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A rain delay couldn't cool off Jimmy Crooks in St. Louis. After sitting through nearly three hours of weather, Crooks stepped in as a defensive replacement and promptly launched a two-run shot four hundred and five feet into the right-center bleachers, giving the Cardinals a two to one win over Atlanta in the eighth. The Braves hit the ball hard all night — Michael Harris the Second included — but hard contact and a W are two very different things.
Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Shohei Ohtani got Arizona's attention early with a leadoff homer, but Eduardo Rodriguez answered the challenge and shut the Dodgers down the rest of the way through six innings. Tim Tawa added a home run and drove in four, and the Diamondbacks cruised to a nine to three rout. Arizona's first win of this series, and a statement performance against the most watched team in baseball.
And shifting to the pitch, England and Norway are set to collide in a two thousand twenty six World Cup quarter-final in Miami tonight. Thomas Tuchel's side has built momentum through the tournament, but Norway arrives with genuine belief, a golden generation forged through a coaching revolution, and one major concern — keeping Harry Kane off the scoresheet.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
