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Ha-Seong Kim set for Rays debut in opener vs. Twins
The Tampa Bay Rays will begin their long, strange trip to the All-Star break when they face the Minnesota Twins on Friday afternoon to open a three-game series in Minneapolis.,The contest will kick off a 10-game trek for the Rays to close out the pre-break slate. Tampa Bay, coming off a 6-5 win over...
Slumping Yankees, Mets look for turnaround in Subway Series
The New York Mets and New York Yankees stumbled in the weeks leading up to the latest installment of the Subway Series, which starts Friday at Citi Field.,The Mets lost 14 of 17 games before winning each of their past two contests against the Milwaukee Brewers.,The Yankees, meanwhile, dropped 14 of ...
Cardinals aim to spark extended run vs. Cubs
The July 31 trade deadline will be looming large when the visiting St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-game series against the rival Chicago Cubs on Friday.,Chicago leads the National League Central by four games over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers, while St. Louis is 5 1/2 games out in the divisi...
Nationals to face their former first-round pick Lucas Giolito
Boston right-hander Lucas Giolito makes his first career start against the team that drafted him when the Red Sox open a three-game series at the Washington Nationals Friday.,Giolito (4-1, 3.99 ERA) opposes right-hander Michael Soroka (3-5, 4.70 ERA) in Washington's traditional 11:05 a.m. July 4 gam...
MLB roundup: Jays sweep Yankees, move atop AL East
George Springer hit two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees, take AL East lead
George Springer hit two homers and drove in four runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Y...
Vinnie Pasquantino, Royals salvage split with Mariners
Vinnie Pasquantino's two-run single broke a tie in the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 3-2 Thursday night to earn a split of a four-game series.,Seth Lugo (6-5) pitched 6 1/3 strong innings for the Royals, who won for just the third time in 12 games. The r...
Dustin May, Dodgers complete 3-game sweep of White Sox
Dustin May pitched into the eighth inning for the first time in his career as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a three-game sweep with a 6-2 victory over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Thursday.,Freddie Freeman drove in a total of three runs on two doubles and Michael Conforto and Mookie Bett...
Giants' Robbie Ray gets complete-game win over D-backs
Robbie Ray dominated Thursday, tossing his second career complete game to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 7-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix.,The left-hander retired the first 12 batters he faced, gave up only three hits, a walk and struck out seven. Ray (9-3) needed just 102 pi...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees, take over AL East lead
George Springer hit two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
Cubs pull out extra-inning win to sweep struggling Guardians
Matt Shaw hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning on Thursday to help the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 1-0 and sweep the three-game series.,Nico Hoerner started at second base as the automatic runner in the 10th, moved to third on Michael Busch's groundout against Emman...
Blue Jays complete sweep of Yankees and take over AL East lead
George Springer had two homers and four RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 8-5 Thursday night to complete a four-game series sweep.,Springer had four homers in the series as Toronto moved into first place in the American League East, one game ahead of the Yankees.,...
David Peterson ends winless skid; pitches Mets past Brewers
Juan Soto ripped a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth and David Peterson tossed 6 2/3 strong innings, fueling the host New York Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.,Brandon Nimmo belted a homer for the second straight day and Pete Alonso added an RBI double for the Mets,...
Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt (forearm) exits early vs. Blue Jays
New York Yankees starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt was removed after three innings of his start in Toronto Thursday evening due to right forearm tightness.,Schmidt gave up an RBI double to Addison Barger in the first inning and a two-run home run to George Springer in the third. He departed after thro...
Jose Soriano pitches Angels to series win over Braves
Jose Soriano threw seven scoreless innings and Zach Neto singled, doubled and homered as the visiting Los Angeles Angels beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Thursday in the decisive game of a three-game interleague series.,It was the Angels' first series win over the Braves since 2017. The Angels have wo...
Derby contestant James Wood goes 5-for-5 as Nats beat Tigers
James Wood had five hits that included his 23rd home run, Paul DeJong added a three-run blast and the Washington Nationals hung on to defeat the Detroit Tigers 11-7 on Thursday night, taking the rubber game of the series.,Alex Call had three hits and drove in three runs for Washington, which has won...
Rays INF Ha-Seong Kim (shoulder) to make club debut Friday
Tampa Bay Rays infielder Ha-Seong Kim was activated Thursday from the 60-day injured list and is slated to make his team debut against the host Minnesota Twins on Friday.,Kim hasn't played this season since undergoing right shoulder surgery last October. He tore the labrum while diving back to first...
Astros encouraged by exam on slugger Yordan Alvarez (hand)
The right hand pain that Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez is currently experiencing is not related to the fracture from earlier this season, the team said Thursday.,Alvarez visited a hand specialist on Wednesday and received two injections in a bid to lessen the inflammation.,"There's no pain d...
Angels place 2B Christian Moore (thumb) on 10-day IL
The Los Angeles Angels placed rookie second baseman Christian Moore on the 10-day injured list on Thursday because of a left thumb sprain.,In a corresponding move, the Angels selected the contract of shortstop Chad Stevens from Triple-A Salt Lake. Stevens was slated to bat ninth in the order and sta...
Report: Yankees sign INF Nicky Lopez to minor league deal
The New York Yankees signed veteran infielder Nicky Lopez to a minor league deal, FanSided reported Thursday.,The Yankees had previously designated infielder CJ Alexander for assignment, and the Los Angeles Dodgers claimed him off waivers from New York earlier Thursday.,The Yankees have been struggl...