Tuesday, May 15, at Minnesota - Twins 4, Cardinals 1: The background provided a final-curtain summary of Luke Gregerson's night (three batters, two hits, two runs, a throwing error and a wild pitch). The gut punch came the next day when he was placed on the DL with a shoulder impingement. Jim Mone/AP
#MondayMosaic - May 14-20
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Wednesday, May 16, at Minnesota - Cardinals 7, Twins 5: Delivering his first multihit game in a month, Dexter Fowler got it started with a two-run single in the first that helped the Cardinals avert back-to-back interleague sweeps by the Twins. Jim Mone/AP
Thursday, May 17, at St. Louis - Phillies 6, Cardinals 2: When they're festooned on the feet of Tommy Pham, our nation's colors are guaranteed to be flying. Jeff Roberson/AP
Thursday, May 17, at St. Louis - Phillies 6, Cardinals 2: It initially appeared Paul DeJong and the Cardinals got a favorable break when the shortstop finished the game after a pitch clipped his left hand in the eighth inning. News came the next day that he'd suffered a fractured left metacarpal that required surgery. Billy Hurst/St. Louis Cardinals
Friday, May 18, at St. Louis - Cardinals 12, Phillies 4: This was no ordinary robbery as right fielder Dexter Fowler overcame rain to scale the wall and catch the long fly off the bat of Carlos Santana. Tom Gannam/AP
May 18, at St. Louis - Cardinals 12, Phillies 4: After enjoying his first three-hit game of his big-league career the prior night and connecting for his first career extra-base hit (a double) in the fourth, Francisco Pena added to his list of firsts by hitting his big-league bash, a solo shot off Drew Hutchison in the fifth inning. Scott Rovak/St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday, May 19, at St. Louis - Phillies 7, Cardinals 6: The battery was back together again when Bob Gibson threw the ceremonial first pitch to Tim McCarver, a connection that spanned six decades of friendship. The duo was at Busch for the celebration of the 1968 National League Championship 50th Anniversary weekend. Scott Rovak/St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday, May 19, at St. Louis - Phillies 7, Cardinals 6: Billed as a prospect with power, outfielder Tyler O'Neill delivered Saturday with his first major-league homer: a solo shot off Luis Garcia over the left-field wall to even the game at 5 (and assemble a welcoming committee in the dugout). Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images
Sunday, May 20, at St. Louis - Cardinals 5, Phillies 1: The only guy more excited than rookie Tyler O'Neill after his second homer in as many games? Teammate Jose Martinez. Jeff Roberson/AP
Sunday, May 20, at St. Louis - Cardinals 5, Phillies 1: Give him a hand, folks: Jack Flaherty delivered a 13-strikeout performance Sunday, tying him for the most by a Cards rookie starter in a single game and eliciting a handshake of approval from veteran Adam Wainwright. Scott Rovak/St. Louis Cardinals
Sunday, May 20, at St. Louis - Cardinal 5, Phillies 1: The follow-through was Gibsonesque, but the velocity rookie Jordan Hicks flashed Sunday was in a league of its own: the 21-year-old hit 105 mph twice in a five-pitch sequence against the Phillies' Odubel Herrera, giving Hicks the two fastest pitches on record in the young 2018 season. Scott Rovak/St. Louis Cardinals (2)