Matheny Fired, Cards, Cubs Win Sunday

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals fired manager Mike Matheny Saturday night with the team at one game over .500. The Cardinals were on a six-game home losing streak. The clubhouse was in shock Sunday but came through with a victory.

Hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller are also out, as bench coach Mike Shildt was named interim manager.

The Cardinals celebrated a 6-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds in Shildt's debut in the series finale at Busch Stadium.

Matt Carpenter hit a leadoff home run and Dexter Fowler followed with a solo shot of his own to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

All-Star pitcher Miles Mikolas gave up three runs early but Shildt stuck with him. Then he brought Jon Gant in and he went four innings in relief.

The Cardinals' had a four-run rally in the fourth. Tommy Pham came in when Harrison Bader suffered a hyperextended knee and had a two-run single with the bases loaded

Cubs 7, Padres 4

SAN DIEGO -- All-Stars Jon Lester and Javier Baez came through as the Cubs downed the San Diego Padres 7-4 Sunday.

Lester claimed his 12th win and Baez now has 72 RBI and the Cubs are 55-38 on the season going into the All-Star break.

Anthony Rizzo led off the game with a single and Kris Bryant drew a walk. Baez and Addison Russell had RBI singles each and the Cubs moved ahead 2-0.

Rookies David Bote and James Norwood came in to help in the victory. Bote drew a walk and scored a run and played third base. Norwood came on in the sixth for Lester as the Padres loaded the bases. He walked in a run but did his job the rest of the way.

Lester will head to the All-Star festivities at Nationals Park, but won't pitch.

Baez, who will compete in the Home Run Derby Monday and start at second for the NL team Tuesday, had an RBI single in a three-run first. Jason Heyward hit a two-run single in the second.

All-Star Break

Major League Baseball has reached the All-Star break. The Washington Nationals host this year’s event with the Home Run Derby set for tonight and the All-Star game Tuesday night.

Sunday, July 15 Scoreboard

St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 4

Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego 4

Chicago White Sox 10,  Kansas City 1

Baltimore 6, Texas 5

Boston 5, Toronto 2

Washington 6, New York Mets 1

Cleveland 5, New York Yankees 2

Miami 10, Philadelphia 5

Atlanta 5, Arizona 1

Pittsburgh 7, Milwauke e6 (F/10)

Minnesota 11, Tampa Bay 7 (F/10)

Detroit 6, Houston 3

Colorado 4, Seattle 3

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Los Angeles Angels 3

Oakland 6, San Francisco 2

Monday, July 16

No games scheduled

Tuesday, July 17

All-Star Game, 6 p.m.

Wednesday July 18

No games scheduled