SCOREBOARD

Tuesday, Oct. 17

New York at St. Louis (8:19 p.m. EDT). The Mets and Cardinals are tied at two games apiece heading into Game 5 of the NLCS.

RAINED OUT

Daylong rain caused Game 5 of the NL championship series between St. Louis and the New York Mets to be postponed Monday night. The game was rescheduled for 8:19 p.m. today at Busch Stadium, with Mets lefty Tom Glavine and Jeff Weaver of the Cardinals slated to start. The teams are tied at two games each in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 will be at Shea Stadium in New York on Wednesday night, as scheduled.

SWEET LOU

Lou Piniella agreed Monday to a three-year contract worth around $10 million to manage the Chicago Cubs. Piniella led the 1990 Cincinnati Reds to the World Series championship and replaces Dusty Baker, who was not brought back after a 66-96 season that ended a four-year contract. Piniella spent last season in the Fox broadcast booth and has 19 years of managerial experience with four teams — Tampa Bay, Seattle, the New York Yankees and the Reds. Several teams had sought to hire him for next season.

FIRED

Ken Macha was fired as Oakland manager on Monday, two days after the AL West champions were swept out of the playoffs by Detroit. Macha, who had a 368-280 record in four season with Oakland, had two years left on his contract. The A's became the sixth major league team to let their manager go since the final days of the season. Dusty Baker (Chicago Cubs), Joe Girardi (Florida), Felipe Alou (San Francisco), Frank Robinson (Washington) and Buck Showalter (Texas) are not coming back next year.

HIRED

Boston hired John Farrell as its pitching coach Monday after the staff finished with the fifth worst ERA in the majors last season. The 44-year-old Farrell spent the past five seasons as Cleveland's director of player development. He succeeds Dave Wallace, whose contract was not renewed after Boston finished third in the AL East after eight straight second-place finishes. ... Former major league managers Art Howe, Davey Lopes and Jimy Williams each signed a one-year contract with Philadelphia Monday to join Charlie Manuel's staff.

LEGAL TROUBLES

Dominican authorities were seeking Juan Uribe after issuing an arrest warrant Monday for the Chicago White Sox shortstop in connection with the shooting of two men. Uribe and a bodyguard are suspected of shooting and wounding a Dominican farmer and a captain in the Italian Navy with a pistol and a shotgun when the pair walked too close to Uribe's jeep around midnight Friday, authorities said.

SPEAKING

"I feel terrific about Lou. I think he's a tremendous baseball man and a proven winner from the beginning of his career... I think he's absolutely the perfect choice as we move forward." — Chicago general manager Jim Hendry after Lou Piniella agreed to a 3-year contract worth about $10 million to manage the Cubs on Monday.

SEASONS

Oct. 17

1911 — The Philadelphia Athletics scored twice in the 11th to beat the New York Giants 3-2 in Game 3 of the World Series. Frank Baker hit a home run in the ninth inning off Christy Mathewson to tie the score 1-1. Baker was tagged with the nickname "Home Run" for his exploits.

1960 — The National League awarded franchises to a New York group led by Joan Payson and a Houston group led by Judge Roy Hofheinz, Craig Cullinan and R.E. Smith.

1979 — Willie Stargell's two-run homer gave the Pirates a 4-1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles and the World Series in seven games.

1987 — The Minnesota Twins overpowered St. Louis 10-1 in the opening game of the first indoor World Series. Dan Gladden's grand slam capped a seven-run fourth inning.

1989 — Minutes before Game 3 of the World Series between Oakland and San Francisco, an earthquake hit the Bay Area. The game was postponed and the series resumed 11 days later.

1995 — The Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 in Game 6 of the American League championship series to claim their first AL pennant since 1954.

1996 — The Atlanta Braves had the biggest blowout in postseason history, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 15-0 in Game 7 of the NL championship series to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. The Cardinals became the only club to blow a 3-1 edge three times in the postseason.

1999 — The New York Mets outlasted Atlanta with a 4-3 victory in 15 innings, cutting the Braves' lead to 3-2 in the NL championship series. Robin Ventura's grand slam-turned-single drove home the winning run and gave the Mets the win in the longest postseason contest in baseball history.

2000 — The New York Yankees followed the Mets into the World Series, rallying from a four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-7 and win the AL championship series 4-2. David Justice, who hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 6, was the MVP.

2001 — Tom Glavine allowed Arizona one run in seven innings to tie teammate John Smoltz's major league record with his 12th postseason victory as Atlanta posted an 8-1 win.

2005 — The NL championship series shifted to St. Louis after Albert Pujols' two-out, three-run homer in the ninth inning rallied the Cardinals to a 5-4 win over Houston in Game 5.