Astros update 

In the daily shuffle that wasCardinals manager Tony La Russa's outfield for the first week of the season, three of his four outfielders started five of the seven games and the other started six. 

Cardinals at Arizona 

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa faced a brutal decision Sunday afternoon. 

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The big contract Kyle Lohse got from the St. 

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Need to know who's the best player in the game? Joel Sherman talked to scouts and execs to get the inside scoop on that and more. 

SAN DIEGO Giants right-hander Joe Martinez remained in an intensive care unit Saturday as doctors continued to monitor the skull fractures and subdural hematoma he sustained when a line drive hit him on the forehead Thursday. 

On Albert Pujols' first day in the big leagues, theCardinals opened the 2001 season at Coors Field in Denver. 

WHO'S UP - Royally pitched 

It was not so much thatCardinals righthander Joel Pi?eiro won just seven games last year. 

Wandy Rodriguez isn't an ace in anybody's book, and even though he looked solid in his first outing this season he still has a way to go to become a front-of-the-rotation starter. 

Wandy Rodriguez isn't an ace in anybody's book, and even though he looked solid in his first outing this season he still has a way to go to become a front-of-the-rotation starter. 

Albert Pujols hit a grand slam and a three-run homer to match a career high with seven RBIs, leading the St.