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Cubs continue offensive outburst in runaway win over Cardinals
Seiya Suzuki had three hits with two RBIs and Colin Rea tossed six strong innings for his team-high eighth victory as the visiting Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-2 on Tuesday.,Ian Happ had two hits and drove in two runs for the Cubs, who pounded out 17 hits and won for the fourth time ...

Gerrit Cole delivers again to propel Yankees past White Sox
Gerrit Cole pitched six shutout innings and Max Schuemann delivered a two-run double to lift the visiting New York Yankees to a 3-2 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.,Jasson Dominguez had a pair of hits for New York, which won for the fifth time in six games while sending American Lea...

Royce Lewis' 2-run triple gives Twins walk-off win over Royals
Royce Lewis hit a walk-off two-run triple on Tuesday, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in Minneapolis.,Kansas City's Alex Lange (1-6) allowed Victor Caratini's leadoff single and Brooks Lee's one-out walk in the ninth before striking out Ryan Kreidler. On a 1-...

Reds' bullpen outduels Guardians' Gavin Williams to split doubleheader
JJ Bleday homered and five relievers combined to toss a three-hit shutout as the Cincinnati Reds edged the visiting Cleveland Guardians 2-0 on Tuesday in Game 2 of a day-night doubleheader.,Jose Franco (1-0) allowed just one hit over 3 2/3 innings to earn his first major league win as the Reds earne...

Rangers use strong defense to begin road trip with victory at Rays
Cal Quantrill fired 5 1/3 innings to break a personal three-game losing streak, Austin Wynns homered, and the Texas Rangers got a crucial six-game road trip off to a good start with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,It was Quantrill's (4-3) first victory sin...

Sandy Alcantara, Marlins find winning touch again vs. Phillies
Right-hander Sandy Alcantara logged seven strong innings as the Miami Marlins nipped the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 on Tuesday.,Kyle Stowers' first-inning home run accounted for the offensive output for Miami, which has won the first two games of this series after entering with a franchise-r...

Royals place RHP Beck Way (back) on 15-day injured list
The Kansas City Royals placed rookie right-hander Beck Way on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday because of back spasms and tightness.,In a corresponding move, the Royals recalled right-hander Easton McGee from Triple-A Omaha.,Way, 26, last pitched on Friday when he started and took the loss in a 2-...

Tigers blast Orioles 14-0 in hit parade
Gleyber Torres homered and drove in five runs and the host Detroit Tigers scored in every inning they batted in a 14-0 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.,Eduardo Valencia, recalled from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the series, hit a pair of homers among four hits and drove in four runs as the T...

Brewers' Jake Bauers breaks toe on foul ball, return timeline TBD
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman/outfielder Jake Bauers fractured his right big toe from a foul ball on Monday night in a 3-0 loss to host San Francisco.,Bauers, 30, is getting a follow-up MRI/CT to determine a timeline for his return.,He fouled a 3-2 pitch from Giants starter Tyler Mahle in the fift...

Giants place INF Casey Schmitt (torn meniscus) on 10-day IL
San Francisco Giants infielder Casey Schmitt could miss the rest of the season after tearing the meniscus cartilage in his left knee during Monday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers.,Schmitt, 27, had been enjoying the best season of his four-year career with personal bests in batting average...

Red Sox confirm INF Curtis Mead broke wrist in team debut
Curtis Mead suffered a broken left wrist in his first game for the Boston Red Sox following a trade over the weekend.,The Red Sox will place Mead on the injured list after tests Tuesday revealed a fracture in the infielder's wrist.,Mead joined the team in California as the Red Sox began a series aga...

Mariners reinstate OF Rob Refsnyder from IL
The Seattle Mariners reinstated outfielder Rob Refsnyder from the 10-day injured list and designated infielder Buddy Kennedy for assignment Tuesday.,Refsnyder, 35, hadn't played since June 26 due to right knee inflammation. Renowned for his ability to handle left-handed pitchers, the right-handed hi...

Guardians get past Reds with safety squeeze
Brayan Rocchio brought home Chase DeLauter with a safety squeeze in the eighth inning as the visiting Cleveland Guardians beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 Tuesday in Game 1 of a split doubleheader.,The Guardians snapped a season-high five-game losing streak. The game was a makeup after Monday's schedule...

Twins place RHP Cole Sands (elbow) on injured list
The Minnesota Twins placed right-hander Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with a right elbow strain, just two days after activating him from the IL for a right forearm strain.,Sands appeared Sunday for the first time in about three months and promptly gave up five runs on three hits and ...

Audio sheds light on Shohei Ohtani interpreter's scandal
Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter initially told an ESPN reporter that the Los Angeles Dodgers star had agreed to pay off his huge gambling debts, according to a newly released audio recording.,Less than 24 hours later, Ippei Mizuhara admitted to the same reporter, Tisha Thompson, that he had lied....

Braves-Mets game postponed; doubleheader set for Wednesday
Tuesday night's scheduled game between the Atlanta Braves and Mets in New York was postponed due to heavy rain in the forecast.,The National Weather Service forecasted up to 2 inches of rain with winds reaching 15 mph later in the evening.,This game will be made up as part of a split-doubleheader on...

Right-handers for Giants, Brewers out to cap successful July with win
A pair of young right-handers attempting to complete an unbeaten month of July will go head-to-head Tuesday night when Logan Henderson and the Milwaukee Brewers take on Landen Roupp and the host San Francisco Giants in the continuation of a three-game series.,The Giants opened the set with a 3-0 vic...

MLB-best Dodgers getting healthier ahead of series vs. Mariners
The Los Angeles Dodgers return home for the first time since before the All-Star break and are planning to welcome back reinforcements for a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners.,When the series opens Tuesday, Dodgers utility man Enrique Hernandez is expected to be activated from the injur...

Angels next for Astros' Peter Lambert, who 'doesn’t back down'
After scoring four runs on just one hit in the ninth inning to pull out the series opener on Monday, the Houston Astros will turn to right-hander Peter Lambert to try to clinch their three-game set against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night in Anaheim, Calif., ,Lambert (8-5, 3.03 ERA) has been ...

Red Sox eager to continue road success in matchup vs. A's
Ceddanne Rafaela's first career grand slam narrowly made it over the wall, but those few inches continued the winning ways of the Boston Red Sox.,The Red Sox will look to defeat the Athletics for the second straight night when the teams square off on Tuesday at West Sacramento, Calif.,Rafaela's home...