Cards knock around Mets' Syndergaard, take 6-3 lead  —  The Cardinals roughed up New York Mets ace Noah Syndergaard for six runs and eight hits in the first four innings Sunday at Busch Stadium.  —  Marcell Ozuna's two-out double to left center in the fourth chased home Paul Goldschmidt with the sixth run.

Reds top tumbling Padres, 4-2  —  SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres are officially, statistically just ordinary.  —  If not for the fact they had been so much more for a couple weeks, playing so extraordinarily in San Diego and St. Louis and San Francisco and Phoenix, mediocre might be an achievement …

Chicago Cubs walk-off the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1  —  CHICAGO — David Bote hit a game-ending RBI single in the ninth inning, and the Chicago Cubs used a terrific performance by Tyler Chatwood to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Sunday.  —  Led by Chatwood's six sparkling innings, Chicago carried a 1-0 lead into the ninth.

Judge has ‘pretty significant strain,’ will be out awhile  —  Aaron Judge has a “pretty significant strain” of his left oblique, according to Yankees manager Aaron Boone, and it will be several weeks before the Bombers can even estimate when the slugger will return.

White Sox make a late comeback, but fall 4-3 to the Tigers  —  Photos from the White Sox's 4-3 loss to the Tigers on Sunday, April 21, 2019, in Detroit.  —  Daniel Norris struck out six batters in five innings to earn his first win in two years and help the Tigers beat the White Sox 4-3 on Sunday.

Angels' sixth straight loss comes on same night Pujols tops Ruth on Elias RBI list  —  ANAHEIM, Calif.-There was a time not long ago when Angels starting pitcher Trevor Cahill was thought of as groundball specialist.  His 54.9% career groundball rate entering Saturday's game against the Seattle Mariners …

Games of the Day  —  The Red Sox go for a sweep of the Rays as David Price battles Tyler Glasnow.  Price stands as the Red Sox only effective starter this season.  He's achieved that through power and control, with 20 strikeouts and just three walks in 19 innings.

Braves bullpen shows reason for optimism  —  The Braves bullpen did something Saturday it hadn't achieved in six seasons.  —  Touki Toussaint's thud put the Braves in a 7-0 hole early.  The bullpen provided 7-2/3 scoreless innings, allowing the offense to chip away for an eventual 8-7 win.

Athletics look to avoid sweep against Blue Jays  —  A's send Brett Anderson to the hill to avoid sweep against Toronto Blue Jays  —  The Oakland Athletics dropped their first two games against the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend, losing their first home series since last June.

Robinson Canó exits game after being plunked by a fastball in 7th inning  —  In a bizarre sequence of events, the Mets were faced with two problems that quickly escalated from insult to injury.  —  Robinson Canó was hit by a pitch off Andrew Miller during the seventh inning …

Rosario, Twins go deep to sweep Orioles, 6-5 and 16-7  —  Eddie Rosario extended his power surge with three home runs in a doubleheader sweep by the  —  Minnesota Twins, who slammed a record-tying eight long balls against the  —  Baltimore Orioles in a 16-7 victory Saturday night after hitting three in the opener.

Royals sent Glenn Sparkman to Triple-A, more moves on horizon  —  One day after the Yankees chased Royals starting pitcher Heath Fillmyer from the game after four innings, the Royals optioned relief pitcher Glenn Sparkman to Triple-A Omaha.  —  Sparkman pitched three innings (74 pitches) …