Backed into corner, Cards look to Morris for equalizer
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The St. Louis Cardinals will send their opening-day starter to the mound on Wednesday in their most important, and perhaps last, game of the season.
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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St. Louis starting pitcher Matt Morris left the National League Championship Series elated that the Cardinals had advanced to the World Series and figuring he wouldn't take the mound again until Game 3 of the Fall Classic. Instead, Morris, who pitched Game 6 of the NLCS against Houston last Wednesday night, found out Friday night he would face the Red ...
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Though manager Terry Francona wasn't willing to discuss his playoff rotation in the wake of last night's 7-3 win over Oakland, he did allow that there is some wiggle room in the way things are currently set up, with Daisuke Matsuzaka and Curt Schilling following Josh Beckett .
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As Matt Leinart drifted toward the left sideline, scrambling to buy extra time, he motioned David Kirtman to break off his route and go downfield.
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ne bad breaking ball did in the Yankees yesterday. Usually, one mistake does not cost them so dearly, but the Yankees are not usually scrounging for hits either.
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To battle your way down the interminable ramps leading to the exits at Yankee Stadium after Friday night&#39;s game, you would have thought the days of a last-place finish in a 10-team league from 1966 were back to haunt us.
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Matt Morris pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out a season-high 11, as the St Louis Cardinals blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 in a showdown between two division leaders at Busch Stadium on Friday.
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The commissionerâs office held coin flips in case the Mets wind up in a tie for the N.L. wild-card lead.
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The Cardinals had been waiting for someone to step up and deliver the finishing blow, to squash the Dodgers&#39; upset dreams and return them to St.
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Pat Tillman would not be happy to find himself in the position he's in: stuck on the side of a scoreboard clock as part of a silly compromise.
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Matt Morris will return to the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing Tuesday night to a $2.5 million, one-year contract that allows him to earn an additional $4.5 million in performance bonuses.
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(Sports Network) - Matt Morris goes for his 16th win of the season, as the NL Central champion St. Louis Cardinals begin a four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers tonight at Busch Stadium.
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The running woes that have long plagued the Arizona Cardinals could be history. Now, Arizona has the `Edge.'
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While the Patriots continue their quest for perfection in Sunday's AFC Championship game against the San Diego Chargers, running back Sammy Morris will continue his solitary quest toward convalescence and watch from the sideline, his vantage point since he was placed on injured reserve Nov. 2 with a sternum-clavicle injury suffered Oct. 14 at Dallas.
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Bostonâs victory in Game 2 of the World Series turned, in part, because of one of those understated, blink-and-itâs-gone moments.
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The best team in the National League will meet the hottest team in baseball when the Cards take on the Astros in the LCS. Game 2: Matt Morris (0-1, 5.14 ERA, 5 K) vs.