HOUSTON — Nolan Arenado homered, Alec Burleson added an RBI double to back up a solid start by Miles Mikolas and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 4-2 on Wednesday. Burleson’s hit made it 3-0 in the fifth inning and Arenado added an insurance run in the sixth after the Astros got within 1 in the bottom of …
MILWAUKEE — Nolan Arenado stood in the batter’s box for just a moment, bat outstretched, before beginning to jog down the first base line. Arenado’s two-run shot and seven shutout innings from Jordan Montgomery helped pace the Cardinals to a 6-0 win over Milwaukee on Saturday night, but whatever good feelings sparked after the win didn’t last long. We’ve had …