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Ty Wigginton gets a start Thursday

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals infielder Ty Wigginton is in the team's starting lineup Thursday against the Mets. Wigginton will hit seventh and play first base. Regular first baseman Allen Craig will shift to left field, giving Matt Holliday a day off. Wigginton has only started seven games this year. This will be his third start at first base. Wigginton is hitting .200/.286/.240 in 25 at-bats. 

May 16, 2013

Matt Holliday gets a rest

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday is not in the team's starting lineup Thursday against the Mets, according to FoxSports Midwest. Holliday has played in 37 games and is receiving a routine day off. He'll be replaced by Allen Craig in left. Holliday is hitting .268/.361/.442 in 138 at-bats. He should return to the lineup Friday against Brewers starter Wily Peralta.   

May 16, 2013

Dillon Gee roughed up by Cards

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Mets starting pitcher Dillon Gee, who pitched well his last time out, took a step back as he suffered his fifth loss of the season Tuesday night against the Cardinals.Gee (2-5) surrendered a run-scoring single to Matt Holliday and a two-run double to Allen Craig in the opening frame. He gave up three more runs in the third and was charged with six runs -- five earned -- and nine hits over four innings of work. He struck out five and walked three in a 10-4 defeat. "I don't know what to say, I didn't feel all that bad tonight," Gee said. "I'm a ground-ball guy and I think seven ground balls got ...

May 16, 2013

The price of National League first basemen

The Cardinal Nation — Comparing recent contracts of Allen Craig, Paul Goldschmidt and Anthony Rizzo.

St. Louis Cardinals May 14, 2013

Allen Craig triples up

CBSSports.com Fantasy — It was a game of threes for Cardinals infielder Allen Craig Saturday against the Rockies. He raised his batting average over .300 in the game as he went 3 for 3 with a triple, his second of the season. He also drove in the first of three Cardinals runs on a sacrifice fly in a 3-0 win.  Craig is batting .302, the first time he has been over .300 all season. 

May 11, 2013

Adjustments yield power for Allen Craig

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig hit his second home run in his last three contest on Tuesday night against the Cubs.After not homering in the first 27 games this season, the 28-year-old told MLB.com that he shortened his swing and made a tweak to his batting stance, which has yielded some early results. "Sometimes you just need to do it once so you can get the feeling," Craig said Wednesday. "I think it took some time to get my timing back. I was hitting some balls hard before, it just wasn't enough."

May 9, 2013

Travis Wood quality again for third win

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cubs pitcher Travis Wood made his seventh straight quality start to begin the year on Tuesday night against the Cardinals. He allowed one run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings in the 2-1 win. The left-hander surrendered a solo homer to Allen Craig in the second for his lone damage. He would cruise after that and was pulled with two outs in the seventh. Wood threw 72 of his 114 pitches for strikes and lowered his ERA to 2.33.The 26-year-old also struck out eight and walked two while earning his third win. Wodd is scheduled to make his next start Monday against the Rockies.

May 9, 2013

Bernie Bytes: Allen Craig, RBI machine

St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Cards' cleanup hitter is about as reliable an RBI man as you’ll find in major-league baseball.

St. Louis Cardinals May 6, 2013

Recap: Milwaukee vs. St. Louis

Belleville News Democrat — Allen Craig doubled, tripled and drove in four runs and Matt Holliday had a two-run homer with three RBI to help the St. Louis Cardinals take a 10-1 victory and…Click to Continue »

St. Louis Cardinals May 5, 2013

Allen Craig has 4 RBI against Brewers

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig had four RBI in a victory Sunday over Milwaukee.Craig finished 2 for 5 with a double and triple and also scored a run. He's starting to work his way out of an early slump as his line is up to .291/.323/.419. The slugging mark is disappointing, but power numbers are notoriously slow to stabilize, and Sunday's game showed why it's far too early to worry.

May 5, 2013

Allen Craig finally cracks first homer

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals first basemen Allen Craig belted his first home run of the year Saturday against the Brewers. Craig ripped the solo shot off starter Yovani Gallardo in the sixth inning -- his first since Sept. 20 of last year. He also singled and scored in the second inning and finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI in a 7-6 win.Allen has hit safely in eight of the past nine games and is batting .361 (13 for 36) with one home run and six RBI over that span.

May 4, 2013

Allen Craig drives in two runs

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig played a big part in his team's 6-5 win over the Brewers Thursday night, knocking in two runs and scoring once while going 1 for 5 at the plate. Craig has driven in a team-high 20 runs this year despite hitting just .262/.300/.350 in 110 plate appearances. He still hasn't homered in 2013 after posting 22 HRs in 514 plate appearances last year.

May 3, 2013

Carlos Beltran not over illness

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran was out of the lineup for Monday's series opener against the Reds due to weakness from an extended illness, MLB.com reports. Ty Wigginton replaced him in the lineup at first base with Allen Craig shifting over to right field. Beltran dealt with lower-back tightness over the weekend and is batting .340 (16 for 47) with five homers and nine RBI in his last 12 games.

April 29, 2013

Carlos Beltran getting a day off Monday

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran is not in the team's lineup Monday against the Reds. Beltran will be replaced by Allen Craig in right field. Ty Wiggington will play first base. This is nothing more than a normal off day for Beltran. He should return to the team's starting lineup Tuesday. 

April 29, 2013

Jeanmar Gomez might make spot start

CBSSports.com Fantasy — Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said Sunday he's still mulling his starting-pitcher options for Wednesday's game at Milwaukee, which is Jonathan Sanchez's turn in the rotation. Sanchez is appealing a six-game suspension for hitting the Cardinals' Allen Craig with a pitch Friday, but he might be skipped regardless because of his poor performance (0-3, 12.71 ERA), according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Hurdle said Francisco Liriano, who is rehabbing an arm injury in the minors, is not an option to start Wednesday. Hurdle said no final decision has been made, but Jeanmar Gomez might be an optio...

April 29, 2013

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Allen Craig Photos

  • St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig follows through on a two-run single during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Louis The Associated Press
    St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig follows through on a two-run single during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
  • New York Mets right fielder Juan Lagares cannot reach a ball hit for a two-run single by St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Louis The Associated Press
    New York Mets right fielder Juan Lagares cannot reach a ball hit for a two-run single by St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
  • St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter (13) is congratulated by Yadier Molina (4) after scoring on a double by teammate Allen Craig as New York Mets' John Buck looks away in the first inning in a baseball game Monday, May 13, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis The Associated Press
    St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Carpenter (13) is congratulated by Yadier Molina (4) after scoring on a double by teammate Allen Craig as New York Mets' John Buck looks away in the first inning in a baseball game Monday, May 13, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
  • St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig watches his RBI double against the New York Mets in the first inning in a baseball game Monday, May 13, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis The Associated Press
    St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig watches his RBI double against the New York Mets in the first inning in a baseball game Monday, May 13, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
  • Bernie Bytes: Allen Craig, RBI machine
    Cards' cleanup hitter is about as reliable an RBI man as you’ll find in major-league baseball.
  • St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig deflects a ball hit by Cincinnati Reds' Zack Cozart but recovers in time to toss to pitcher Lance Lynn, foreground, covering first base during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. The Associated Press
    St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Allen Craig deflects a ball hit by Cincinnati Reds' Zack Cozart but recovers in time to toss to pitcher Lance Lynn, foreground, covering first base during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee)
  • St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig (21) scores on a single by Matt Carpenter as Cincinnati Reds' Corky Miller stands nearby during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Associated Press
    St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig (21) scores on a single by Matt Carpenter as Cincinnati Reds' Corky Miller stands nearby during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce)
  • Instant analysis: Cardinals 3, Nats 2
    Associated PressDenard Span can't quite haul in Allen Craig's third-inning drive to the wall.Game in a nutshell: The Cardinals were in town for the first time since Game 5 of the 2012 NLDS forever became a part of both D.C. and St. Louis sports lore, but the Nationals were less concerned with exorcising those demons and more concerned with playing a good game of baseball and getting themselves back on track after a ragged weekend in New York. They did play much cleaner, but they just couldn't get much going offensively against Cardinals rookie Shelby Miller. Ian Desmond and Anthony Rendon's ba...
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