MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

St. Louis Cardinals 3, Detroit Tigers 2 – F/10

Toronto Blue Jays 3, Chicago White Sox 1

Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado Rockies 2 – F/7 – Game 1

Colorado Rockies 13, Chicago Cubs 10 – F/10 – Game 2

Cardinals 3, Tigers 2 – F/10 – Goldschmidt 2 HRs, scores walk-off run, Cards beat Tigers

Paul Goldschmidt homered twice and scored the game-ending run on Lars Nootbaar’s single in the 10th inning as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2. Goldschmidt was intentionally walked to open the 10th and executed a one-out double steal with automatic runner Tommy Edman. Nolan Arenado was intentionally walked. After a fielder’s choice for the second out, Nootbaar lined a single to right field off Michael Fulmer and St. Louis improved to 11-5 in extra innings. Harold Castro tied it for Detroit in the ninth with a soft single to center off Cardinals closer Alex Reyes.

Blue Jays 3, White Sox 1 – Ray fans 14, Kirk gets winning hit, Jays beat White Sox 3-1

Alejandro Kirk broke a tie with an RBI single in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 Wednesday night. After Blue Jays starter Robbie Ray matched his career high by striking out 14 over seven innings, Tim Mayza worked a perfect eighth for the victory and Jordan Romano finished for his 13th save in 14 chances. Ray is the first left-hander in Blue Jays history to strike out 14 in a game. AL Central-leading Chicago lost for the fourth time in five games.

Cubs 5, Rockies 2 – Rockies 13, Cubs 10 – McMahon goes deep in 10th, Rox split long twinbill with Cubs

Ryan McMahon lofted a two-run homer in the 10th inning, Brendan Rodgers followed with a two-run double that gave him five RBIs for the game, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 13-10 and split a doubleheader. The Cubs won the opener 5-2 in a tidy 2 hours, 9 minutes, thanks to Patrick Wisdom’s tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning. The nightcap lasted exactly twice as long — 4:18 — as the teams combined to play 17 innings. McMahon hit a high drive off Jake Jewell that landed with a thud in the basket in left for his 19th homer.

Today

Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 3:07 p.m.

Tigers at Cubs are off

MLB – 2022 Season will be Molina’s last

Yadier Molina says he will end his major league playing career when his current contract expires after next season. Molina announced the decision a day after he accepted a one-year, $10 million contract extension for the 2022 season. The 10-time All Star and nine-time Gold Glove winner has spent his entire career in the Cardinals organization since the team drafted him in the fourth round of the 2000 MLB draft. Molina this season joined Yogi Berra and Johnny Bench as the only catchers in major league history to record 2,000 hits and play in 2,000 games with one team.

MLB/LLWS – LLWS ties to Major League Baseball easy to find at tourney

Players at the Little League World Series this year may not be playing live in front of crowds of thousands, but they have some major league fans. Ties between MLB and the Little League tournament go back decades and this year is no exception when it comes to major leaguers offering their support. Former Little League star and free agent third baseman Todd Frazier was in the stands this week, cheering for his nephew and the same New Jersey team that Frazier led to the tournament title in 1998. Other MLB players have tweeted support and visited or Zoomed with Little Leaguers.

NFL – Only vaccinated personnel in locker rooms on NFL game days

The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access to locker rooms while players are present on game days.