National League
Nolan Arenado hit a two-run home run as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2. The teams close out the series this afternoon in St.Louis.
The Chicago Cubs lost their fifth straight game, falling to the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1. The Cubs and Brewers play a matinee game this afternoon,
James McCann homered as the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3. The Braves have lost four of their last six. The teams play again tonight in Atlanta.
Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago has been suspended for ten games and fined by MLB for having a foreign substance on his glove. Santiago is the first player to be ejected and suspended under MLB’s new rule. The 33-year-old lefty claimed he was only using rosin after he was ejected in Sunday’s Mariners-White Sox game and is appealing the suspension. Santiago’s glove was sent to MLB headquarters in New York, but ESPN reported that the glove wasn’t necessarily inspected further and that Santiago’s punishment is based on the umpires’ original report of finding a foreign substance.