Ryan McMahon hits 3-run HR, Mickey Moniak adds solo shot as Rockies beat Cardinals 8-4

DENVER (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a three-run home run, Bradley Blalock allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings pitched and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 on Tuesday night.

Blalock (1-2) earned the win, giving up eight hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch.

Mickey Moniak hit a solo shot off Cardinals starter Erick Fedde (3-10) in the first, Adael Amador hit a two-run double in the second and McMahon's homer in the third gave the Rockies a 6-0 advantage.

Ezequiel Tovar hit a two-out double and scored on Brenton Doyle's single in the fifth.

Nolan Arenado and Masyn Winn each had an RBI in the fourth and Brendan Donovan's double drove in Victor Scott II in the seventh. Jordan Walker hit a two-out double and scored on a pinch-hit double by Yohel Pozo to make it 7-4 in the eighth.

Moniak drew a two-out walk with the bases loaded to cap the scoring.

Fedde gave up six runs on seven hits in three innings pitched.

With one out and Scott on first base in the third, Donovan hit a fly ball to the warning track in right-center field. Doyle made a diving catch in the gap and then threw out Scott — who had already rounded second base on his way to third — at first for a double play to end the inning and preserve Colorado's 3-0 lead.

Eight Rockies batters combined to strike out 13 times.

Andre Pallante (5-6, 4.71 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Wednesday for the Cardinals to wrap up a three-game series. The Rockies have not announced their starting pitcher.

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St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado loses control of the ball after fielding a single off the bat of Colorado Rockies' Brenton Doyle in the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Seth Halvorsen works against the St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis Cardinals' Jordan Walker, left, slides safely into second base with a double as Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar misses the throw from the outfield in the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Pedro Pagés, left, applies a late tag to Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar as he scores on a single hit by Brenton Doyle in the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rockies' Orlando Arcia, left, congratulates Ryan McMahon as he returns to the dugout after hitting a two-run home run off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Erick Fedde in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 22, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)