National League
Paul Goldschmidt’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 win over the Miami Marlins at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals go for the sweep today.
Pete Alonso drove in all three New York Mets runs in a 3-2 win against the Chicago Cubs last night. Javier Báez hit a two-run homer for Chicago, which has dropped the first two of the four-game set. Game three is tonight.
Interleague
Ronald Acuna Jr. knocked in a pair of runs as the Atlanta Braves lost to the Boston Red Sox 10-8. Acuna and Freddie Freeman combined for three hits and drove in four runs for Atlanta. The series continues tonight at Truist Park.
Major League Baseball is announcing new guidance on enforcement of foreign substances being applied to baseballs. Any pitcher who possesses or puts a foreign substance on a game ball will be ejected and automatically suspended. Starting pitchers will now have more than one mandatory check per game and each relief pitcher is subject to be checked at the end of the inning they pitch in.
Meanwhile, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright admits he used a foreign substance on the baseball during the 2019 season. He was named in a Sports Illustrated report detailing foreign substances in baseball. Wainwright reportedly received a sticky mixture of substances from former Los Angeles Angels equipment manager Bubba Harkins. Wainwright said he has nothing to hide, adding that the substance didn’t work for him.