Its Tuesday, April 29 and the Cardinals (12-17) are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds (16-13). Miles Mikolas is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Brady Singer for Cincinnati. Nick Martinez gave up five hits and one run over six innings to earn his first win this season as the Reds took Game 1 of the series, 3-1.

The St. Louis Cardinals hit the road to face the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a 4-game series at Great American Ball Park Monday.

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Saggese put up really strong numbers in 44 plate appearances, however, slashing .341/.364/.512 in a limited sample size. According to MLB.com's John Denton, who reports on the Cardinals, the team would rather Saggese get playing time every day as opposed to sporadically on the major league squad.

The St. Louis Cardinals selected the contract of infielder/outfielder Jose Barrero from Triple-A Memphis on Monday and optioned infielder Thomas Saggese.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they can get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate before they are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel.

Catholic cardinals agreed on Monday to begin a conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope, and highlighted clerical sexual abuse as one of the key challenges facing Pope