The Latest Breaking News from Jordan Montgomery

It was spring training 2020, one week before COVID-19 shuttered spring training, and Cardinals center fielder Harrison Bader was complimenting his former Florida Gators teammate Pete Alonso for figuring out how to star in New York City.

John Mozeliak, who is forever the architect of a World Series champion, annually builds a team that contends for the playoffs.

ST. LOUIS — Whether the venue has been Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field or Busch Stadium, the result has been the same this year when left-hander Jordan Montgomery faces the Chicago Cubs.

The Cardinals don’t feature a dominant starter like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer or Sandy Alcantara in their rotation.

CHICAGO – What Jordan Montgomery’s excellence overshadowed Monday night at Wrigley Field was clear to see under the sunlight of Tuesday afternoon.

CHICAGO — The importance of the home run to history was obvious when even a bleacher creature at Wrigley Field didn’t dare follow tradition and toss that baseball back on the field.

ST. LOUIS — An update on the Cardinals’ two deadline-day trades completed Aug. 2 reveals the following: Jose Quintana and Jordan Montgomery, both left-handers, have made six starts. The Cardinals have won all six games, with Montgomery, who came from the New York Yankees, receiving credit for three wins in…

In Colorado, doing a “14er” is a great triumph — using local lingo, that means a person climbed 14,000-plus feet on one of the state’s 58 tallest mountain peaks. But last week, Miles Mikolas achieved his own Colorado “14er,” which indubitably was a valley.

ST. LOUIS — With 50 games to go, it is a bit premature to call the Cardinals series with Milwaukee a showdown. But there is a battle for first place going on this weekend in the National League Central Division and the Cardinals inched farther ahead Friday night before a…