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Skidding White Sox visit Guardians for home opener
The Chicago White Sox will try to end another four-game losing streak when they open a three-game series against the host Cleveland Guardians on Monday. ,The White Sox just dropped four straight games to the Royals, just the third time Kansas City swept a four-game series against Chicago.,Chicago, w...

Blake Snell set to debut for Giants vs. Nationals
Reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell is scheduled to make his season debut on Monday night when the San Francisco Giants open a three-game set against the visiting Washington Nationals.,The series matches teams that have staggered out of the gate, although the Giants took a ste...

Dodgers open series vs. Twins, hope to shake off ugly loss
The Los Angeles Dodgers will try to bounce back from a lopsided loss when they open a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins on Monday night in Minneapolis. ,Los Angeles is coming off an 8-1, three-error defeat to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. The game was interrupted by rain, and sloppy condition...

Ronel Blanco shines again, propels Astros past Rangers
Ronel Blanco followed up his no-hitter with six innings of one-hit shutout ball and Yordan Alvarez slugged a three-run homer as the Houston Astros recorded a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night at Arlington, Texas.,Blanco began the season with a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays...

50 years after historic homer, Henry Aaron to get HOF statue
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will memorialize Henry Aaron with a statue in Cooperstown, N.Y., making the announcement on the 50th anniversary of his historic home run No. 715.,It was April 8, 1974, that Aaron, playing for the Braves, broke Babe Ruth's longstanding homer record with ...

Longtime Mets catcher Jerry Grote dies at 81
Jerry Grote, the longtime New York Mets catcher and part of their 1969 World Series championship team, died Sunday due to respiratory failure after a heart procedure in Austin, Texas, his family announced. He was 81.,Grote, known especially for his defense, played 16 seasons, 12 for the New York Met...

Resilient Pirates aim to tame Tigers in series opener
It didn't take long for the Pittsburgh Pirates to develop into a confident group.,The Pirates will look to carry the momentum of coming off consecutive come-from-behind victories into the opener of a two-game series with the visiting Detroit Tigers on Monday evening. ,After falling 5-2 to Baltimore ...

Padres' Ha-Seong Kim aims to put bad day behind him vs. Cubs
San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt said he'll trust shortstop Ha-Seong Kim any day of the week defensively.,But one of the best fielders in the major leagues had an off-game that might have cost his team a series win Sunday. Kim's first two errors of the year led to three unearned runs and a 3-2 l...

Giants push across two runs in eighth to beat Padres
Matt Chapman capped a two-run eighth inning with a go-ahead single, Camilo Doval pitched a three-strikeout ninth for his first save of the season and the San Francisco Giants secured a series win over the visiting San Diego Padres with a 3-2 victory Sunday afternoon.,Having scored just four runs in ...

Brewers' Aaron Ashby set to make return vs. Reds
On Sunday afternoon, a pitcher with an upset stomach continued the early season stretch of strong starting pitching for the Milwaukee Brewers in the post-Corbin Burnes era.,On Monday evening, the Brewers will turn to left-hander Aaron Ashby, who will make his first big league appearance in 18 months...

Pirates edge Orioles on wild play in bottom of ninth
The host Pittsburgh Pirates plated a pair of runs thanks to an error on the final play of the game to come away with a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.,With Baltimore up 2-1, Ke'Bryan Hayes and Jack Suwinski opened the bottom of the ninth with singles, putting runners at t...

Marlins pour it on Cardinals to notch first victory of 2024
Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Nick Gordon hit three-run homers in the first inning as the visiting Miami Marlins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 Sunday for their first victory of the season.,Jake Burger and Josh Bell each drove in two runs and Luis Arraez went 4-for-5 with three runs for the Marlins, ...

Royals sweep White Sox, who fall to 1-8 to start season
MJ Melendez and Hunter Renfroe homered, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 5-3 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon, completing a four-game series sweep.,Melendez's third homer of the season -- and of the series -- gave the Royals a 4-3 lead in the seventh. Melendez collected...

Chris Sale, 3 homers pace Braves' victory, sweep of Diamondbacks
The Atlanta Braves hit three home runs and left-hander Chris Sale won his Atlanta home debut on Sunday as the Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 and swept the three-game series.,Matt Olson, Michael Harris II and Austin Riley each went deep to spark the balanced offense and help the Braves secu...

Cubs take advantage of sloppy Dodgers for rain-soaked win
Michael Busch hit a three-run double, Shota Imanaga pitched four shutout innings and the host Chicago Cubs capitalized on the Los Angeles Dodgers' sloppy defense to win 8-1 on Sunday in a game that included a three-hour rain delay.,Cody Bellinger added a solo home run for the Cubs, who took advantag...

Diamondbacks SS Geraldo Perdomo to have knee surgery
Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo will undergo surgery on Monday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.,Perdomo was placed on the 10-day injured list prior to Sunday's game against the host Atlanta Braves.,"It's definitely a blow to this team but we've got to find a way to overcom...

Giancarlo Stanton hits slam, Yanks top Jays to move to 8-2
Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam in the third inning as the host New York Yankees continued their hot start with an 8-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.,After going 82-80 last season, the Yankees are off to an 8-2 start. It is their best 10-game start since the pandemic 2020...

MacKenzie Gore, Nationals hold off Phillies
Washington starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore limited the Philadelphia Phillies to two runs in 5 2/3 innings as the host Nationals held on for a 3-2 victory on Sunday afternoon.,The go-ahead run came on Riley Adams' sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. Three relievers combined on 3 1/3 hitless innings.,E...

Cubs place RHP Julian Merryweather on 15-day IL
The Chicago Cubs will miss a key bullpen component for at least a couple of weeks, placing right-handed reliever Julian Merryweather on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Saturday, with a right shoulder strain.,In a corresponding move, the Cubs recalled right-handed reliever Daniel Palencia fro...

Sonny Gray to make debut with Cardinals on Tuesday
Right-hander Sonny Gray will make his debut as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.,The right-hander, who signed a three-year, $75 million free-agent deal in the offseason, opened the season on the injured list with a right hamstring strain.,Manager Oliver Marmol said Gray, 34, will be on...