SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed LF Gavin Sheets on the paternity list. Recalled C Luis Campusano from El Paso (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara to Rochester (IL).

With the St. Louis Cardinals 2.5 games out of a Wild Card spot in the National League, the team announced some bad news.

The St. Louis Cardinals activated Iván Herrera from the 10-day injured list before the series finale against the Atlanta Braves ...

Cardinals first. Brendan Donovan singles to right field. Masyn Winn doubles to deep left field. Brendan Donovan to third. Alec Burleson grounds out to shortstop, CJ Abrams to Nathaniel Lowe.

A scoreless start by Miles Mikolas and a five-run sixth inning on Thursday night at Busch Stadium helped the Cardinals to a 8-1 win over the Nationals.

DP_St. Louis 1 (Arenado, Winn, Contreras). Inherited runners-scored_Rutledge 2-2, Matz 1-0. WP_Soroka (2). Umpires_Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Paul Clemons; Second, Ramon De Jesus; Third, Brock ...

DP_Washington 0, St. Louis 1. LOB_Washington 2, St. Louis 7. 2B_Abrams (19), Bell (8), Call (9), Contreras (21), Winn (17), Nootbaar (14). HR_Lowe (14), Rosario (5), Wood (24).

I’m OK if they’re gonna hate me. I don’t care,” he said of fans in Chicago. “And for our fans, just keep pushing for this team, because we compete every day.” ...