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Marlins try to respond to Reds day after road streak is snapped
With a convincing victory Wednesday night, the Cincinnati Reds ended the Miami Marlins' franchise-record road winning streak -- and ensured Cincinnati still has a chance at maintaining its own positive streak as they head toward the All-Star break.,The Reds will aim to salvage a split of a four-game...
MLB roundup: White Sox halt Blue Jays' 10-game winning streak
Adrian Houser allowed one run over seven innings to help the Chicago White Sox end the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory in the finale of a three-game series Wednesday afternoon.,Houser (5-2) scattered seven hits, struck out two and walked two. Grant Taylor pitched...
Led by Mike Trout's 2 HRs, Angels power past Rangers
Jorge Soler hit a two-run go-ahead homer in the bottom of the eighth and Mike Trout belted two home runs and drove in three runs to power the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,It was the 29th multi-homer game of Trout's career and thir...
Ronald Acuna Jr. homers twice, Braves hammer A's
Ronald Acuna Jr. returned to the lineup to smack two homers and Drake Baldwin hit a three-run blast to lead the Atlanta Braves to an easy 9-2 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday night in Sacramento, Calif.,Austin Riley and Marcell Ozuna also went deep as the Braves socked five homers off Athleti...
Geraldo Perdomo's slam sends Diamondbacks past Padres
Geraldo Perdomo hit a grand slam Wednesday night and Brandon Pfaadt sailed through the longest start of his career as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks cruised to an 8-2 win over the San Diego Padres.,Pfaadt (9-6) looked nothing like a pitcher who entered the night with a 5.42 earned run average, go...
Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s 2 homers, 4 RBIs lead Yankees past Mariners
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice and Cam Schlittler pitched 5 1/3 solid innings in his major league debut as the New York Yankees recorded a 9-6 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.,Chisholm hit his ninth and 10th homers since returning from an oblique injury on June 3 - a s...
Slade Cecconi dominant as Guardians sweep Astros
Angel Martinez and Jose Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning in support of right-hander Slade Cecconi, who recorded a career-high nine strikeouts to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 win over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday and a three-game series sweep.,The Guardians reco...
Salvador Perez's 2 homers help Royals edge Pirates
Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs to propel the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.,Perez's second homer broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning, helping the Royals complete the three-game sweep and extend the club's winning str...
Interim manager Miguel Cairo gets 1st win as Nationals down Cards
Nathaniel Lowe hit a three-run homer to power the visiting Washington Nationals past the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 on Wednesday night and give interim manager Miguel Cairo his first victory.,Jacob Young drove in two runs and Amed Rosario and James Wood hit homers as the Nationals snapped a four-game l...
Matt Wallner, Carlos Correa power Twins past Cubs
Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 with a home run as the Minnesota Twins held on for a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.,Carlos Correa finished 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Minnesota, which won its second straight game against the Cubs. Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-2 with a...
Andrew Abbott leads struggling Reds over Marlins
All-Star Andrew Abbott carried a shutout into the eighth inning Wednesday night for the host Cincinnati Reds, who topped the Miami Marlins 7-2 following back-to-back losses to begin the four-game set.,Fellow All-Star Elly De La Cruz had a pair of RBI doubles for the Reds, who snapped a four-game los...
Jazz Chisholm's two homers, four RBIs lead Yankees past Mariners
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice and Cam Schlitter pitched 5 1/3 solid innings in his major league debut as the New York Yankees recorded a 9-6 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.,Chisholm hit his ninth and 10th homers since returning from an oblique injury on June 3 - a st...
Lucas Giolito, Red Sox bats overpower Rockies
Carlos Narvaez, Wilyer Abreu, Romy Gonzalez and Jarren Duran each homered and Lucas Giolito pitched six scoreless innings to help the Boston Red Sox complete a three-game sweep of the visiting Colorado Rockies by posting a 10-2 victory Wednesday.,Giolito (6-1) surrendered four hits and struck out si...
Braves get Ronald Acuna Jr. back for clash vs. Athletics
The Atlanta Braves were crushed in their series opener against the Athletics, but overshadowing the beatdown was the absence of star right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr.,Acuna sat out the game on Tuesday with lower-back stiffness, and the Braves are glad to have the former National League MVP back in the ...
Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. (back) returns; A's SS Jacob Wilson (hand) out
Atlanta Braves star right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was back in the starting lineup for Wednesday night's road game against the Athletics one night after being scratched due to lower back tightness.,Acuna said after Tuesday's 10-1 loss that he hurt the back while working out prior to the contest in W...
Rays rally past Tigers, snap Detroit's five-game winning streak
Ha-Seong Kim and Danny Jansen had run-scoring doubles during a four-run sixth and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays snapped Detroit's five-game winning streak with a 7-3 win on Wednesday.,Junior Caminero had a solo homer and scored two runs as the Rays salvaged the finale of the three-game series. Jonatha...
Bryce Harper helps Phillies steamroll Giants, 13-0
Bryce Harper collected three doubles and a home run, Kyle Schwarber belted his 29th homer of the season, left-hander Jesus Luzardo threw seven shutout innings and the Philadelphia Phillies salvaged one win in their three-game road series against the San Francisco Giants with a 13-0 shellacking Wedne...
Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez pulls out of All-Star Game
Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez on Wednesday pulled out of next week's All-Star Game, set for Tuesday in Atlanta.,Ramirez opted out of the contest "to focus on recovery and preparation for the second half of the season," according to the Guardians. Houston Astros third baseman Isaac P...
Mets, Orioles postponed; teams will play split doubleheader on Thursday
The Wednesday evening game between the New York Mets and host Baltimore Orioles was postponed due to inclement weather.,The two teams will play a split doubleheader on Thursday. Game 1 is slated for 12:05 p.m. ET and Game 2 is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. ET.,The Mets are expected to start left-hander Da...
Yankees make 'difficult' decision to DFA DJ LeMahieu
The New York Yankees parted ways with infielder DJ LeMahieu after seven seasons when the veteran was designated for assignment Wednesday.,LeMahieu, 36, was batting .266 with two home runs and 12 RBIs in 45 games after starting the season with a calf injury. He batted just .204 with two home runs and...