Though, New York Came Back To Take 7-6 Lead On Luis Garcia Jr. 2-Run Home Run Scoring Trent Grisham New York Lost 13-7 To St. Louis Monday Because Angel Chivilli Surrendered Runs

Luis Garcia Jr. was acquired from Washington by New York the team that wears the pinstripes in exchange for Yovanny Cruz, Jake Bird, Ben Grable, Jack Cebert.

Luis Garcia Jr. is a first baseman who in 2026 season for Washington has had 357 at bats contributed offensively 48 runs 101 hits, 23 home runs 76 runs batted in 4 stolen bases has a batting average of 283.

According to https://www.mlb.com/player/luis-garcia-jr-671277

Luis Garcia being acquired by New York the team that wears the pinstripes will hopefully help an offense that has been struggling to score runs because they’re without Cody Bellinger who is left fielder who has a grade 2 left hamstring strain. Aaron Judge who is captain, right fielder who has stress fracture in right rib. Giancarlo Stanton who is designated hitter who has right calf strain.

Luis Garcia did help New York the team that wears the pinstripes right off the bat as Luis Garcia’s 2-run home run scoring Trent Grisham who is center fielder helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes take 7-6 as he hit home run to right center 424 feet. Before Luis Garcia helped his new team offensively take the lead New York the team that wears the pinstripes had a big hole to dig out out following Cam Schlittler surrendering 6-0 lead to St. Louis runs to first baseman Alec Burleson who hit home run to right 350 feet scoring JJ Weatherholt who is second baseman giving St. Louis 2-0 lead in top of 1st inning before Jose Fermin who was third baseman, left fielder doubled to right scoring Nathan Church who is center fielder extending St. Louis lead 3-0 before Nathan Church contributed offensively again this time a single to left scoring Ivan Herrera who is designated hitter extending St. Louis lead 4-0 in top 2nd 3rd innings before Alec Burleson hit home run to right 365 feet scoring Jordan Walker who is right fielder extending St. Louis lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 6-0. Then New York the team that wears the pinstripes started their comeback in bottom of 5th inning with Austin Wells who is catcher hitting 2-run home run to right center scoring third baseman Ryan McMahon making score 6-2 St. Louis before Trent Grisham hit home run to right 355 feet cutting New York the team that wears the pinstripes deficit 6-3. In bottom of 7th inning Ryan McMahon cut New York the team that wears the pinstripes deficit 6-4 before Jose Caballero who is shortstop hit home run to left 400 feet getting New York the team that wears the pinstripes within 1 run at 6-5 before taking the lead on Louis Garcia’s 2-run home run at 7-6. Though, New York the team that wears the pinstripes 1 run lead wouldn’t last because Angel Chivilli who would come on in relief of Ryan Yarbrough would surrender runs.

To who?

Nathan Church who would homer to right 355 feet scoring Blaze Jordan who was third baseman Masyn Winn who is shortstop giving St. Louis 9-7 lead before Jimmy Crooks who is catcher hit home run to right 376 feet scoring Jose Fermin extending St. Louis lead 11-7 before Alec Burleson would hit home run to right scoring JJ Weatherholt.

Where?

On the mound in Bronx New York!

Following New York the team that wears the pinstripes coming back to take lead on Luis Garcia Jr.’s 2-run home run Trent Grisham following New York the team that wear the pinstripes losing 13-7 to St. Louis Monday because Angel Chivilli surrendered runs manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts on how team performed in the loss on his acquisition Luis Garcia by saying In a lot of ways, it was good to see us swing the bat like this,”I thought we had a lot of good at-bats, obviously highlighted by Luis. Giving us the lead there, it was an awesome way to debut. Hopefully there’s a lot more of that to come.”

Though,

Aaron Boone wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts on how his team performed offensively in what became 13-7 loss on the new acquisition Luis Garcia as Luis Garcia himself did as well by saying It definitely felt like we had a chance there to win the game,”Unfortunately, that’s baseball sometimes.”

Following New York’s 13-7 loss where New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Cam Schlittler put them in 6-0 hole that the offense was able to dig themselves out of take the lead briefly Cam Schlittler who started who pitched 4 hits, 4 earned runs 5 walks while striking out 6 St. Louis batters had this to say!

I’ve got to limit the walks. I can’t give them free bases,”

Alec Burleson response to Cam Schlittler’s start against St. Louis?

[Schlittler] has a really good heater – three really good heaters, really,”I just wanted to be on time for it. I hit it low.”

According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/luis-garcia-jr-hits-go-ahead-homer-in-yankees-debut

According Bill Ladson MLB article https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/alec-burleson-has-first-three-homer-game-of-career

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is now going to prepare for game two of three game series on Tuesday night with St. Louis in Bronx New York where Ryan Weathers, Hunter Dobbins are starting.

Where?

On the mound!

Ryan Weathers, Hunter Dobbins are alike because they both wear jersey # 40 Ryan Weathers, Hunter Dobbins are different because Ryan Weathers is a left handed starting pitcher while Hunter Dobbins is a right handed starting pitcher!

Ryan Weathers comes into the game with St. Louis record of 4-7 with an earn run average of 3.99 because on Thursday July 30, 2026 at Chicago (White Sox) Ryan Weathers took no decision in New York the team that wears the pinstripes 2-1 loss in 11 innings where pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned runs , 3 walks while striking out 4 Chicago (White Sox) batters.

Hunter Dobbins comes into the game with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 2-1 with an earn run average of 3.74 because in a relief appearance Monday July 27, 2026 at Chicago (Cubs) behind Matthew Liberatore Hunter Dobbins pitched 5.1 innings surrendering 7 hits, 4 earned runs 1 walk.

To who?

Alex Bregman who is third baseman who doubled to left scoring Seiya Suzuki who is right fielder in top of 1st inning Miguel Amaya who is catcher who singled to right scoring Nico Hoerner who is second baseman in top of 2nd inning . Alex Bregman who homered to right 369 feet in top of 3rd inning extending Chicago (Cubs) lead 3-1 over St. Louis before allowing Nico Hoerner to single to scoring Alex Bregman extending Chicago (Cubs) lead over St. Louis 5-1 while 1 batter striking out 4 Chicago (Cubs) batters.

Though,

Could mother nature prevent New York, St. Louis from continuing their three game series on schedule from Ryan Weathers, Hunter Dobbins from starting?

There isn’t a chance of that happening because at first pitch it’s mostly sunny with 0 % chance of rain before it continues to be mostly sunny with 0 % chance of rain before it turns clear with 0 % of rain at 9:00pm 10:00pm when the game is supposed to be over.

According to Accuweather on ESPN App

First pitch is 7:05pm Eastern Time 6:05pm Central Time from Yankee Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on Yes Network with Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits or Justin Shackil are going to be commentating! Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.

Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.

Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.

From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.

During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.

In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.

Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.

He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.

Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.

Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.

In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.

Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.

Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.

Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.

Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.

Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.

He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.

Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.

David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.

Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.

The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.

After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.

While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.

Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.

O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.

The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.

O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.

Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.

In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.

From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.

In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.

A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.

He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.

He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.

Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.

Justin Shackil begins his sixth season covering the Yankees for YES Network, serving in a variety of roles, including clubhouse reporting and studio hosting. In addition to his baseball duties at YES Network, Shackil has called play-by-play for Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and college basketball broadcasts.

On radio, Shackil worked on the WFAN Yankees Radio Network for three seasons as a fill-in play-by-play announcer and postgame host. Shackil has also worked for the New York Yankees since 2015, hosting the team’s in-stadium pre-game shows and working with its in-house production team. In addition, he has co-hosted the Toeing The Slab pitching podcast with David Cone and YES researcher James Smyth. Shackil currently serves as a host and blow-by-blow announcer for Matchroom Boxing on DAZN.

His additional work credits include hosting for NBA Entertainment, SiriusXM Sports, Westwood One and radio play-by-play for the Double-A baseball teams: Mobile BayBears, Tennessee Smokies and Trenton Thunder. Shackil graduated from Fordham University in 2009.

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On Cardinals. TV presented by bet 365 with Chip Caray, Al Hirabosky , Jim Hays , Brad Thompson commentating!

Chip Caray enters his fourth season as the play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals on Cardinals.TV broadcasts in 2026. Chip joined the Cardinals more than a half-century after his grandfather Harry, a baseball Hall of Famer, broadcast Cardinals games from 1945-1969.

He previously was the play-by-play voice of the Atlanta Braves for 20 total seasons on Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Southeast (2010-2022), TBS and Peachtree TV (2005-2009) and on TBS and the Atlanta Braves Radio Network (1991-1992). He also spent five seasons (2005-09) as the play-by-play voice of TBS's Major League Baseball coverage.

Caray served as the play-by-play announcer for seven seasons (1998-2004) for Chicago Cubs games on WGN. The 2004 Illinois Sportscaster of the Year, Caray's baseball resume also includes one season as the radio play-by-play announcer for Minnesota's Orlando (AA) affiliate in 1990 and three campaigns with the Seattle Mariners (1993-95).

Caray spent five years (1996-2000) as a member of the FOX Network's Saturday baseball coverage, including three years as a studio host.

He is the third generation of Carays to serve as a play-by-play announcer, after his father Skip and grandfather Harry. On May 13, 1991, the three generations of Carays worked together on a Chicago Cubs/Atlanta Braves game. His half-brother, Josh, is the play-by-play announcer for the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas. Chip's twin sons, Chris and Stefan, have also continued the Caray legacy of sports broadcasting with Chris set to begin his third season as a television play-by-play announcer with the Athletics and Stefan serving as a freelance broadcaster after previously working with Chris as radio broadcasters for the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles.

Chip's broadcast career also includes nine seasons as the television play-by-play voice of the NBA's Orlando Magic (1989-98) and stints calling both University of Florida and Florida State University football and basketball games for the Sunshine Network.

A St. Louis native, Caray graduated from Parkway West High School and the University of Georgia in 1987. He began his career with weekend TV sports anchor stints in Panama City, Fla., and Greensboro, NC. He and his wife Susan have four children: Summerlyn, Christopher, Stefan and Tristan.

Cardinals Hall of Famer Al Hrabosky is currently a member of the Cardinals television broadcast team with Cardinals.TV and has been since he began working as a commentator on telecasts for the team in 1985.

Hrabosky made a smooth transition from one of St. Louis' best-loved athletes, the "Mad Hungarian" of the Cardinals 1970's bullpen, to the broadcast booth. During a 13-year major league career in which he compiled 97 saves and earned Fireman of the Year honors in 1975, Hrabosky already was preparing himself for broadcasting by working as a sportscaster for a St. Louis TV station.

Al was inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame and receive his "red jacket" in September, 2025. Hrabosky was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in February 2003, the Fullerton College Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Savanna High School Hall of Fame in 2011. Away from the booth, he is active in many charities, including the St. Louis Zoo and Angels' Arms.

im Hayes serves as a host and reporter for Cardinals TV, handling pregame and postgame shows and live game coverage duties. In his 25+ years in St. Louis, "The Cat" has become one of the city's most well-liked sportscasters, known for his wit and interviews with athletes.

Hayes came to FOX Sports in 2000 as a reporter for the Midwest Sports Report and began covering St. Louis-area sports in 2001. He previously worked for WPHL-WB17 in Philadelphia. He was a sports anchor and reporter for two years at WPHL, where he covered hard sports news throughout the region and shined in featuring the 'lighter side' of sports

Prior to working in Philadelphia, Hayes anchored and reported sports at TSM news, a regional news channel serving Delaware, parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Hayes has also served as sports director at Suburban Cable 2 in Wilmington, Del., where he also hosted coaches shows for the University of Delaware basketball and football programs.

Hayes is a 1984 graduate of the State University College at Geneseo, N.Y. and is a past recipient of a Mid-America Emmy Award.

Hayes, wife Erin and son Tyler reside in St. Louis.Former Cardinals pitcher and 2006 World Series Champion Brad Thompson serves as a game, pregame and postgame analyst for Cardinals telecasts on Cardinals.TV. Thompson first joined the Cardinals broadcast team in 2015 as part of Bally Sports Midwest's studio team, and he called regular-season games in the booth, alongside Dan McLaughlin, for the first time in 2018.

Thompson pitched in 201 games over six Major League seasons, primarily out of the bullpen, with the Cardinals and Kansas City Royals. He was an integral part of the Cardinals bullpen during the team's 2005 and 2006 playoff seasons, with a 2.95 ERA over 40 appearances in 2005 and a 3.34 ERA in 43 games in 2006.

A native of Las Vegas, Thompson attended Dixie State University.

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