ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals batting coach Mark McGwire's wife is due to deliver triplets and he'll be away from the team for a few days.

Manager Tony La Russa said after Monday's 12-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds that it was McGwire's last day with the team for a "day or two." La Russa said McGwire got a round of applause in the clubhouse after the game.

McGwire's wife, Stephanie, is from Glen Carbon, Ill., near St. Louis, and the family is living there during the season.

HOUSTON — Stephen Strasburg is ready — and so is the Washington Nationals' ticket office.The Nationals said after their 14-4 win over Houston that their prized pitching prospect will make his major league debut against Pittsburgh on June 8 at Nationals Park.The 21-year-old right-hander is first scheduled to start for Triple-A Syracuse at Buffalo on Thursday. General manager Mike Rizzo told mlb.com that Strasburg will throw six innings, or 95 pitches.

INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar driver Mike Conway will miss at least three months with back and leg injuries from his frightening crash in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.Conway had surgery for multiple fractures in his lower left leg and has been diagnosed with a compression fracture in his back. The back injury was not confirmed until Monday morning.Conway's team, Dreyer & Reinbold, has yet to say who will replace him in the No. 24 car.The 26-year-old Englishman was injured on Lap 199 when Ryan Hunter-Reay's car, already low on fuel, started sputtering. Conway was going about 220 mph through the short chute between turns three and four, and couldn't avoid running into the back of Hunter-Reay. The contact sent Conway airborne and into the catch fence, splitting the car into two large pieces though the driver's seat remained intact.He was airlifted to a local hospital after the race, where he had surgery.

BALTIMORE — C.J. Costabile scored with five seconds gone in sudden-death overtime, giving Duke its first NCAA men's lacrosse title with a 6-5 win over Notre Dame.

NEW YORK — Usain Bolt has withdrawn from the Adidas Grand Prix on June 12 because of an Achilles' tendon injury. The Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 100 meters has inflammation of his tendon.