Thanks to consecutive extra-innings victories sparked by rookies Saturday and Sunday nights, the St. Louis Cardinals not only salvaged a 3-2 win of their extended series with the Cubs in Chicago, but also moved to within a half-game of the lead in the National League’s Central Division at the start of this week, thanks to division leader Milwaukee losing three of four to San Diego last weekend.
CARROLL, Iowa — Hopefully the Chillicothe Mudcats’ bus driver had some energy drink available Tuesday night. Having recovered from squandering the 5-0 lead returnee Tanner Sears’ third-inning grand slam gave them to be up by five again going to the bottom of the ninth inning, the Mudcats saw a 4-runs advantage with two ninth-frame outs on the host Carroll Merchants vanish, then could not preserve a 15-14 margin in the 12th late Tuesday night, falling 16-15 in 12 in their 2022 season debut.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Twelve hours before Early Voting won the Preakness, Kentucky Derby champion Rich Strike was back on the track at Churchill Downs to begin preparations for the Belmont Stakes. After impressing with a strong workout, Rich Strike remains on track for the third leg of the Triple Crown.
PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal insists he can't know for sure whether any match at Roland Garros might be his very last at a place he loves, a place he is loved. For now, if he keeps winning and keeps performing the way he did during his monumental quarterfinal victory over longtime rival Novak Djokovic that began in May and ended in June, Nadal will have more chances to play.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson, once a Formula One backmarker, is now an IndyCar frontrunner. And an Indianapolis 500 champion.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From the memorable "We Believe" playoff run in 2007 to the early days of this current Golden State dynasty, the ear-shattering environment at old Oracle Arena provided a major boost to the Warriors.
After missing a year or two, due to COVID, Chillicothe’s Kids Fish Day returns today (June 4). Co-sponsored by the North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance and Missouri Department of Conservation, this event offers area youngsters the opportunity to fish where they are sure there are plenty of fish (extra stocking courtesy of MDC) and they can receive instruction and assistance, as needed, in their efforts.
Having journeyed there last night to officially debut them as new members of the MINK League, the Chillicothe Mudcats are scheduled to host the Carroll, Iowa, Merchants at 7:05 p.m. today in the home opener of the Mudcats’ 20th season of summer, college-level, wood-bat baseball.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow said he didn't spend any time second-guessing himself or pondering what might have been after the Bengals' Super Bowl loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Business as usual for Joe Cool.
Why did they wait so long to allow college athletes to make a few bucks on the side? Think of all the wildly entertaining shenanigans we've missed out on over the years. Let's play the feud! Jimbo Fisher is downright livid at former boss Nick Saban for saying the Texas A&M coach bought himself the best recruiting class in the country after a free-for-all broke out in college athletics going by the deceptively boring acronym of NIL — Name, Image and Likeness.