Cardinals 5, Brewers 1
MILWAUKEE — Mike Leake struck out a season-high 10 over seven and Matt Adams and Randal Grichuk homered for the Cardinals. Aledmys Diaz scored from first on a single in the fifth to snap a tie and the Cardinals entered the All-Star break having cut a 12-game deficit to the Cubs to seven in the NL Central. Adams snapped an 0-for-27 skid with his homer.
Rick Stroud and Tom Jones talk about Joe Maddon's return to Tropicana Field for the first time since he left the Rays in 2014 in the latest edition of our Rick and Tom podcast. They discuss the mixed emotions …
![Joe Maddon returns to Tropicana Field tonight for the first time since he left the Rays in 2014. [Getty Images]](/resources/images/dti/2017/09/433544063_20027919.jpg)
Joe Maddon's first trip back to the Trop is getting most of the headlines tonight, but there are several other familiar faces among the eight former Rays now wearing Cubs uniforms.
When Hall of Famer Phil Esposito first saw Lightning prospect Oleg Sosunov, he joked he thought the 6-foot-8 Russian would hit the ceiling of Amalie Arena.
Well, that escalated quickly.
One moment, the Bears were dinking and dunking their way down the field. The next, they were giving the ball away. In a six-minute stretch over the first and second quarters, they turned the ball over three times. Interception. Fumble. Fumble.
![Jacquizz Rodgers scores a touchdown Sunday in the Bucs' 29-7 win over the Bears in Tampa. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Times]](/resources/images/dti/2017/09/c4s_turningpoint092017_20027559.jpg)
TAMPA — The Bucs weren't perfect on offense in Sunday's 29-7 win over the Bears, but they came close on one play to set up a 50-yard field goal before halftime.
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