PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT NEWS

Launches homer No. 20 Goldschmidt went 3-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Padres.

Impact The 36-year-old first baseman took Bryan Hoeing deep in the fifth inning to give the Cardinals a 5-4 lead, but the team's offense went cold the rest of the way. It was Goldschmidt's first multi-hit performance since Aug. 12 and he's slashing just .221/.294/.429 through 85 plate appearances on the month, but Tuesday's long ball was his 20th of the season -- the 11th time in his career he's reached that plateau.

AUGUST 28 • ROTOWIRE

Cronenworth gets key hit as Padres rally past Cardinals 7-5 for 3rd straight win

Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking RBI single in San Diego’s two-run seventh inning, and the Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third consecutive win

AUGUST 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

On bench Sunday Goldschmidt is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.

Impact Goldschmidt has a .631 OPS over 70 at-bats in August and will take a seat Sunday for the second time in St. Louis' past four games. Alec Burleson will shift to first base while Matt Carpenter receives a turn at designated hitter.

AUGUST 25 • ROTOWIRE

Posts eighth steal Goldschmidt went 0-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Friday's 6-1 win over the Twins.

Impact Goldschmidt wasn't able to shake his slump at the plate after receiving an off day Thursday. He's gone just 3-for-31 (.097) over his last eight contests, striking out eight times in that span. The first baseman's now at a .226/.286/.383 slash line with 19 home runs, eight steals, 49 RBI and 59 runs scored through 122 games, putting him on pace for his worst numbers in a full season since his injury-shortened 2014 campaign.

AUGUST 24 • ROTOWIRE

Grabbing seat Thursday Goldschmidt is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game against the Brewers, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

Impact Goldschmidt went 1-for-9 with four strikeouts in the first two games of the series and will now begin the rubber match on the bench. The Cardinals will go with Alec Burleson at first base.

AUGUST 22 • ROTOWIRE

Pops 19th homer Goldschmidt went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Friday's 7-6 loss to the Dodgers.

Impact Goldschmidt's blast tied the game at 2-2 in the second inning. The first baseman's consistency hasn't returned in August -- he's just 7-for-42 (.167) with two homers and seven RBI over 12 contests this month. He's still managed to produce decent power with 19 homers and 19 doubles through 117 contests, but his batting average (.231) has been stagnant since mid-June, and he's added just 49 RBI, 58 runs scored and seven stolen bases for a team that's struggled to generate much offense.

AUGUST 17 • ROTOWIRE

Launches homer in loss Goldschmidt went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run and a walk in a loss to the Royals on Saturday.

Impact Goldschmidt gave the Cardinals an early lead with his two-run blast to center field in the second inning, but Kansas City went on to score the game's next six runs. The long ball was the 18th of the season for Goldschmidt as he pushes toward the 11th 20-homer campaign of his career. Goldschmidt has gone 4-for-10 with four RBI over his past three contests following a rough five-game stretch during which he failed to get a hit across 17 at-bats.

AUGUST 11 • ROTOWIRE

Launches homer in loss Goldschmidt went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run and a walk in a loss to the Royals on Saturday.

Impact Goldschmidt gave the Cardinals an early lead with his two-run blast to center field in the second inning, but Kansas City went on to score the game's next six runs. The long ball was the 18th of the season for Goldschmidt as he pushes toward the 11th 20-homer campaign of his career. Goldschmidt has gone 4-for-10 with four RBI over his past three contests following a rough five-game stretch during which he failed to get a hit across 17 at-bats.

AUGUST 11 • ROTOWIRE

Bobby Witt drives in 3 runs to lead the Royals to an 8-3 victory over rival Cardinals

Bobby Witt Jr. drove in three runs and Michael Wacha struck out six in seven innings to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals

AUGUST 11 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Drives in two, swipes bag Goldschmidt went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's loss to the Rays.

Impact Goldschmidt drove home Nolan Arenado on a groundout in the opening frame before then adding an RBI single in the third, giving the first baseman only his second multi-RBI game since June 22 against the Giants. The single also snapped an 0-for-19 skid at the plate for the veteran infielder and he's now batting a putrid .154 (4-for-26) in August with one homer, four RBI and two runs scored.

AUGUST 9 • ROTOWIRE

Lowe, Carlson spark Rays to a 6-4 victory over Cardinals to avoid a sweep

Brandon Lowe hit a two-run homer and former Cardinal Dylan Carlson drove in two runs to help the Tampa Bay Rays avoid a sweep by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4

AUGUST 9 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Taking seat Wednesday amid slump Goldschmidt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays.

Impact Alec Burleson will step in at first base while Goldschmidt exits the starting lineup for the first time since July 13, when he hit the bench for the first game of a doubleheader. After his bat had begun to heat up coming out of the All-Star break, Goldschmidt has started slumping again; he's gone 0-for-7 with seven punchouts against three walks over his last five games.

AUGUST 7 • ROTOWIRE

Rays visit the Cardinals to start 3-game series

The St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-game series at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday

AUGUST 6 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cardinals take road slide into matchup with the Cubs

The St. Louis Cardinals travel to the Chicago Cubs looking to stop a three-game road slide

AUGUST 3 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Homer, three hits in loss Goldschmidt went 3-for-5 with a double and a home run and two runs scored in Thursday's loss to the Cubs.

Impact Goldschmidt took Shota Imanaga deep for a solo homer in the opening frame to give the Cardinals an early lead and went on to add two more knocks on the night to give him just his third game this season with three or more hits. The first baseman has now recorded multiple hits in six of his last 10 contests, going 14-for-39 (.435) over that stretch with three homers, four RBI and seven runs scored. Goldschmidt has also scored at least one run in five consecutive games.

AUGUST 2 • ROTOWIRE

Pham drives in 2 runs, McGreevy wins his MLB debut and the Cardinals beat the Rangers 10-1

Tommy Pham started in left field for St. Louis, getting three hits and two RBIs, and Michael McGreevy pitched seven innings in his MLB debut to lift the Cardinals to a 10-1 victory...

JULY 31 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rangers meet the Cardinals with 1-0 series lead

The Texas Rangers play the St. Louis Cardinals with a 1-0 series lead

JULY 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Delivers walk-off blast Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Nationals.

Impact Goldschmidt homered off Dylan Floro in the ninth inning to give the Cardinals a walk-off win. This was Goldschmidt's second homer in three games during the weekend series versus Washington. The first baseman is up to 16 long balls this year, five of which he's hit over 21 contests in July. For the season, he's slashing .230/.288/.388 with 41 RBI, 50 runs scored, six stolen bases and 16 doubles over 101 games.

JULY 28 • ROTOWIRE

Paul Goldschmidt's walk-off homer gives the Cardinals a 4-3 win over the Nationals

Paul Goldschmidt hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 to snap a three-game skid

JULY 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Homers in extra-inning loss Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's 10-8 extra-inning loss to the Nationals.

Impact Goldschmidt tried to spark a comeback for the Cardinals after they fell behind in the top of the 10th inning, but his homer was the team's last scoring play of the day. The first baseman has homered twice and added two doubles over his last five contests, though he's also struck out seven times in that span. On the year, he's at a .229/.288/.382 slash line through 99 games while adding 15 homers, 40 RBI, 49 runs scored, 16 doubles and six stolen bases. He's been a bit better in July, slashing .244/.262/.463 over 19 games this month.

JULY 27 • ROTOWIRE

Clubs 14th homer Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Sunday against Atlanta.

Impact Goldschmidt entered the contest with no hits in 12 at-bats over the previous three games but clubbed his 14th homer in the second inning to put the Cardinals on the board. It was the only hit of the day for the veteran first baseman, who also struck out twice and was dropped to seventh in the lineup after not hitting that low in the order since 2012 while with the Diamondbacks. Goldschmidt is currently on pace to finish with career-low marks in average (.225), OBP (.287) and slugging (.372) while also posting his highest strikeout rate (28.9) since his rookie season.

JULY 22 • ROTOWIRE

Paul Goldschmidt hopes to get bat going as Cards face Pirates Paul Goldschmidt’s production has dropped, and so has his spot in the batting order.The new No.7 hitter for the Cardinals will spend his sec...

JULY 22 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Burleson, Goldschmidt hit home runs in Cardinals' 6-2 win over Braves

Paul Goldschmidt hit one of four Cardinals home runs after getting dropped in the order and St. Louis knocked off the Atlanta Braves 6-2 to win the weekend series

JULY 21 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York Mets 1B Pete Alonso among MLB stars who could use big second half heading into free agency

Pete Alonso’s disappointing performance in this year’s Home Run Derby wasn’t a particularly big deal for the future of his big-league career

JULY 18 • ASSOCIATED PRESS