ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a walkoff grand slam in the 10th inning to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto fell to 1-2 in extra innings games. The Cardinals improved to 1-1. Genesis Cabrera was the fifth St. Louis pitcher and pitched the 10th inning to pick up the victory. It was the first walkoff grand slam in St. Louis since April 27, 2017, when Matt Carpenter hit one against Toronto. George Springer homered for Toronto, which fell to 1-2 in extra-inning games. Cardinals rookie Juan Yepez also homered.
PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker and Pavin Smith homered and Ketel Marte’s two-run double broke a fourth-inning tie when Arizona beat Kansas City 9-5 in Zack Greinke’s return to Chase Field. Royals right-hander Greinke (0-3) gave up seven earned runs, two homers and four walks, all single-game highs this season. Whit Merrifield, Bobby Witt Jr. and Hunter Dozier hit bases-empty homers 13 pitches into the game, and the Royals added another run in the first inning for a 4-0 lead before suffering their second demoralizing loss in as many days. J.B. Wendelken (1-1) got out of a bases-loaded situation after replacing injured starter Zach Davies in the fourth inning for the Diamondbacks, who have won four of five.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has suspended Josh Donaldson for one game after the New York Yankees slugger made multiple references to Jackie Robinson while talking to White Sox star Tim Anderson on Saturday. Donaldson also was fined an undisclosed amount. The punishment was announced Monday by Michael Hill, the senior vice president of on-field operations for MLB. Donaldson has elected to appeal the penalty. Shortly before the suspension was announced, the Yankees said Donaldson had been put on the COVID-19 injured list. AL East-leading New York is slated to open a three-game series against Baltimore, and then head to Tampa Bay for a four-game set beginning on Thursday.
UNDATED (AP) — Three NCAA baseball tournament spots have been clinched and conference tournaments this week will determine the other automatic bids. The 16 NCAA regional hosts will be announced Sunday and the rest of the 64-team field next Monday. There are 31 automatic qualifiers and 33 at-large selections. Already in are UC Santa Barbara of the Big West, Columbia of the Ivy League and Coppin State of the MEAC. Tennessee and Virginia Tech are the consensus top two teams in the major polls this week.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Foles is reuniting with Frank Reich. That combination helped the Philadelphia Eagles win the 2017 NFL title. Reich now is head coach of Indianapolis, and the Colts signed free agent quarterback Foles on Monday to back up Matt Ryan. The Colts traded with Atlanta for Ryan earlier this offseason. Foles got a two-year deal after spending the past two seasons in Chicago, playing in only one game in 2021 despite the Bears still paying him under a four-year, $88 million contract he got from Jacksonville in 2019. The Bears released the 10-year veteran on May 1.
BOSTON (AP — Jayson Tatum scored 31 points and the Boston Celtics took their turn pounding the Miami Heat early. Boston jumped out to a 26-4 lead and cruised to a 102-82 victory that evened the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece. Miami missed 15 of its first 16 shots in the second straight game that was all but over after 12 minutes. Game 5 is Wednesday in Miami. Victor Oladipo led the Heat with 23 points.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy had 49 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning completed a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers with a 2-0 victory. That sends the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions back to the Eastern Conference final for the sixth time in eight years. Vasilevskiy limited the high-scoring Panthers, who averaged a NHL-best 4.11 goals while compiling the league’s best record during the regular season, to just three goals in four games.
TUESDAY SCORES
INTERLEAGUE
Final St. Louis 7 Toronto 3
Final Arizona 9 Kansas City 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Baltimore 6 N.Y. Yankees 4
Final Minnesota 5 Detroit 4
Final Cleveland 6 Houston 1
Final Seattle 7 Oakland 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 2 Colorado 1
Final Chicago Cubs 7 Cincinnati 4
Final L.A. Dodgers 10 Washington 1
Final Philadelphia 7 Atlanta 3
Final N.Y. Mets 13 San Francisco 3
Final San Diego 3 Milwaukee 2
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Final Boston 102 Miami 82
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Tampa Bay 2 Florida 0
Final Colorado 6 St. Louis 3