Arenado went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's 7-5 loss to the Pirates.
The Cardinals did all their scoring in the third inning, and Arenado hammered a Roansy Contreras fastball to right-center field to give his team a 5-0 lead the bullpen couldn't hold. The third baseman has seven hits, including three extra-base hits, in his last four games, and since the beginning of May he's slashing .305/.353/.590 with eight of his 10 homers on the season as he puts a sluggish start to 2023 behind him.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Sitting out Thursday
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Arenado is absent from the lineup Thursday against the Reds, 101 ESPN St. Louis reports.
It's a routine day off for the star third baseman, who has gone 0-for-10 since his 12-game hit streak was snapped earlier this week. Brendan Donovan will handle third base while Arenado gets some rest.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Scores three times
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Arenado went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored in Sunday's 10-5 win over the Dodgers.
Arenado was the only one of the Cardinals' Nos. 1-5 hitters to hit safely in the contest, but the bottom of the lineup had a productive game. The third baseman extended his hitting streak to 12 games, a span in which he's gone 20-for-49 (.408) with six home runs, 16 RBI and 11 runs scored. For the season, he's slashing .278/.322/.460 with nine long balls, 34 RBI, 26 runs scored and a pair of stolen bases. After a rough start to the year, he appears to be getting back to his usual level of performance.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Crushes homer
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Arenado went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI scored in Thursday's 16-8 victory over the Dodgers.
Arenado extended his hitting streak to nine games with a fourth-inning homer to push the Cardinals' lead to 9-2. The third baseman has raised his average from .232 to .263 during this stretch. Arenado has nine homers though 43 games, with six coming during the hit streak, putting him on pace for another 30-homer season. However, he has only four doubles after posting 42 in 2022.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Goes deep in fifth straight game
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Arenado went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's loss to the Brewers.
Arenado took Wade Miley deep in the second inning for his eighth home run of the season and his fifth in his last five games. He now has 13 RBI since May 10. After a rough opening month during which he got off to the worst start of his career offensively, Arenado has turned things around at the plate. The 32-year-old is slashing .315/.367/.704 with six homers, 17 RBI, 11 runs and a 5:10 BB:K over 14 games in May thus far.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Homers in fourth straight game
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Arenado went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run and four total RBI in Monday 18-1 thrashing of the Brewers.
Arenado set the tone early for St. Louis, mashing a three-run homer off Freddy Peralta in the first inning. The long ball extended his streak of games with a home run to four, and he's batting a red-hot .529 (9-for-17) over that stretch with four homers, 11 RBI and five runs. Arenado was batting just .239 through the end of April, but he's raised his average 25 points to .264 with an excellent first half of May.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Drives in four runs
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Arenado went 2-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's win over Boston.
Arenado brought in two runs with a sixth-inning single before belting a two-run shot to add some insurance runs in the eighth. He went 7-for-14 with three home runs in the three-game sweep over the Red Sox. The veteran slugger raised his season OPS from .620 to .708 during that stretch.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Goes yard in comeback win
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Arenado went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Red Sox.
Arenado has homered in consecutive games for the first time this season, and he's now 7-for-17 (.412) over his last four contests. The third baseman's power may be coming around after a fairly quiet start to the year. He's slashing .252/.299/.387 with five homers, 22 RBI, 19 runs scored, a stolen base, four doubles and a triple through 38 games.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Delivers four hits
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Arenado went 4-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in Friday's win over Boston.
Arenado set the tone early with a two-run shot in the first inning. He later came around to score the game-tying run in the sixth. Arenado's four hits set a new personal season high and could be a sign he's snapping out of his cold streak. Over his previous 23 games, the star slugger was slashing .156/.200/.233.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Dealing with neck stiffness
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Arenado was scratched from Monday's game against the Cubs due to neck stiffness, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Goold notes that the team is holding him out of the starting nine as a precaution, so it doesn't sound as though he'll need a stint on the injured list at this time. He'll likely be re-evaluated Tuesday morning to determine his availability for the second game of the series in Chicago.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Scratched with neck stiffness
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Arenado was scratched from the lineup for Monday's game against the Cubs with neck stiffness, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
The Cardinals are calling Arenado's removal from the lineup precautionary The third baseman will take a seat against the Cubs due to the stiff neck with Nolan Gorman now handling the hot corner for Monday's contest. Arenado should be considered day-to-day, but St. Louis will make sure he's fully healthy before returning him to the starting lineup.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Late scratch Monday
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Arenado has been removed from Monday's starting lineup against the Cubs for an undisclosed reason, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
It's unclear whether Arenado is dealing with an injury at this time. He'll be considered day-to-day until more details become available.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Ends power drought Saturday
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Arenado went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Tigers.
He took Spencer Turnbull deep in the fifth inning, giving the Cardinals a 5-3 lead that the pitching staff couldn't protect. Arenado snapped a 20-game homer drought in the process, a stretch in which he stumbled to a .190/.238/.215 slash line. The veteran third baseman has reached base safely in six straight games however, going 6-for-24 with three walks and a double in addition to Saturday's home run. He hasn't yet regained his 2022 form, but there could be light at the end of the tunnel.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Getting day off Monday
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Arenado is not in the Cardinals' lineup Monday in San Francisco, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Arenado is in the middle of a 5-for-32 slide at the plate, so he'll get a day off to regroup. Brendan Donovan will be at third base, with Tommy Edman covering second base and Paul DeJong playing shortstop.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Logs first steal
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Arenado went 0-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Wednesday's 14-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
Arenado was on the back end of a first-inning double steal with Dylan Carlson, and a throwing error on the play led to the Cardinals' second run. Willson Contreras then knocked in Arenado with an RBI double. Arenado has struggled a bit lately, going 2-for-19 with one walk and six strikeouts over the last five games. That short slump has him down to a .293/.349/.413 slash line with two home runs, 13 RBI, nine runs scored and a steal through 19 contests.
Arenado is not in the lineup Tuesday night against the Diamondbacks.
Taylor Motter is playing third base and batting eighth, with Alec Burleson taking a turn at DH and hitting third. This appears to be a routine day of rest for Arenado, who has gone 22-for-70 (.314) on the season.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Reaches base four times
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Arenado went 3-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored in Friday's 3-0 win over the Pirates.
Arenado posted his sixth multi-hit effort of the season, though this was the first time he had three hits this season. While none went for extra bases, he was able to come around to score on a pair of Nolan Gorman singles. Arenado is up to a .357/.413/.500 slash line with two home runs, 13 RBI, eight runs scored and two doubles through 63 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Launches homer No. 300
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Arenado went 2-for-3 with a walk, a home run and three RBI in Saturday's 6-0 win over the Brewers.
His two-run blast in the third inning off Eric Lauer gave the Cards a 4-0 lead, and it was Arenado's his first homer of the year and the 300th of his career. The third baseman joined a very exclusive club in the process, becoming just the eighth player in MLB history with 300 home runs and 10 Gold Gloves -- a group that features Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Schmidt, Al Kaline, Johnny Bench and Ivan Rodriguez, as well as a likely future Hall of Famer in Andruw Jones. The 31-year-old Arenado is having a strong start to the season, batting .364 (12-for-33) with four runs and eight RBI in eight games.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Drives in three Thursday
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Arenado went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Thursday's 10-9 loss to the Blue Jays.
Arenado was one of five Cardinals to post multiple hits in the back-and-forth game. The third baseman battled a minor hand injury after he was hit by a pitch at the World Baseball Classic, but he appears to be in great form to open the season. Arenado is expected to bat cleanup throughout the year as he looks to follow up a strong 2022 that saw him slash .293/.358/.533 with 30 home runs and 103 RBI over 148 contests.
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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Plays back-to-back days
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Arenado (hand) was in the lineup for both of the Cardinals' last two Grapefruit League games Friday and Saturday, picking up starts at third base and designated hitter while going a collective 3-for-5 with three RBI.
As anticipated, the hand injury that Arenado suffered last Sunday while playing for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic in a game against Cuba didn't prove to be a major concern, even though it kept him out of the lineup for the rest of the tournament. Upon reporting back to Cardinals camp, Arenado was cleared to check back into the Grapefruit League lineup Friday, and he looked to be fine at the plate while mashing a trio of base hits. He'll be ready to handle an everyday role at the hot corner once Opening Day arrives.
