Baseball Page 155 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
White Sox use long ball to take series from Dodgers
Colson Montgomery and Chase Meidroth each belted two-run home runs on Sunday afternoon to help the Chicago White Sox earn a 6-4 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.,Erick Fedde (2-5) earned the win, throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief and allowing three hits while striking out four ...
A.J. Ewing shines as Mets roll past Braves
Freddy Peralta overcame a laborious first inning to toss five solid frames and earn the win Sunday afternoon, when the host New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 8-1 in the rubber game of a three-game series.,A.J. Ewing went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs for the Mets, who went 3-3 on their homes...
Stephen Kolek shuts down Astros to help Royals avoid sweep
Stephen Kolek allowed five hits over 7 1/3 stellar innings and Maikel Garcia had three hits with three RBIs, as the Kansas City Royals avoided a series sweep by the visiting Houston Astros with their 4-0 victory Sunday. ,After Royals starters allowed a combined 12 runs over five innings in losing th...
Rodolfo Duran's big day propels Padres to series win vs. O's
Rodolfo Duran homered and doubled to drive in three runs and the visiting San Diego Padres beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 in Sunday afternoon's series finale.,Walker Buehler (4-3) worked five innings of one-run ball, Fernando Tatis Jr. added two hits and two RBIs and Jackson Merrill posted two hits ...
James Wood, Miles Mikolas star as Nats pound Mariners
James Wood finished a triple short of the cycle, Miles Mikolas pitched seven scoreless innings and the Nationals beat the Seattle Mariners 10-1 in Washington on Sunday.,Wood smacked his 20th home run of the season and provided an RBI double, while Keibert Ruiz had three hits including a solo home ru...
Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (lower back) sits for another game
Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sat for the second straight day with lower back tightness in Toronto's Sunday home series finale vs. the New York Yankees.,Toronto manager John Schneider said Saturday that the issue emerged as Friday's 8-5 win played out. There was hope that rest w...
Report: Brewers manger Pat Murphy has MRI on back, might need surgery
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy underwent an MRI on his back before Sunday's game and might be in line for surgery in the future, MLB.com reported.,Murphy, 67, has not been making mound visits during this weekend's series against the Philadelphia Phillies, with that responsibility falling to pi...
Max Meyer outduels Pirates' Paul Skenes as Marlins win series
Heriberto Hernandez and Joe Mack each hit solo home runs and Max Meyer outdueled Paul Skenes as the visiting Miami Marlins earned a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.,Meyer (7-0) yielded one run on six hits, walked three and fanned nine over six innings.,Pete Fairbanks gave up a run but ...
Braves RHP Spencer Strider (elbow) seeing doctor for evaluation
Braves right-hander Spencer Strider is going to see Dr. Keith Meister for an evaluation after he was placed on the 15-day injured list Saturday with right elbow inflammation, Atlanta manager Walt Weiss told reporters before Sunday's game at the New York Mets.,Strider exited Friday's 7-5 loss to the ...
Padres place C Freddy Fermin on concussion IL
The San Diego Padres placed catcher Freddy Fermin on the seven-day concussion injured list and selected the contract of catcher Blake Hunt from Triple-A El Paso on Sunday.,To open a spot on the 40-man roster for Hunt, right-hander Ty Adcock was designated for assignment.,Fremin left Saturday's game ...
Guardians-Tigers series finale postponed by inclement weather
The finale of a three-game series between the Cleveland Guardians and visiting Detroit Tigers was postponed Sunday because of inclement weather.,The game was rescheduled for the second half of the season with American League Central rivals now set to play a split doubleheader at Cleveland on Sept. 4...
Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez (hand) placed on 10-day IL
The Cleveland Guardians placed perennial All-Star third baseman Jose Ramirez on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a left hamate fracture.,Ramirez exited Saturday's 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers in the fifth inning after popping out to catcher Dillon Dingler. ,"He had a similar injury, I think, t...
Royals place 1B Vinnie Pasquantino on 10-day IL
Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday due to a right hamate fracture.,Pasquantino exited Saturday's 8-7 loss to the Houston Astros after appearing to injure himself on a swing in the fifth inning.,He was replaced in the lineup by Isaac Colli...
Angels pursue rare series sweep against Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays could become the answer to this trivia question: Who are the only two teams the Los Angeles Angels have swept in 2026?,The Angels will look to add the Rays to their short list of sweep victims -- the Texas Rangers are the other -- when they host them on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim...
Red Sox aim for rare home sweep against Rangers
After their first home series win since April, the Boston Red Sox go for a series sweep against the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday evening. ,The Red Sox are now 2-8-1 this season in home series and interim manager Chad Tracy knows if Boston is going to climb out of the American League East cellar...
Giants need ace Logan Webb to play stopper vs. Cubs
Logan Webb might need to finish what he starts Sunday afternoon when the San Francisco Giants attempt to avoid a three-game sweep in their home series against the Chicago Cubs.,Using eight doubles and four home runs, the Cubs have overpowered the Giants both at the plate and on the mound in the firs...
Behind Cristopher Sanchez, Phillies chase series win vs. Brewers
The Philadelphia Phillies have lived two very different lives in their first two games against the Milwaukee Brewers.,The Phillies hope to replicate their latest offensive performance on Sunday afternoon when they visit the Brewers in the decisive contest of a three-game set.,In Friday's series open...
Zack Gelof, A's heating up ahead of finale vs. Rockies
Zack Gelof is on a hot streak for the surging Athletics, and he and his teammates will try to turn the temperature up when they face the Colorado Rockies Sunday in the finale of a three-game series in Las Vegas.,The A's will send left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-6, 4.68 ERA) to the mound against Color...
Cardinals look to continue offensive surge against Twins
The St. Louis Cardinals will vie for their eighth win in 10 games on Sunday as they wrap up a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.,Manager Oliver Marmol's team snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday with a 9-6 win over the Twins, and in that victory, the Cardinals cont...
Astros, Spencer Arrighetti aim for sweep of scuffling Royals
The Houston Astros have already secured their first winning series at Kansas City since 2022. Considering how well they've fared with Spencer Arrighetti on the mound, a sweep could be next. ,They'll try to accomplish that feat Sunday and win a sixth consecutive start made by the talented right-hande...