the pecking order. 1 man Byron Murphy to the Minnesota Vikings in free agency but brings back second-year man Christian Matthew after he earned playing time last in 2022.

Wainwright has now truly done it all in a Cardinals uniform.

[Adam Wainwright](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/adam-wainwright-ZTUmsKEmK3Fckfzc/) has now truly done it all in a [Cardinals](https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/cardinals/) uniform. The fans in attendance roared in surprise when Wainwright broke from the team and positioned himself behind a microphone as Busch Stadium public address announcer John Ulett introduced the anthem performer as an “up-and-coming singer in St. But his national anthem performance Thursday was undoubtedly his biggest one yet as the Cardinals planned for a sell-out crowd at Busch Stadium. when he stepped out of the player line to sing the national anthem ahead of a matchup with the [Blue Jays](https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/jays/) on Opening Day. - The 41-year-old posted a 3.71 ERA in 32 starts (191 2/3 innings) last season. He began recording an album comprised of original songs last season and has performed in a couple of benefit concerts for his charity, Big League Impact.

Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright kicked off MLB's 2023 Opening Day with pure fire, despite the fact he wasn't playing against the Blue Jays.

Adam Wainwright will go down as one of the best pitchers in Cardinals history; but apparently he's got quite the pipes if he decides on another career after ...

[CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM](https://www.foxnews.com/sports) Louis Cardinals](https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb/st-louis-cardinals) faithful had a surprise at Busch Stadium on Opening Day. [Adam Wainwright](https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/mlb) didn't get the start to begin his 19th MLB season (he's dealing with a groin injury), but he did give the performance of a lifetime – on the microphone. He also finished in seventh place in 2021, his age-39 season. He pitched to a 3.71 ERA in 32 starts last season. The public address announcer said an "up-and-coming singer" from St.