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Eugenio Suarez set to return as Reds face Cardinals in doubleheader
Eugenio Suarez had to wait another day before making his return to the Cincinnati Reds' lineup after the scheduled series opener against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals was postponed due to rain on Friday.,Suarez, the Reds' designated hitter, was activated from the 10-day injured list, and his enth...
MLB roundup: Rays top rival Yankees to spoil Gerrit Cole's return
Gerrit Cole pitched six strong innings during his return from reconstructive elbow surgery, but the Tampa Bay Rays scored four times in the eighth inning by capitalizing on shaky infield defense and closed out a 4-2 victory over the host New York Yankees on Friday night.,The Rays scored four times i...
White Sox ride 9-run fourth to win over stumbling Giants
Munetaka Murakami highlighted a nine-run fourth inning with a bases-clearing double, Davis Martin coasted to his fifth straight win and the Chicago White Sox opened a three-game road series with a 9-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.,Andrew Benintendi had a two-run double and m...
Rockies rally past Diamondbacks on ninth-inning RBI hit
Chad Stevens delivered the tiebreaking single with one out in the top of the ninth to help the Colorado Rockies notch a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night at Phoenix.,Stevens' first hit of the season and third of his career plated Sterlin Thompson with the decisive run as Colo...
Zach Neto (2 HRs), Angels tee off on Jacob deGrom, Rangers
Zach Neto hit two home runs and Anaheim native Wade Meckler hit a three-run home run in his first career Angels at-bat to lead Los Angeles to a 9-6 victory over the Texas Rangers in the opener of a three-game series on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., ,It was the fourth multi-home run game of Neto's...
Ramon Laureano swats tiebreaking HR as Padres down A's
Ramon Laureano snapped a tie with a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday night as the San Diego Padres stopped the visiting Athletics 7-3 in the opener of a three-game series.,Laureano worked a full count against Jeffrey Springs (3-5) and then hammered a changeup an estimated 401 feet...
Dodgers 3B Max Muncy (wrist) out for 'couple days'
Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy is expected to miss a few games after being hit on the right wrist with a pitch in the eighth inning of Friday night's 5-1 loss against the host Milwaukee Brewers.,Muncy, 35, who was hitless in his first three at-bats, was hit with a 95.5 mph slider from r...
Mitch Garver, Logan Gilbert help Mariners sneak by slumping Royals
Mitch Garver clubbed a two-run homer in the seventh inning, after Logan Gilbert was solid while pitching into the sixth, and the visiting Seattle Mariners edged the scuffling Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Friday night.,Gilbert allowed two hits and two walks while striking out six and never faced any rea...
William Contreras, Brewers jump all over Dodgers
William Contreras set the tone with an early three-run homer and Logan Henderson tossed five innings of two-hit ball to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in the opener of the series between division leaders.,Milwaukee, coming off a sweep of t...
Chadwick Tromp's walk-off hit propels Braves past Nats in 11
Chadwick Tromp laced a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning on Friday to propel the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals.,After Washington reliever Paxton Schultz (0-2) retired the first two batters of the 11th, Tromp drove in his second run for the Braves, who wo...
Jackson Holliday's HR helps O's extend Tigers' skid to 7
Jackson Holliday's first hit in three games since making his season debut this week was a two-run go-ahead home run in the fourth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles went on to beat the visiting Detroit Tigers 7-4 in the first game of a three-game series Friday night.,Pete Alonso smashed a three-run h...
Kevin Gausman pitches Blue Jays to win over sloppy Pirates
Kevin Gausman struck out eight in 6 2/3 effective innings Friday night as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2.,Gausman (4-3) allowed one run, six hits and one walk while earning his first win in five starts. Louis Varland retired the final six batters to earn his seven...
Byron Buxton, Austin Martin hit 2-run homers to power Twins past Red Sox
Byron Buxton and Austin Martin hit two-run home runs in the seventh inning as the visiting Minnesota Twins came from behind for an 8-6 win over the Boston Red Sox to begin a three-game series Friday night.,The Twins rallied from deficits of 4-0 and 6-3 to win on the strength of the four-run frame, t...
Rays spoil Gerrit Cole's Yankees return
Gerrit Cole pitched six strong innings during his return from reconstructive elbow surgery, but the Tampa Bay Rays scored four times in the eighth inning by capitalizing on shaky infield defense and closed out a 4-2 victory over the host New York Yankees on Friday night.,The Rays scored four times i...
Eury Perez, Marlins shut down Mets to end 3-game skid
Owen Caissie collected two RBIs and Jakob Marsee made a pair of impressive catches in center field Friday night for the host Miami Marlins, who edged the New York Mets 2-1 in the opener of a three-game series.,Eury Perez and three relievers combined on a three-hitter for the Marlins, who snapped a t...
Guardians win 7th straight, nip Phils 1-0 on late pinch-hit HR
Pinch hitter Kyle Manzardo hit a ninth-inning home run off Jhoan Duran to lift the visiting Cleveland Guardians to their seventh straight win, a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday., ,In the opener of a three-game series, Gavin Williams (7-3) and the Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez shi...
Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole, SS Jose Caballero off IL, in starting lineup
Former Cy Young Award-winner Gerrit Cole has been activated from the injured list and will return from an absence of more than a year following elbow surgery to start for New York on Friday when the Yankees host the first-place Tampa Bay Rays in an American League East matchup.,Cole spent the past 1...
Astros top Cubs on Christian Vazquez's bat, Spencer Arrighetti's arm
Christian Vazquez homered, singled and drove in two runs for the visiting Houston Astros in a 4-2 win against the Chicago Cubs in the opener of their three-game series on Friday afternoon.,Houston starter Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) allowed two hits over five shutout innings. He struck out five, walked...
Red Sox SS Trevor Story undergoes sports hernia surgery
Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story will likely miss several weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia on Thursday in Philadelphia.,The Red Sox confirmed the procedure on Friday but didn't present a timeline for Story's return. The 33-year-old Story told reporters last Saturday, ".....
Mets call up No. 2 prospect Jonah Tong, DFA Craig Kimbrel
The New York Mets recalled right-hander Jonah Tong, ranked as the organization's No. 2 prospect by MLB Pipeline, and designated veteran closer Craig Kimbrel for assignment in a corresponding move on Friday.,Tong, 22, was called up from Triple-A Syracuse before the Mets opened a three-game series at ...