MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL:
The St. Louis Cardinals gave up a pair of runs in the bottom of the tenth during a 9-8 loss to the Miami Marlins at Loan Depot Park. Dylan Carlson hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the inning to give St. Louis a one-run lead, but Tim Anderson tied the game with an RBI single before Vidal Brujan got a walk-off knock. Paul Goldschmidt, Brendan Donovan, and Alec Burleson all went deep for St. Louis, and Chris Roycroft was charged with the loss out of the bullpen. St. Louis remain in second place in the NL Central at 36-and-36. Kyle Gibson starts for St. Louis against the Marlins this morning. First pitch is at 11:40 am.
The Cubs broke a late deadlock to beat the Giants 5-2 from Wrigley Field. The game was tied at two in the eighth inning when Cody Bellinger singled home the go-ahead run. Ian Happ and Christopher Morel also hit RBI singles as part of a three-run inning. Tyson Miller earned the win in relief and Keegan Thompson notched his first save of the season after striking out the side in the ninth. Chicago is still last in the NL Central at 35-and-39. Kyle Hendricks starts for the Northsiders against San Francisco this afternoon. Game time is 1:20pm. The Chicago Cubs won’t have one of their outfielders for the foreseeable future. Craig Counsell announced yesterday that Mike Tauchman will be out for at least a month after straining his groin in Chicago’s game against the Giants on Monday night. Tauchman is hitting .259 with five home runs and 19 RBI in 66 games. Infielder Miles Mastrobuoni was recalled from Iowa yesterday to take Tauchman’s place on the roster.
Jonathan Cannon twirled a gem as the Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros 2-0 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Cannon earned his first win after scattering seven hits over eight-and-two-thirds innings. Andrew Vaughn had a pair of RBI in the victory. The Southsiders have won two of three but are still in last place in the AL Central at 20-and-54. Garrett Crochet mans the rubber for Chicago against Houston this evening. Game time is at 7:10 pm.
WILLIE MAYS DIES:
Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier in the afternoon.
Cincinnati Reds 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Philadelphia Phillies 4, San Diego Padres 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Washington Nationals 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 11, Colorado Rockies 9
Seattle Mariners 8, Cleveland Guardians 5
New York Yankees 4, Baltimore Orioles 2
Boston Red Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Minnesota Twins 7, Tampa Bay Rays 6
Oakland Athletics 7, Kansas City Royals 5
Atlanta Braves 2, Detroit Tigers 1
New York Mets 7, Texas Rangers 6
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Los Angeles Angels 3
NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS:
Edmonton Oilers 5, Florida Panthers 3
(Panthers lead best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final, 3-2. Game 6 is Friday night in Edmonton at 7pm)
HOCKEY NEWS:
The St. Louis Blues are bringing back a blue-liner. The team re-signed defenseman Scott Perunovich to a one-year deal worth 1.15 millions dollars yesterday. The 26-year-old had 17 assists in 54 games with the Blues last season, and he hasn’t scored a goal during his 73-game NHL career.