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By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matthew Liberatore tossed five shutout innings in his season debut and Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. St. Louis won for the eighth time in 10 games. Milwaukee has lost two of

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado has a small fracture in his left hand and the team isn’t sure if he will require a stint on the injured list. Machado was hurt when he was hit by a pitch in Monday night’s 4-0 win against the Kansas City Royals. Padres manager

NEW YORK (AP) — Teams have been warned by Major League Baseball that batters may not attempt to deceive pitchers into quick-pitch violations. MLB senior vice president Michael Hill wrote in a two-page memo to general managers, assistant general managers and field managers that the commissioner’s office had detected batters attempting to induce quick pitches.

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor is asking a judge to carefully consider the public’s right to information while determining whether to seal court records in the case of Andrew Lester, a white homeowner accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door. Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said in a

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Wade Miley came out of a game against St. Louis in the second inning with a strained left lat muscle. Miley, 2-4 with a 3.67 ERA, was replaced by right-hander Elvis Peguero after throwing 22 pitches. Nolan Arenado led off the second inning with a home run that

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado homered for the fifth straight game, a leadoff drive in the second inning that tied the St. Louis Cardinals’ game against the Milwaukee Brewers 1-1. Arenado homered on an 0-1 fastball from Wade Miley, driving the ball 394 feet into the left-field seats. Arenado had not homered in five

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials on Tuesday abruptly terminated an unusual emergency rule proposed by the Republican attorney general that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults. The move was announced without explanation on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website, which said: “This

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri terminates rule limiting gender-affirming care for transgender minors, some adults without explanation.

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With the Louisiana House’s approval, a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care to minors is advancing to the Senate. The bill would prohibit doctors from performing “gender transition procedures” — such as hormone treatments, gender reassignment surgery or puberty-blocking drugs — on anyone under

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Retired Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and one of his best players in Johnny Dawkins are among five inductees to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The others are North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough, longtime Division II coach Herb Magee and the late high school scout Tom Konchalski. Krzyzewski retired last

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A Missouri high school teacher who used a racial slur several times in class is no longer working with the school district. A statement from the Springfield school district says the Glendale High School teacher resigned Monday. A 15-year-old sophomore who videotaped the teacher using the slur was suspended for

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have designated reliever Gus Varland for assignment. The move comes one day after he allowed nine runs over two-thirds of an inning in an 18-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The 26-year-old Varland had joined the Brewers as a winter meeting draft pick from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who this month announced she would resign effective June 1, says she is leaving office immediately, ending a turbulent tenure marked by frequent criticism, especially from Missouri’s Republican leaders. The sudden announcement Tuesday created confusion about who is running

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Prosecutors say Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, grabbed and kissed a Kansas woman three times without her consent earlier this year. A partially redacted affidavit released Monday provides new details about the alleged assault at a Kansas restaurant in February. The owner of Aspens