Midwest Sports Headlines: 4/16/19
April 16th, 2019 by Ric Hanson
Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) â Christian Yelich hit three homers, including a pair of three-run shots, and drove in a career-high seven runs to power the Milwaukee Brewers past the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7. Yelich, the reigning NL MVP, hit his first three-run homer to cap a six-run second inning. After St. Louis tied it with three runs in the sixth, Yelich answered in the bottom half with a towering three-run blast to right off Mike Mayers. Yelich capped off his night with his eighth homer this season.
CHICAGO (AP) â Welington Castillo atoned for an error with a two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4. Castillo’s poor throw on Billy Hamilton’s steal in the seventh helped set up Whit Merrifield’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly. But Castillo came up big after Tim Anderson led off the eighth with a double against Brad Boxberger, sending an opposite-field drive to right for his first homer of the season.
Other Scores:
American League
Baltimore 8, Boston 1
Toronto 5, Minnesota 3
Texas 12, L.A. Angels 7
Cleveland 6, Seattle 4
National League
N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 6, 11 innings
Chicago Cubs 7, Miami 2
Colorado 5, San Diego 2
L.A. Dodgers 4, Cincinnati 3