Colorado Rockies

Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright went on the disabled list with back tightness, and St. Louis put outfielder Dexter Fowler on the DL because of a strained left wrist. Harrison Bader, the Cardinals third-round draft pick two years ago, was brought up from Triple-A and made his major league debut against Colorado on Tuesday night. With his mother and sister arriving during the game following a flight from New York to join his father in the stands, Bader doubled down the left-field line against lefty Jake McGee (0-1) leading off the ninth for his first hit.

The Cardinals and Colorado Rockies tried to speed up the pace of play on Tuesday night and it was hardly noticed. Major League Baseball experimented with having the timing clock between half innings set at 1 minute, 45 seconds. Since 2016, the clock has been set at 2:05 for locally televised games and 2:25 for nationally televised games, down 20 seconds for each from 2015. “We all knew early in the day,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said after the team beat the Rockies 3-2. “Lance (Lynn) was excited about it. He asked, ‘Why isn’t it always like this?’ He feels like he has to wait around for commercials to be finished. To be honest I didn’t even notice. I notice the real long breaks because

How do you know if a shirt is cool? If Tupac wore it, you’re probably safe. Colorado Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond took that famous mantra to heart by buying his teammates T-shirts based on a Rockies shirt that Tupac apparently once wore. And, yes, it’s fire. Here’s Tupac in the shirt: And here’s Desmond: Stylin’. Still, I have a lot of questions here: What was Tupac doing in a Rockies shirt? I’m not even sure Tupac ever visited Colorado, and the origins of this picture are mysterious at best. Also the MLB hat and Pizza Hut box have to be mentioned, too — Pac knew how to put together an outfit. Apparently Desmond thought so too — he liked the look enough to have the shirts custom made: “I had

Randal Grichuk is riding his longest home run streak in the majors. Grichuk hit a two-run homer, Mike Leake pitched seven scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Monday night. It was the first win for Leake (7-8) against the Rockies since Aug. 10, 2011.