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Rangers acquire C Logan O'Hoppe, RHP Chase Silseth from Angels
The Texas Rangers dealt for catcher Logan O'Hoppe and relief pitcher Chase Silseth on Wednesday, sending the Los Angeles Angels minor league prospect Angel Arredondo in return.,O'Hoppe, 26, has appeared in 386 games over the past five years with the Angels. He owns a .227 career batting average, tho...
Athletics' Nick Kurtz exits after being hit by pitch vs. Red Sox
Athletics All-Star first baseman Nick Kurtz exited Wednesday's game against the Boston Red Sox after the first inning due to being hit by a pitch on the left forearm.,Boston left-hander Patrick Sandoval nailed Kurtz with an inside full-count pitch and Kurtz was writhing in obvious pain. He eventuall...
Opportunistic Guardians coast past Reds in Ohio rubber match
Kyle Manzardo homered and drove in two runs and Travis Bazzana had two hits, a run and an RBI as the visiting Cleveland Guardians defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-1 on Wednesday.,Gabriel Arias went 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI, while Steven Kwan collected two hits, a run and an RBI. Jose Ra...
Randy Dobnak dominates former team as Royals blank Twins
Randy Dobnak threw seven stellar innings against his former team and Tyler Tolbert homered on Wednesday to help the Kansas City Royals post a 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.,Dobnak (1-0), who appeared in 39 games (21 starts) with the Twins from 2019-25 and was traded away on Jul...
Chris Sale headlines 2-hit shutout as Braves beat Mets in nightcap
Chris Sale and a trio of relievers combined on a two-hitter Wednesday night for the visiting Atlanta Braves, who beat the New York Mets 1-0 to earn a split of a doubleheader between the National League East rivals.,Matt Olson snapped the scoreless tie with a run-scoring single in the sixth inning fo...
First-inning homers spark Rays in shutout win over Rangers
Yandy Diaz homered on the first pitch Tampa Bay saw in a three-run first inning, and the Rays squared their three-game series with the Texas Rangers by winning 3-0 on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Ryan Vilade slugged a mammoth two-run homer three batters after Diaz went deep. The blasts gave Tam...
Twins All-Star CF Byron Buxton (hip) returns to IL
Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday for the second time this month due to a right hip impingement.,Buxton returned from the injured list on July 20 after missing nine games but re-injured his hip while batting in the third inning durin...
Daniel Susac hits first two homers, helps Giants torch Brewers
Daniel Susac belted the first two home runs of his career, Luis Arraez and Heliot Ramos stroked four hits apiece and the San Francisco Giants captured the season series over the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers with a 16-3 shellacking Wednesday afternoon.,Susac finished with three r...
Padres win 5th straight, complete sweep of Rockies
Six pitchers combined on a six-hitter, while Jackson Merrill knocked in a run during a three-run fourth inning that lifted the San Diego Padres to a 3-1 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.,Bulk reliever Griffin Canning (2-9) earned the win after tossing three shutout innings, yieldi...
Royals place 1B Vinnie Pasquantino (wrist) on 10-day injured list
The Kansas City Royals placed first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino on the 10-day injured list on Wednesday due to right wrist soreness.,In a corresponding move, the Royals recalled outfielder John Rave from Triple-A Omaha.,Pasquantino, 28, had gone on the IL after fracturing the hamate bone in his right...
Colton Cowser caps 7-run comeback as Orioles stun Tigers in 12
Jackson Holliday drove in three runs, Colton Cowser knocked in the winning run and the visiting Baltimore Orioles rallied from a seven-run deficit for a 10-9, 12-inning win, spoiling what may have been Tarik Skubal's last start as a Detroit Tiger on Wednesday.,Cowser's two-out single off Drew Sommer...
Blue Jays top Nationals on solid pitching, timely hits
Right-hander Trey Yesavage pitched a strong 6 2/3 innings Wednesday afternoon and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Washington Nationals 5-2.,Yesavage (5-5) allowed one run, three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in the rubber match of a three-game series. Right-hander Louis Varla...
Mets squeeze by Braves in opener of DH
Carson Benge had two hits Wednesday afternoon, including the go-ahead run-scoring double in the seventh inning, as the host New York Mets edged the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in the first game of a split doubleheader.,A.J. Ewing and Francisco Lindor walked against Dylan Dodd (1-1) and Ewing moved to third o...
Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamondbacks shut down Pirates
Eduardo Rodriguez threw eight scoreless innings, and Gabriel Moreno hit a go-ahead two-run home run to propel the Arizona Diamondbacks to a potentially crucial 3-0 shutout of the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon.,Arizona won two of three against Pittsburgh and are tied for second in th...
Griffin Conine plays hero as Marlins finish off sweep of Phillies
Griffin Conine hit a two-run pinch homer in the eighth inning as the Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies with an 8-6 victory Wednesday afternoon after rallying from a six-run deficit., ,Miami entered the series riding a 12-game losing streak -- the longes...
Brewers adjust rotation, recall LHP Thomas Pannone
The Milwaukee Brewers are adjusting their starting rotation after recalling left-hander Thomas Pannone to face the San Francisco Giants on the road Wednesday afternoon.,Pannone, 32, will take the roster spot of rookie right-hander Garrett Stallings, who was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.,Pannone wa...
Mariners ride power display into rematch vs. Dodgers
The Seattle Mariners hope they have found their identity again, and all it took was five home runs on a single night against the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers to get there.,A season high in homers, including two from Dominic Canzone, was just enough for a 7-6 series-opening victory...
Red Sox seek to capitalize on hitter's park against A's
The Boston Red Sox's bats have cooled despite the team playing in one of the most hitter-friendly ballparks in the majors the past two nights.,Boston will attempt to restart its offense on Wednesday night when it faces the Athletics in the third contest of a four-game set at Sutter Health Park in We...
Astros' Hayden Wesneski 'very excited' and 'nervous' for season debut vs. Angels
Right-hander Hayden Wesneski will make his first start in almost 15 months when the surging Houston Astros go for a three-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif., ,Wesneski last pitched in a major league game on May 6, 2025, in a 4-3 loss at Milwaukee. He wa...
Cam Schlittler, Davis Martin determined to end July on high note as Yanks face White Sox
New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler posted a 1.48 ERA in May, but it swelled to 3.38 for games pitched in June.,He is back to his usual stinginess in Juiy, with a 2.05 ERA in four starts. The White Sox will try to send that number skyrocketing as they host the Yankees for the third game in ...