A Cardinals offense starved for runs on Wednesday in Colorado broke open the second inning vs. the Padres and starter Yu Darvish to claim a 9-7 win over San Diego.

Cardinals hit three home runs, including a pair of three-run homers off Yu Darvish in the second inning, to win high-scoring series opener

If Wednesday’s shutout loss in Colorado was a particularly acute source of frustration for the Cardinals, they were able to work through some of those frustrations with Thursday night’s offensive explosion.

Major League Baseball’s annual trade deadline is just one week away, and the St. Louis Cardinals find themselves in a familiar, yet complicated, crossroads.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oli Marmol rips into team with brutal 6-word message after shutout loss to last-place Rockies.

The St. Louis Cardinals must balance long-term interests and near-term contention leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. That's a challenging needle to thread, but the current realities in St. Louis are such that they must do so.

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