The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees have been involved in trade rumors since last offseason but with the July 31 deadline approaching, both clubs appea

The Royals finished a sweep of the Pirates while the Cardinals dropped one to the Nationals in MLB on Wednesday.

Injuries to Willson Contreras, Nolan Arenado and Lars Nootbar made for a quiet offense: "When you don't have them, it's tough to score'"

Left-handed pitcher Caleb Ferguson came in relief for Skenes and threw a scoreless sixth inning, before Fermín hit a blooper that Kiner-Falefa, Pirates second baseman Nick Gonzales nor center fielder Oneil Cruz could get to, resulting in a leadoff double in the top of the seventh inning.

After the leadoff homer by Spencer Horwitz, the Pirates got a double and a single before Fedde got out of the first inning. He pitched around two walks before running into trouble in the fourth, when he gave up seven hits, leading to the six runs. John King and Matt Svanson combined to allow only one hit over the final three scoreless innings.

Battered, tattered and wheezing, the Cardinals reached the end of a 15-game grind with a 5-0 loss Wednesday and no runs in 27 innings as they head to Chicago.

The St. Louis Cardinals had to be licking their chops entering a road series against the AL Central cellar-dwelling Pittsburgh Pirates that concluded on Wednesd

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller breaks PNC Park strikeout record in shutout win over the Cardinals amid historic team pitching streak.

Mitch Keller pitched seven innings, Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run single in a four-run eighth and the Pittsburgh Pirates shut out St. Louis over a three-game series, winning 5-0 Wednesday to extend their winning streak to a season-high six.