Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, who has been sidelined by COVID-19 since July 19, will return to the team Friday. Nick Wass/Associated Press
MIAMI — Miami Marlins Manager Don Mattingly, sidelined since he tested positive for COVID-19 on July 31, is expected to rejoin the team Friday.
The 60-year-old Mattingly, who was vaccinated in mid-April, experienced mild symptoms. The last-place Marlins began a series at San Diego on Monday, and Mattingly plans to return to the dugout when they start a homestand Friday against the Chicago Cubs.
James Rowson has been the Marlins’ acting manager in Mattingly’s absence.
Mattingly was voted NL manager of the year in 2020 after he guided the Marlins to their first postseason appearance since 2003.
DODGERS: Los Angeles star outfielder Mookie Betts was a late scratch from the lineup Tuesday night against Philadelphia with a sore right hip that could send him to the injured list.
YANKEES: New York will be minus infielder Gleyber Torres for a while after he was put on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left thumb.
Torres was hurt sliding into second base on a steal try Sunday. Manager Aaron Boones said he expected Torres to be out 10 to 20 days.
Torres is hitting .253 with six home runs and 42 RBI. An All-Star in each of his first two years, he has struggled to find his stroke over the last two seasons.
TUESDAY’S GAMES
CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 1: J.A. Happ combined with a trio of relievers on a one-hitter, Tommy Edman and Paul DeJong homered early and St. Louis won in Pittsburgh.
Happ (6-6) retired the first nine batters, then gave up rookie Hoy Park’s first career home run to lead off the fourth inning. Making his second start for the Cardinals since being acquired from the Twins in a July 30 trade, Happ struck out five and walked two. Happ took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning against the Pirates on April 23 at Minnesota and wound up allowing one hit in 7 2/3 innings.
Relievers Ryan Helsley, Genesis Cabrera and Alex Reyes combined for three hitless innings. Reyes pitched a perfect ninth for his 26th save in 27 chances.
BREWERS 4, CUBS 2: Freddy Peralta pitched effectively into the sixth inning, Avisail García smacked a go-ahead two-run homer and Milwaukee won in Chicago on Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader.
Willy Adames and Lorenzo Cain also went deep for the Brewers, who are a major league-best 35-19 on the road. Peralta (9-3) allowed two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. The All-Star right-hander struck out eight and walked two.
Devin Williams got the final three outs for his second save after loading the bases with one out in the seventh. Williams struck out Patrick Wisdom and Greg Deichmann to end it.
Frank Schwindel had an RBI double for Chicago, which has dropped five straight.
ANGELS 6, BLUE JAYS 3: Justin Upton and Phil Gosselin each had two hits and two RBI, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated visiting Toronto in the first game of an unusual doubleheader.
Toronto batted last and was the “home” team at Angel Stadium in the first game, a makeup from an April 11 rainout at the Blue Jays’ temporary home field early this season in Dunedin, Florida. In the regularly scheduled nightcap, the Angels were the home team.
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