BATON ROUGE — LSU designated hitter Nick Stavinoha was named the state’s Player of the Week by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Tuesday. The junior from Houston helped lead the Tigers ...

Nick Stavinoha. Being placed in a high pressured situation with two outs in the ninth inning, the Texas native blasted a two-run, pinch-hit home run that gave the Cardinals the lead.

St. Louis Cardinals' Nick Stavinoha hits a solo home run off Philadelphia Phillies' Joe Blanton in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 3, 2010, in Philadelphia. St. Louis won 6-3.

Stavinoha probably won’t be as fortunate, though. He is likely to be optioned upon the activation of 20008 All-Star outfielder Ryan Ludwick, which is expected to be sometime next week.

On Friday night, righthanded swinger Nick Stavinoha pounded a 412-foot pinch-hit homer off the facade of the third deck at Busch Stadium, driving in two runs in the St. Louis ...

BATON ROUGE — Former LSU outfielder Nick Stavinoha made his major league debut Sunday night in Boston as he was the designated hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals in their 5-3 interleague loss to ...

Stavinoha, who hit .370 with 18 home runs and 65 RBI for LSU this spring, joined the Swing during the Midwest League All-Star break, but didn't play for a few days before being activated.

LSU's Nick Stavinoha connected for the game-winning home run in the top of the ninth inning to give the 12th-ranked Tigers a 10-7 win and spoil a regular-season record crowd ...

Nick Stavinoha carried 68 games of Major League Baseball experience into spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals. Though nearly two years removed from his big league debut the anticipation ...

MILWAUKEE -- Nick Stavinoha had two RBIs and scored the go-ahead run to lead St. Louis to a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, pushing the Cardinals back into first in the NL Central.

Nick Stavinoha slipped into a Swing of the Quad-Cities uniform last month attempting to be Nick Stavinoha. Nothing more. Nothing less. "I didn't really know what to expect when I got here, but I ...