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Guardians, Royals set for doubleheader after washout
When the Cleveland Guardians take the field in Kansas City for a split doubleheader with the Royals on Saturday, they will do so with a familiar face back with the team.,So will the Royals.,Before inclement weather postponed the scheduled series opener on Friday, Cleveland announced that Gabriel Ari...
On heels of 4-HR game, Nick Kurtz takes aim at Astros again
The Houston Astros couldn't have picked a worse time to put yet another starting pitcher on the injured list. After all, Nick Kurtz is still in town.,Kurtz, the Athletics' breakout star rookie, took some serious lumber to the record books on Friday night, becoming the first rookie to hit four home r...
MLB roundup: A's rookie Nick Kurtz belts record-tying 4 homers
Rookie Nick Kurtz tied major league records with four home runs and 19 total bases to pace the visiting Athletics to a 15-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.,Kurtz, who was 6-for-6 in the game after going 3-for-5 with two doubles in the Athletics' series-opening win on Thursday, extended hi...
Mets open California trip with blowout win over Giants
Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto drove in two runs apiece, Francisco Lindor homered among three hits and scored three times, and the New York Mets opened a three-game road series against the San Francisco Giants with an 8-1 win Friday night.,Clay Holmes limited the Giants to one run in five innings in a ...
Nathan Eovaldi throws 5 scoreless innings as Rangers crush Braves
Jonah Heim homered and Sam Haggerty had an RBI double and scored a run to back a solid start by Nathan Eovaldi as the Texas Rangers stayed hot with an 8-3 win over the sputtering Atlanta Braves on Friday in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won their fourth straight game and ninth in their past 11 outin...
Mets open California trip with blowout win in SF
Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto drove in two runs apiece, Francisco Lindor homered among three hits and scored three times, and the New York Mets opened a three-game road series against the San Francisco Giants with an 8-1 win Friday night.,Clay Holmes limited the Giants to one run in five innings in a ...
Zach Neto gives Angels walk-off win over M's in 10
Zach Neto singled to drive in LaMonte Wade Jr. from second base with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Los Angeles Angels a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday in Anaheim, Calif.,Neto produced the first walk-off hit of his career on his bobblehead giveaway ni...
Athletics' Nick Kurtz becomes first rookie with 4-HR game
Athletics designated hitter Nick Kurtz hit four home runs in his team's 15-3 road win over the Houston Astros on Friday night, becoming the first rookie in major league history to accomplish the feat.,Kurtz, 22, also matched the major league record for total bases with 19, originally set by Shawn Gr...
Nick Kurtz ties record with 4 HRs as A's pound Astros
Rookie Nick Kurtz tied major league records with four home runs and 19 total bases to pace the visiting Athletics to a 15-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday.,Kurtz, who was 6-for-6 in the game after going 3-for-5 with two doubles in the Athletics' series-opening win on Thursday, extended hi...
Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz hits 4 HRs against Astros
Athletics designated hitter Nick Kurtz hit four home runs in his team's 15-3 road win over the Houston Astros on Friday night, becoming the first rookie in major league history to accomplish the feat.,He is the 20th player in big-league history to hit four home runs in a game. The Arizona Diamondbac...
Nathan Eovaldi continues to dominate as Rangers cruise past Braves
Jonah Heim homered and Sam Haggerty had an RBI double and scored a run to back a solid start by Nathan Eovaldi as the Texas Rangers stayed hot with an 8-3 win over the sputtering Atlanta Braves on Friday in the first of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won their fourth straight g...
White Sox bash four homers, thrash Cubs in series opener
Chase Meidroth, Colson Montgomery, Austin Slater and Mike Tauchman homered and Adrian Houser pitched effectively into the seventh inning as the host Chicago White Sox routed the Chicago Cubs 12-5 on Friday.,Winners of six of seven since the All-Star break, the White Sox collected 18 hits, including ...
Twins' Zebby Matthews and three relievers blank Nationals
Zebby Matthews pitched six scoreless innings, Byron Buxton drove in the game's lone run, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Royce Lewis ripped a double for the only extra-base hit for the Twins, who won the series opener despit...
Kyle Schwarber homers twice as Phillies outslug Yankees
Kyle Schwarber homered twice and J.T. Realmuto hit a tiebreaking three-run blast in the seventh inning as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies pulled away for a 12-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday.,Schwarber hit his 35th and 36 home runs, belting a tying two-run shot off New York starter ...
Dodgers use two-run eighth inning to put away Red Sox
Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run home run to help the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,After Freddie Freeman singled to open the eighth inning, Hernandez homered against Boston reliever Jorge Alcala to extend the Dodgers' lead to 5-...
Reds pound out 14 hits, top Rays in opener
Tyler Stephenson went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds collected 14 hits en route to a 7-2 win against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a three-game set on Friday.,Starting pitcher Nick Martinez (9-9) held Tampa Bay to two runs on four hits and struck out five over five in...
D-backs throw one-hitter but need 11 innings to edge Pirates
Eugenio Suarez hit a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and three Arizona pitchers combined on a one-hitter, leading the Diamondbacks to a 1-0 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.,Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson threw six innings, permitting just Tommy Pham's triple in the second inning. H...
Blue Jays parlay fifth-inning outburst into second win over Tigers
Bo Bichette had a two-run double during a four-run fifth as the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays downed the slumping Detroit Tigers, 6-2, on Friday night.,Vladimir Guerrero Jr. supplied two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of eight games since t...
Ezequiel Tovar's 8th inning homer rallies Rockies past Orioles
Colorado's Ezequiel Tovar hit a tie-breaking eighth inning home run and the Rockies rallied from an early four-run deficit to defeat the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 in Friday night's series opener between two teams that have mostly struggled this year.,Mickey Moniak and Thairo Estrada also homered, w...
Miles Mikolas leads Cardinals to shutout of Padres
Miles Mikolas and four St. Louis Cardinals relievers combined to shut out the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night.,Mikolas (6-7) scattered seven hits over five-plus innings. He struck out one and didn't walk a batter.,Steven Matz, Phil Maton, JoJo Romero and Ryan Helsley followed with one inning ap...