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Zack Gelof breaks late tie as Athletics down Rangers
Zack Gelof's two-run homer in the seventh inning lifted the Athletics to a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Gelof, who returned Monday after a lacerated right knee put him on the injured list for a month, highlighted a 2-for-5 game with a two-run shot off Jakob...
Nick Yorke comes through for Pirates in series clincher vs. Red Sox
Nick Yorke had three RBIs while playing in his first game in exactly three months, while Bryan Reynolds and Brandon Lowe each drove in two to help the host Pittsburgh Pirates secure an 8-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon.,Despite a 2 1/2-hour rain delay between the sixth and seventh ...
Royals ride Noah Cameron's 1-hitter to series win over Angels
Noah Cameron tossed a one-hitter and Michael Massey and Bobby Witt Jr. each homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the rubber-game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Cameron (7-8), making his first career appearance at An...
Alec Burleson, Jordan Walker help Cardinals rout Cubs
Alec Burleson and Jordan Walker both had three hits, a home run and four RBIs on Sunday afternoon to help the visiting St. Louis Cardinals breeze past the Chicago Cubs for an 11-4 win.,JJ Wetherholt, Blaze Jordan and Ivan Herrera also drove in a run apiece for the Cardinals, who posted 19 runs acros...
Alec Bohm, Phillies rally back to beat Twins
Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-out, two-run, go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 7-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Alec Bohm went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs for Philadelphia, which completed a three-game sweep. Luis...
Ben Rice lifts Yankees over Blue Jays with 10th inning homer
Ben Rice clubbed a two-run home run in the 10th inning Sunday afternoon and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3.,Rice, whose error led to Toronto's tying run in the ninth, took a 2-0 slider from Braydon Fisher (3-4) to right for his 33rd homer as the Yankees salvaged the...
Late eruption propels Marlins to series win over Reds
The Miami Marlins scored seven times over the final two innings to take the rubber match of a three-game series against the host Cincinnati Reds 7-1 on Sunday.,Reds starter Nick Lodolo held Miami scoreless on three hits and two walks and struck out a pair in five innings.,Starter Eury Perez went six...
First-place White Sox finish off road sweep of rival Tigers
Munetaka Murakami hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning and the visiting Chicago White Sox completed a three-game series sweep with a 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.,Murakami clubbed his 28th homer of the season off Tyler Holton (1-5) as the White Sox rallied fr...
Luis Torrens powers Mets to sweep of Nationals
Luis Torrens hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fourth inning for the host New York Mets, who continued their post-trade deadline hot streak by closing out a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 4-3 win.,Torrens' homer capped a three-run fourth for the Mets, who have won nine of 12 s...
Matt Olson's 3-run HR boosts Braves, denies D-backs sweep
Matt Olson's tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning was the difference as the Atlanta Braves defeated the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Sunday to salvage the finale of their three-game series.,The Diamondbacks won the season series 4-3.,With the game tied 2-2, Austin Riley doubled ...
Orioles post 7-run inning, top Rays
Colton Cowser, Jackson Holliday and Christian Encarnacion-Strand drove in all seven runs in an explosive sixth inning as the Baltimore Orioles won another contest against first-place Tampa Bay, bouncing the Rays 10-2 on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Holliday went 2-for-4 with a double, th...
Athletics place LF Tyler Soderstrom (hip) on 10-day IL
Already missing key pieces of their starting lineup, the Athletics took another hit on Sunday when outfielder Tyler Soderstrom (hip) landed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Saturday.,Soderstrom, 24, is dealing with a left hip impingement and joins Shea Langeliers, Brent Rooker and Nick Kur...
Report: Alex Cora expected to be next Phillies manager
Alex Cora turned down an offer to become the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies in April, but if interim manager Don Mattingly does not guide the team to at least a World Series berth, Cora will likely be the team's next skipper, USA Today reported on Sunday.,Cora, 50, was fired as manager of the ...
Red Sox put DH Masataka Yoshida, RHP Justin Slaten on IL
The Boston Red Sox placed designated hitter Mastaka Yoshida (hamstring) on the 10-day injured list and right-hander Justin Slaten (elbow) on the 15-day IL on Sunday. ,Slaten's placement on the IL is retroactive to Thursday. In corresponding moves, the Red Sox recalled catcher Mickey Gasper and left-...
Tommy John, whose pioneering surgery changed baseball, dies
Tommy John, the namesake of a ligament-replacement surgery that paved a path to recovery for injured baseball players, has died. He was 83.,TMZ.com cited a statement released by John's agent, Mike Maguire, saying the pitcher passed away at his home in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., surrounded by his wife, Ch...
Astros have pitchers aplenty available against Mariners
With two off days framing their series against the Seattle Mariners, the Astros had three starters in the bullpen for the weekend: right-handers Ronel Blanco, Tatsuya Imai and Cristian Javier.,Blanco covered the final four innings of the Astros' 10-5 loss on Saturday, allowing five runs on seven hit...
Royals strive for rare road series victory in matchup against Angels
Left-hander Noah Cameron will try to help the Kansas City Royals win their first road series in almost 2 1/2 months when he takes the mound Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., ,The Royals, who at 21-44 have the worst road record ...
Tarik Skubal tries again for first win with Dodgers, this time against Brewers
Tarik Skubal might still be looking for his favorite coffee shop in Los Angeles, but the Dodgers' newcomer also will search for some improvement from the mound when he faces the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon.,Skubal, a left-hander, has made two starts for the Dodgers since he was dealt just ...
Wyatt Langford, Rangers look to extend good feelings vs. A's
Wyatt Langford's bat has been in hibernation and the Texas Rangers hope mid-August is a good time for its reappearance.,The 24-year-old Langford is fresh off his first homer since Aug. 1 and his first multi-hit outing since July 25 when the Rangers complete a three-game series against the Athletics ...
Giants, Rockies vie to capture season series
Two teams very familiar with one another will use starting pitchers the opponent is totally or generally unfamiliar with when the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants wrap up their season series Sunday afternoon in Northern California.,Season-series bragging rights will be on the line when the ...