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Giants edge Athletics on Wilmer Flores' bases-loaded walk in 10th
Major league RBI leader Wilmer Flores drew a nine-pitch walk with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning Saturday night, allowing the host San Francisco Giants to walk off the Athletics 1-0 in their rivalry series.,Flores, who drove in eight runs with three home runs in Frida...

Cal Raleigh, Mariners continue power display in win over Padres
Cal Raleigh homered on the first pitch of the seventh inning Saturday night to snap a tie and the Seattle Mariners defeated the host San Diego Padres 4-1.,Raleigh victimized reliever Adrian Morejon (1-2) for his 15th homer of the year, tying the Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Phillies' Kyle Schwarber ...

Rafael Devers' 1st career walk-off HR lifts Red Sox over Braves
Rafael Devers' leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Boston Red Sox come back from five runs down to beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Saturday night.,After Boston's Aroldis Chapman (3-2) worked around two baserunners to strike out the side in the top half of the ninth,...

Joc Pederson, Wyatt Langford homer as Rangers beat Astros
Joc Peterson and Wyatt Langford hit home runs to back the continued strong pitching of Tyler Mahle as the host Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won for the seventh time in eight games and have taken two of the first three contests of th...

Twins shut out Brewers to win 13th straight
Ryan Jeffers and Kody Clemens homered and Pablo Lopez tossed six innings of two-hit ball as the visiting Minnesota Twins extended their winning streak to 13 games with a 7-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.,The winning streak is the longest for the Twins since a team-record 15 g...

Orioles' managerial change doesn't prevent another loss to Nationals
Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs as the visiting Washington Nationals won 10-6 on Saturday against the beleaguered Baltimore Orioles, who made a managerial change earlier in the day.,Playing a few hours after announcing that seventh-year boss Brandon Hyde was out as the manager, the Orioles did n...

Pederson, Langford homer as Rangers beat Astros
Joc Peterson and Wyatt Langford hit home runs to back the continued strong pitching of Tyler Mahle as the host Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.,The Rangers won for the seventh time in eight games and have taken two of the first three contests of th...

Miles Mikolas wins pitchers' duel as Cardinals top Royals
Miles Mikolas pitched six strong innings and Jordan Walker's sixth-inning homer provided the lone run Saturday night as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals topped the struggling Kansas City Royals 1-0 to win for the 12th time in 13 games.,Ivan Herrera's fifth-inning single and Walker's drive were the o...

Reds limit Guardians' bats, secure series victory
Will Benson and Rece Hinds each launched solo home runs, while seven pitchers combined to throw nine solid innings as the host Cincinnati Reds posted a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday.,Brent Suter served as the Reds' opener, throwing three scoreless innings, followed by Lyon Ric...

Mets pull ahead in ninth inning, even series with Yankees
Francisco Lindor hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the visiting New York Mets earned a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon to even the three-game Subway Series.,The Mets loaded the bases in the ninth when Fernando Cruz (1-2) hit Tyrone Taylor with a pit...

Bryon Stott's 3 RBIs back Zack Wheeler's gem as Phillies top Pirates
Bryson Stott homered and drove in three runs in support of Zack Wheeler's crisp performance as the Philadelphia Phillies topped the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Saturday.,Stott and Bryce Harper had two hits apiece for Philadelphia, which will go for a three-game sweep Sunday against Pittsburgh...

Dodgers formally activate Clayton Kershaw for season debut
The Los Angeles Dodgers activated star left-hander Clayton Kershaw from the 60-day injured list Saturday in time for him to make his season debut that night against the Los Angeles Angels.,The three-time National League Cy Young Award winner and 2014 NL MVP has been sidelined all season recovering f...

Orioles' managerial change doesn't prevent another Nationals win
Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs as the visiting Washington Nationals won 10-6 on Saturday against the beleaguered Baltimore Orioles, who made a managerial change earlier in the day.,Playing a few hours after announcing that seventh-year boss Brandon Hyde was out as manager, the Orioles did not s...

Drew Rasmussen, Rays pitch shutout against Marlins
Drew Rasmussen pitched six scoreless innings, and Yandy Diaz stroked a two-run single as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the host Miami Marlins 4-0 on Saturday afternoon.,Since July of 2018, the Rays are 25-6 against the Marlins in what is unofficially known as the Citrus Bowl baseball series.,With Satu...

Twins' Byron Buxton joins teammate Carlos Correa on concussion list
Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton was placed on the 7-day concussion list on Saturday, two days after colliding with shortstop Carlos Correa during a 4-0 win over the host Baltimore Orioles.,Buxton entered concussion protocol Thursday and remained there until Minnesota placed him on the concus...

Ernie Clement's big hit lifts Blue Jays over Tigers
Ernie Clement hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Brenan Hanifee (2-1) allowed Daulton Varsho's one-out double to right in the ninth. Varsho took third on a groundout. Pinch hitter Anthon...

Cubs cruise past White Sox, 7-3
Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner each went 2-for-3 for the Chicago Cubs in a 7-3 win against the visiting Chicago White Sox on Saturday.,Starting pitcher Matthew Boyd (4-2) gave up three runs on four hits and struck out eight in six innings for the Cubs, who have won the first two of the three-game s...

Mets score in ninth inning to even series with Yankees
Francisco Lindor a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the visiting New York Mets earned a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon in to even the three-game Subway Series.,The Mets loaded the bases in the ninth when Fernando Cruz (1-2) hit Tyrone Taylor with a pitc...

Royals place starters Cole Ragans, Seth Lugo on IL
The Kansas City Royals' starting rotation took a hit Saturday when left-hander Cole Ragans and right-hander Seth Lugo both were placed on the 15-day injured list.,Ragans is dealing with a left groin strain, while Lugo has a third finger sprain, with his IL move retroactive to Wednesday.,To take thei...

Orioles dismiss manager Brandon Hyde
The Baltimore Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde on Saturday.,The Orioles have gone from a playoff team the past two seasons to second to last in the American League. Only the Chicago White Sox (14-31) have a worse record than Baltimore (15-28) in the AL.,The Orioles been plagued by injuries to star...