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Ryan McMahon unlikely hero as Yankees edge Royals
Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees earned a 4-2 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday night.,After not starting the game, McMahon entered at third base for Amed Rosario. Ben Rice kept the inning going with a two-o...

Heliot Ramos (3-run HR), Giants erupt vs. Nationals
Heliot Ramos hit a three-run home run, Drew Gilbert and Casey Schmitt added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants beat the host Washington Nationals 10-5 on Friday night.,Matt Chapman had three hits and drove in three runs for the Giants, who have won two straight.,Logan Webb (2-2) went six inning...

Heliot Ramos powers Giants past host Nationals
Heliot Ramos hit a three-run home run, Drew Gilbert and Casey Schmitt added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants beat the host Washington Nationals 10-5 on Friday night.,Matt Chapman had three hits and drove in three runs for the Giants, who have won two straight.,Logan Webb (2-2) went six inning...

Nolan Gorman's big blast offsets 3 Astros homers as Cards take opener
Nolan Gorman clubbed a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals plenty of breathing room as they claimed a 9-4 win in the opener of a three-game interleague series against the Astros in Houston on Friday.,Gorman smacked his third homer of the season 353 fee...

Reds on winning end of pitchers' duel against Twins
Eugenio Suarez hit a two-run double and Brandon Williamson pitched into the sixth inning to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Williamson (2-1), a Fairmont, Minn., native, earned the win in the opener of a three-game set. He threw 5 1/3 inn...

Three-run 10th-inning rally sends Brewers past Marlins
Garrett Mitchell stroked a two-run double in the top of the 10th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the host Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.,Milwaukee, which has won three straight games, scored three times in the 10th against Calvin Faucher (1-2). Abner Uribe (1-0) earned the win with one ...

Red Sox halt Tigers' win streak on walk-off hit in 10th
Masataka Yoshida knocked a pinch-hit, walk-off single in the 10th inning, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.,Yoshida's hit through the right side of the infield drove in Jarren Duran, the automatic runner on ...

Ryan McMahon the unlikely hero as Yankees edge Royals
Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees earned a 4-2 victory over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday night.,After not starting the game, McMahon entered at third base for Amed Rosario. Ben Rice kept the inning going with a two-o...

Ramos powers Giants past host Nationals
Heliot Ramos hit a three-run home run, Drew Gilbert and Casey Schmitt added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants beat the Nationals 10-5 in Washington on Friday night.,Matt Chapman had three hits and drove in three runs for the Giants, who have won two in row.,Logan Webb (2-2) went six innings fo...

Bubba Chandler shines as Pirates snap Rays' six-game streak
Bubba Chandler allowed one run over six innings and the host Pittsburgh Pirates totaled 11 hits to secure a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.,Chandler (1-1) struck out three, allowed three hits and walked one while throwing 90 pitches in his first career start against the Rays, wh...

Orioles do all their damage in the eighth, stun Guardians 6-4
Jeremiah Jackson hit a three-run homer off Connor Brogdon as part of a six-run eighth inning, rallying the visiting Baltimore Orioles to a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.,Jackson's fifth home run of the season came with two outs, capping a wild turn of events that saw the O...

Braves blank Phillies as Austin Riley blasts two homers
Martin Perez tossed six scoreless innings and Austin Riley hit a pair of opposite-field home runs as the visiting Atlanta Braves smashed the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0 on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.,After getting designated for assignment and re-signed by Atlanta earlier in the week,...

Cubs crack double digits again; Mets tumble to 9th straight loss
Moises Ballesteros hit a three-run homer to cap a four-run first inning for the host Chicago Cubs, who continued surging Friday afternoon with a 12-4 win over the free-falling New York Mets.,The Cubs have scored at least 10 runs in each of their last three games, all victories -- the longest streak ...

Astros place LHP Josh Hader (biceps) on 60-day injured list
The Houston Astros moved left-hander Josh Hader to the 60-day injured list Friday as the closer continues to recover from a biceps injury.,The move gave the Astros 40-man roster space to purchase the contract of right-hander Peter Lambert, while right-hander Christian Roa was optioned to Triple-A Su...

Padres activate RHP Matt Waldron to face Angels
The San Diego Padres activated right-hander Matt Waldron from the injured list ahead of his season debut Friday on the road against the Los Angeles Angels.,To open a roster spot, right-hander Alek Jacob was optioned to Triple-A El Paso.,Waldron has not pitched this season after undergoing hemorrhoid...

Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole (elbow) set to begin rehab assignment
The New York Yankees sent Gerrit Cole on a minor league rehab assignment Friday as the right-hander closes in on his first major league appearance since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series.,Cole, 35, underwent Tommy John surgery in March of 2025 after experiencing elbow discomfort early in spring traini...

Cubs RHP Cade Horton recovering from Tommy John surgery
Chicago Cubs right-hander Cade Horton had Tommy John surgery on Thursday and will be sidelined for 15 to 16 months, the team announced Friday.,His estimated recovery timeline -- with a return in July or August of 2027 -- is longer than usual because it is the second surgery to repair the UCL in his ...

Former Angels great Garret Anderson dies at 53
Garret Anderson, the hero of Game 7 of the 2002 World Series and the all-time hits leader among other offensive categories for the Angels' franchise, died on Thursday. He was 53.,The Angels did not disclose a cause of death in announcing his passing on Friday. TMZ reported Anderson died following a ...

Padres' sale to Chelsea owner on deck for record $3.9 billion
A contentious two-year process to sell the San Diego Padres could cross the finish line with Chelsea owner Jose E. Feliciano reportedly placing a winning bid to purchase the team for a record $3.9 billion.,According to multiple reports, the framework of the agreement has been agreed to and the trans...

D-backs' Michael Soroka, riding hot streak, turns focus to Blue Jays
The Arizona Diamondbacks will return home as one of the hottest teams in baseball, set to open a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night in Phoenix.,Since a 9-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on March 30, the Diamondbacks have won 11 times. Only the San Diego Padres (12) have won m...