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Aaron Judge homers as Yanks sweep twin bill with Jays
Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking homer to highlight a three-run sixth inning as the host New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 to complete a doubleheader sweep on Sunday.,The Yankees won the opener 11-2 thanks in large part to a bases-clearing double by Austin Wells to cap a six-run third inn...
Mariners' Logan Evans earns win in MLB debut against Marlins
Logan Evans pitched five solid innings to win his major league debut and Cal Raleigh hit his American League-leading 10th home run of the season as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Miami Marlins 7-6 in an interleague game Sunday afternoon.,J.P. Crawford also went deep for the AL West-leadi...
D-backs back Brandon Pfaadt's effort, cool off Braves
Geraldo Perdomo homered, Brandon Pfaadt won his National League-leading fifth game and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a three-game series sweep with a 6-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in Phoenix on Sunday. ,Josh Naylor had two doubles among his three hits along with two RBIs and Corbin Carroll ...
Giants edge Rangers on Heliot Ramos' 'Little League home run'
Heliot Ramos led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a "Little League home run," taking advantage of two Texas Rangers throwing errors to circle the bases on an infield single and hand the host the San Francisco Giants a 3-2 walk-off win on Sunday afternoon.,The parade around the bases began whe...
Red-hot Andy Pages adds four more hits as Dodgers top Pirates
Andy Pages continued his hot streak with four hits, a home run and a career-high four RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame the early injury departure of starter Tyler Glasnow to earn a 9-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.,Pages delivered an RBI single in a four-run first i...
Chandler Simpson stars as Rays secure sweep of Padres
Taylor Walls homered Sunday and Zack Littell got his first win after five straight losses as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres with a 4-2 decision.,Chandler Simpson scored the tie-breaking run in the top of the fifth inning when he scampered home from t...
A's claim series with 10-inning win over White Sox
Luis Urias hit a two-run homer with one out in bottom of the 10th inning to give the Athletics a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Chicago White Sox in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.,Urias hit the first pitch he saw from reliever Jordan Leasure ...
Nick Lodolo sharp as Reds sweep MLB-worst Rockies
Nick Lodolo tossed seven innings of two-hit ball, Noelvi Marte had three hits and three RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 8-1 in Denver on Sunday to sweep the three-game series.,Spencer Steer, Elly De La Cruz, Gavin Lux, Jose Trevino and Austin Hays finished with two hits each f...
Braves bring back postseason hero Ian Anderson
Right-hander Ian Anderson, a World Series hero for the Atlanta Braves in 2021, is back with the organization after being claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.,Anderson, who turns 27 on May 2, was traded by the Braves to the Angels on March 23 for left-hander Jose Suarez after fa...
Yordan Alvarez homer helps Astros avoid sweep vs. Royals
Yordan Alvarez and Jeremy Pena drove in three runs apiece, and Chas McCormick went 3-for-4 with three runs scored for the Houston Astros, who avoided a sweep in Kansas City by beating the Royals 7-3 on Sunday.,Houston's Hunter Brown (4-1) pitched six innings, allowing an earned run on seven hits. He...
Brewers jump ahead early, salvage finale vs. Cards
Jose Quintana tossed five solid innings and Christian Yelich had two hits and two RBIs as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers avoided a three-game sweep with a 7-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.,Quintana (4-0) allowed one run on five hits and has yielded three runs in 25 2/3 innings over fou...
Nationals overcome six-run deficit to slay Mets
CJ Abrams scored on Pete Alonso's throwing error in the ninth inning and the Washington Nationals rallied from a six-run deficit for an 8-7 win against the visiting New York Mets on Sunday.,Alex Call doubled leading off the ninth against Ryne Stanek (0-2) and pinch-runner Jacob Young went to third o...
Dodgers' Tyler Glasnow (shoulder discomfort) leaves start after 1 inning
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow departed Sunday's outing against the Pittsburgh Pirates after one inning with right shoulder discomfort.,It is Glasnow's second consecutive start the Dodgers have cut short after he experienced leg cramps in a matchup against the Texas Rangers last Sund...
Yankees crush Blue Jays 11-2 to kick off doubleheader
Austin Wells capped a six-run third inning with a bases-loaded double off a frustrated Kevin Gausman as the host New York Yankees rolled to an 11-2 rout over the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of a doubleheader on Sunday.,Wells gave New York a 6-1 lead with a double off the base of the right-center...
Ceddanne Rafaela drives in five, Red Sox torch Guardians
Ninth-place hitter Ceddanne Rafaela hit a three-run homer and had five RBIs, while Rob Refsnyder and Rafael Devers also went deep, during the Boston Red Sox's 13-3 road rout of the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. ,Rafaela, whose towering homer to left-center field in the seventh made it 12-3 and capp...
Joe Ryan fans 11 as Twins shut out Angels
Joe Ryan threw seven scoreless innings, Ryan Jeffers and Ty France each drove in two runs and the Minnesota Twins posted a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday in Minneapolis.,Ryan (2-2) allowed just four hits, struck out 11 and walked one, as the Twins completed a three-game sweep of L...
Tarik Skubal excels as Tigers complete sweep of Orioles
Tarik Skubal struck out 11 in six dominant innings and the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 7-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.,Skubal (3-2) held the Orioles to four hits without a walk in a 91-pitch effort. Sean Guenther had three strikeouts in two innin...
Marlins demote struggling RHP Connor Gillispie to Triple-A
The Miami Marlins optioned starting pitcher Connor Gillispie to Triple-A Jacksonville on Sunday and promoted fellow right-hander Luarbert Arias to take his place on the active roster.,Gillispie, 27, posted a 0-3 record with an 8.65 ERA in six starts this season. ,That includes Saturday's start at Se...
Yankees' Devin Williams out of closer role ahead of DH with Jays
The New York Yankees removed Devin Williams from the team's closer role prior to the start of Sunday's doubleheader against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays,"For right now, I'm going to take him out of that role," manager Aaron Boone said of Williams, who has an 11.25 ERA in 10 games and has surrender...
Yankees remove Devin Williams from closer role 'for right now'
Devin Williams, the Yankees' struggling reliever, temporarily has been removed from the team's closer role, manager Aaron Boone said Sunday in advance of his New York's doubleheader with the Toronto Blue Jays.,"For right now, I'm going to take him out of that role," Boone said of Williams, who has a...