ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carlos Martinez pitched two-hit ball into the eighth inning for his first win as a starter since 2018, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2. Paul Goldschmidt and Tommy Edman hit two-run doubles and Nolan Arenado doubled twice as St. Louis won for the fourth time in five games. Martinez allowed two runs, one of them earned, in 7 1/3 innings. He had been 0-9 in his last 12 starts — his previous win came on Sept. 1, 2019, the year he spent as the Cardinals’ closer.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Wilmer Difo delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Kansas City 2-1 to end the Royals’ five-game winning streak. Pittsburgh has won three straight games and 11 of of 16 since a 1-6 start, at 12-11 moving back above .500 for the first time since it was 1-0 in the opening week. Kansas City has lost seven straight games in Pittsburgh since 2009. Difo looped a single that dropped in front of a sliding Michael A. Taylor in center.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has been put on the 10-day injured list with a strained tendon in his right foot. Molina was hurt in a game Friday night against Cincinnati. He sat out Saturday and Sunday, then returned on Monday to catch all nine innings of a 2-1 loss to Philadelphia. The 38-year-old Molina is off to one of the best starts of his career. He is hitting .323 with five home runs and 14 RBIs. Andrew Knizner started Tuesday night’s game against the Phillies. The Cardinals recalled catcher Ali Sanchez from their alternate training facility.
UNDATED (AP) — There were two Big 12 football teams with different coaches this spring when he appeared there would be no coaching turnover in the league. Former Alabama offensive coordinator has completed his first spring at Texas after replacing the fired Tom Herman. Interim head coach Emmett Jones leads Kansas through its spring game Saturday. He led spring drills after Les Miles was dismissed because of allegations from his LSU tenure. Second-year Baylor coach Dave Aranda got to go through his first spring drills after they were canceled last year because of the pandemic.
UNDATED (AP) — Junior running back Kennedy Brooks is back just in time for Oklahoma after opting out last season. The two-time 1,000-yard rusher returns after Rhamondre Stevenson declared for the NFL draft and TJ Pledger transferred to Utah. Brooks is among Big 12 players expected to have impact seasons for their teams in 2021. Baylor has 6-foot-4, 350-pound transfer nose tackle Siaki Ika in the middle of its defensive line. Ika played in 13 games as a true freshman for LSU's national championship team in 2019 when second-year Baylor coach Dave Aranda was his defensive coordinator.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia forward Derek Culver has decided to skip his senior season to enter the NBA draft. Culver announced Monday night that he has signed with an agent. Culver was named to the all-Big 12 first team as a junior. He was second on the Mountaineers with a scoring average of 14.3 and led the Big 12 with 9.4 rebounds per game. He had 11 double-doubles this past season. West Virginia’s roster has seen an extensive makeover since the Mountaineers lost to Syracuse in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to finish the season 19-10. Coach Bob Huggins this month announced the signings of three graduate transfers.
UNDATED (AP) — The NCAA Board of Governors has voted to extend the contract of President Mark Emmert by two years through 2025. The announcement Tuesday night comes less than a month after the NCAA and Emmert drew sharp criticism for inequities between the women's and men's Division I basketball tournaments. Emmert has also been facing scrutiny and outside pressure for the NCAA inability to move forward with proposed reforms to its rules prohibiting athletes from earning money from their names, images and likenesses. Emmert has been NCAA president since November 2010.
TUESDAY SCORES
INTERLEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 2 Kansas City 1
Final Boston 2 N.Y. Mets 1
Final Toronto 9 Washington 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Cleveland 7 Minnesota 4
Final N.Y. Yankees 5 Baltimore 1
Final Tampa Bay 4 Oakland 3
Final Houston 2 Seattle 0
Final Texas 6 L.A. Angels 1
Final Detroit 5 Chicago White Sox 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 0
Final St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 2
Final Milwaukee 5 Miami 4
Final Arizona 5 San Diego 1
Final Colorado 7 San Francisco 5
Final Cincinnati 6 L.A. Dodgers 5
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Portland 133 Indiana 112
Final Milwaukee 114 Charlotte 104
Final Oklahoma City 119 Boston 115
Final Brooklyn 116 Toronto 103
Final Minnesota 114 Houston 107
Final Dallas 133 Golden State 103