Marcel Ozuna went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored as the Cardinals topped the Angels 5-1 in St. Louis.

Michael Wacha picked up the win, his fifth, giving up one run on five hits over six innings.

Jose Martinez and Kolten Wong each had run-scoring singles in the seventh.

The Cards have won four of their last six games. Justin Upton drove in the only run for the Angels on a double in the first.

Albert Pujols, playing his first game in St. Louis since leaving as a free agent in 2011, went 1-for-2, before being lifted for a pinch runner.

Griffin Canning gave up just two earned on four hits in five and a third, but was saddled with his fourth loss of the season. The Halos have dropped two-straight.

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Harrison Bader and Jose Martinez drove in two runs apiece as the Cardinals crushed the Marlins 7-1 in Miami.

Marcell Ozuna homered for St. Louis, which will go for a three-game sweep on Wednesday.

Dakota Hudson fired seven innings of one-run, four-hit ball to improve to 5-3 with the win.

Miguel Rojas plated the lone run for the Fish, who have dropped six straight. Elieser Hernandez struck out seven in five-and-two-thirds, but gave up three runs to take the loss in his first start of the season.

Ryan O’Hearn hit a solo shot in the seventh inning and the Royals scored twice in the eighth to defeat the Tigers 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium.

Jorge Soler and Cheslor Cuthbert delivered run-producing hits in the eighth.

Scott Barlow got the win and Ian Kennedy worked a spotless ninth to log his fifth save.

KC had lost eight of its previous nine.

Michael Wacha [[ WAH-kuh ]] returned to the rotation after two relief appearances and threw six scoreless innings in the Cardinals’ 4-1 win over the Marlins in Miami.

Marcell Ozuna had two hits and scored two runs for St. Louis.

Jordan Hicks struck out two in the ninth to collect his 13th save as the Cards ended a three-game losing streak.

Harold Ramirez had three of the seven Miami hits and scored a run in the seventh inning.

Sandy Alcantara took the loss, but only one of the four runs he allowed was earned. The Fish have lost five straight.

Mizzou

France native seven-foot forward Axel Okongo announced on social media he is committing to Missouri.

He played the last two years at a junior college in Wyoming, where he was a reserve, averaging 1.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game as a sophomore.

He will receive the 13th and final Missouri basketball scholarship.

The Boston Bruins used a big performance from goalie Tuukka Rask, their penalty kill, and a barrage of goals in the third period to prevent the St. Louis Blues from winning the Stanley Cup for the first time.

A 5-1, Game 6 win at Enterprise Center on Sunday extended the Stanley Cup Final to a decisive Game 7 in Boston Wednesday night.

Rask made 28 saves, Brandon Carlo scored the game-winner, and Zdeno Chara scored the last of four third-period goals for Boston, which on Wednesday will host a Cup Final Game 7 for the first time.

Ryan O’Reilly scored for a third straight game, and Jordan Binnington made 27 saves for St. Louis, which lost two of its three home games in the best-of-7 series.

St. Louis Cardinals Kolten Wong Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Kolten Wong drove in a run but the Cardinals fell 5-1 to the Cubs in their series finale at Wrigley Field.

Kyle Schwarber drove in a pair for Chicago while Kyle Hendricks only gave up one run over seven innings.

The Cardinals are now 0-6 in Chicago to start the season having been swept by the Cubs in both series.

Glenn Sparkman gave the Royals a quality start, but took the loss in a 5-2 loss to the White Sox at Kauffman Stadium.

Sparkman allowed three runs, one unearned, in six-and-two-third innings.

Jorge Soler clubbed his 16th homer in defeat. Cheslor Cuthbert doubled home Soler in the ninth inning.

The Royals lost for the eighth time in nine games and are tied with the Orioles for the worst record in the majors at 20-45.

The University of Missouri and San Diego State University have agreed to a four-year home-and-home football series to be played during a six-year stretch from 2027-2032, as announced jointly by the schools today.

The first game in the series will take place on the west coast, as Mizzou will travel to San Diego in 2027 for a Sept. 11 game, before the Aztecs come to Columbia the next season for a Sept. 2, 2028 matchup at Faurot Field.  The series will take a pause for two seasons before resuming in 2031 with a second-straight game in Columbia on Sept. 20.  The final game of the series will take place in San Diego the next season when Mizzou travels to San Diego on Oct. 2, 2032.

Mizzou holds a 3-0 all-time series lead against San Diego State, with the last matchup ending in a last-minute 27-24 win by the Tigers in Columbia in 2010.  Previously, the teams played a home-and-home series in Columbia in 1979 and in San Diego in 1980, with Mizzou winning both (45-15 and 31-7, respectively).

Mizzou Director of Athletics Jim Sterk served in the same capacity at San Diego State for six seasons, from 2010-11 through 2015-16, before coming to MU in August of 2016.

Paul DeJong hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning as the Cardinals edged the Reds 3-1 at Busch Stadium.

Dakota Hudson allowed just one run over six-and-a-third innings, with John Gant earning his fifth win of the season.

Matt Carpenter plated the other run for St. Louis, which has won five-of-six.

The Cards visit the rival Cubs today with Miles Mikolas opposing Cole Hamels.

Alex Gordon, Jorge Soler and Cheslor Cuthbert went yard, but it was not enough as the Royals lost to the Red Sox 7-5 in Kansas City.

Danny Duffy allowed four runs over two-and-a-third innings for Kansas City, which has lost six straight and 12 of its last 14.

The Royals banged out 14 hits, but struck out 11 times, stranded 10 runners and went 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

St. Louis Cardinals Matt Carpenter Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Matt Carpenter hit a single in the 10th to drive in a run as the Cardinals walked off the Cubs 2-1 in St. Louis.

Miles Mikolas went seven innings for the Cardinals giving up one run.

Jordan Hicks got the win after throwing two scoreless innings for St. Louis, which has won two in a row.

Yu Darvish drove in the Cubs’ only run via a sacrifice fly. Darvish would go six innings and give up just a run for the Cubs.

Mike Montgomery was saddled with the loss for Chicago, which has lost six of its last eight.