Red Schoendienst Passes Away  —  Baseball lost a legend on Wednesday evening, as the Cardinals announced that Red Schoendienst has passed away at the age of 95.  The Hall of Famer was a 10-time All-Star who won a pair of World Series rings as a player and another during a managerial career …

MLB renders verdict on Luke Heimlich, but will it be a life sentence?  —  They scouted him, analyzed him, debated over him, and a few teams actually spoke directly to him.  —  But, in the end, no one would touch him.  —  Forty rounds passed in Major League Baseball's amateur draft.

Tigers can't overcome 4-run third inning, take another beating in Boston  —  Boston — Whatever happened Wednesday night, good or bad, Blaine Hardy was going to have to wear it.  —  The Tigers, without any available long relievers in the bullpen after using both Drew VerHagen and Artie Lewicki …

Judge, Stanton homer in 13th as Yankees beat Blue Jays 3-0  —  Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer to snap a scoreless tie in the 13th inning,  —  Giancarlo Stanton went deep moments later and the  —  Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Wednesday night for a two-game sweep.  —  Yankees starter

Rangers Reaction: Big Sexy's historic win  —  It took him three starts but Bartolo Colon finally got it.  The Rangers' 45-year-old starting pitcher tied Juan Marichal with his 243rd career win Wednesday night.  They're tied for the most wins by a Dominican Republic native.

Garlick leads Okla. City over Sacramento 9-3  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Garlick hit a two-run home run and had two hits as the Oklahoma City Dodgers topped the Sacramento River Cats 9-3 on Wednesday.  —  Trailing 2-0 in the second, Sacramento cut into the lead when Tyler Beede hit an RBI single, driving in Myles Schroder.

Aaron Judge busts out of slump in big way to make Yankees', young fan's day  —  TORONTO — Aaron Judge made a youngster's day at Rogers Centre.  —  The boy was in awe after realizing No. 99 had blasted him a souvenir homer during batting practice.  —  And 13 innings later …

Real or not?  Mets can't do much of anything right during brutal slump  —  How's the team song go? … Umm ... about those home runs ... there haven't been enough of them over the past week and definitely not enough of anything else.  The Mets have scored seven runs in their past six games, all losses.

Cubs' Albert Almora Jr. trying to build on success against right-handers  —  Cubs manager Joe Maddon discusses his relationship with former Jets quarterback Joe Namath and shortstop Addison Russell's status on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.  (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune

Nelson, Wagner carry Tampa to 4-1 win over St. Lucie  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Wagner homered and had two hits, driving in two, and Nick Nelson hurled seven scoreless innings as the Tampa Tarpons beat the St. Lucie Mets 4-1 on Wednesday.  —  St. Lucie had runners on first and second …

Diamondbacks Acquire Jon Jay  —  9:41pm: Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweets that the D-backs are taking on the remainder of Jay's salary and will be on the hook for any of the $1.5MM worth of incentives he unlocks.  Jay reportedly receives $100K for every 25th plate appearance beginning …

MLB: Sober Kang wants to return  —  Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang said he has been sober since his third DUI arrest in December 2016 and is focused on getting into baseball shape and returning to the Pirates.  —  The 31-year-old is back in Pittsburgh's minor league system …

Angels' Shohei Ohtani exits game with blister on right middle finger  —  Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani left Wednesday night's game against the Kansas City Royals with a blister on his right middle finger.  —  He was warming up for the fifth inning and left the field accompanied by trainer Eric Munson.

Molina starts back-to-back games as Cards aim to bounce back  —  Coming off an ugly 7-4 loss to Miami on Tuesday, the Cardinals will be looking to get back on track Wednesday when they host the Marlins in the middle game of a three-game series at Busch Stadium.  Game time is 7:15 p.m.

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson's talent on full display in 5-2 win over Twins  —  Photos from the White Sox-Twins game at Target Field in Minneapolis on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Tim Anderson drove in two runs in a four-run in sixth inning in the White Sox's 5-2 victory …

Cardinals' draft picks include some familiar names  —  The Cardinals completed the Major League Draft on Wednesday, choosing 30 players to round out a group of 41 total players chosen over the course of three days.  —  In the weeks ahead, most of those players will sign with the Cardinals …

Dodgers' Pedro Baez sent to minors to make room for Caleb Ferguson  —  PITTSBURGH — The Los Angeles Dodgers optioned reliever Pedro Baez to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday to open a spot on the roster for rookie starting pitcher Caleb Ferguson.  —  Baez is 2-3 with a 3.25 ERA for Los Angeles this season.

Persico leads Stockton over San Jose 11-1  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Luke Persico had three hits and three RBI as the Stockton Ports defeated the San Jose Giants 11-1 on Wednesday.  —  Stockton batted around in the first inning, sending 11 batters to the plate and scoring six runs, including a bases-clearing double by Persico.

Journal: Rockies' 2018 success riding on better location by Bryan Shaw and rest of bullpen  —  In each season in which the Rockies qualified for the postseason, their bullpen had an ERA well under 5.00.  —  CINCINNATI — A cardinal rule of real estate also applies to big-league pitching: Location, location, location.

Baseball: GW's Pasteur, Winters Mill grad, drafted by Yankees  —  George Washington University's Isaiah Pasteur, a Winters Mill High School graduate, was drafted June 6, 2018 by the New York Yankees in the 13th round of the MLB Draft.  (Courtesy of George Washington Athletics / Manny Fernandez)