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Cardinals win Shildt’s debut as manager. Focus turns to second half

July 16, 2018 By Bill Pollock

Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler homered as the Cardinals beat the Reds 6-4 at Busch Stadium.  It made a winner of interim manager Mike Shildt.  Mike Matheny was fired after Saturday’s loss, along with hitting coaches John Mabry and Bill Mueller.

>>Cards’ DeWitt Says Matheny Firing Offers Fresh Start

Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt says manager Mike Matheny was fired in order to give the team a fresh new start after not living up to expectations in the first half.  Mark Budaska is being brought up from Triple-A Memphis to assume the club’s hitting coach duties.

>>Cardinals Third In NL Central At Break

The Cardinals enter the All-Star break in third place in the National League Central.  St. Louis is 48-and-46, seven-and-a-half games behind the first-place Cubs.  The Brewers are two-and-a-half games back.  The Cardinals play the Cubs in Chicago starting Thursday.

>>Cubs Knock Off Padres

Anthony Rizzo had an RBI and scored two runs as the Cubs knocked off the Padres 7-4 in San Diego.  Jon Lester tossed five-and-a-third innings of three-run ball to get the win and Brandon Morrow locked down his 22nd save.  Jason Heyward hit a two-run single in the second and Kris Bryant drove in a run in the sixth to help Chicago take a 7-1 lead.  The Cubs swept the three-game series from the Padres.

>>Brewers Lose To Pirates In 10 Innings

The Brewers’ bullpen faltered late as they lost to the Pirates 7-6 in 10 innings in Pittsburgh.  Dan Jennings was saddled with the loss.  Brett Phillips gave the Crew a brief lead with an RBI-single in the top of the 10th.  Phillips also had a three-run triple in the eighth for Milwaukee, which lost all five games in Pittsburgh.

>>MLB ASG Tomorrow

The Major League All-Star Game is tomorrow night in D.C., while the Home Run Derby takes place tonight at Nats Park.  Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is on the National League roster as a reserve for tomorrow’s All-Star Game.  Pitcher Miles Mikolas is inactive.

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