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Mets stop Phillies from clinching division for second straight game
Brandon Nimmo homered leading off the sixth inning, and the surging New York Mets once again prevented the visiting Philadelphia Phillies from clinching the National League East title with a 2-1 win Sunday night in the finale of a four-game series.,The Mets (87-69) took three of four from the Philli...
Romy Gonzalez powers Red Sox to doubleheader sweep of Twins
Romy Gonzalez hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs to help the Boston Red Sox sweep a doubleheader against the visiting Minnesota Twins with a 9-3 victory in Game 2 on Sunday., ,Gonzalez homered against Minnesota reliever Cole Irvin to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning. It w...
Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts homer in 9th, Dodgers edge Rockies
Shohei Ohtani tied the game with a home run to lead off the ninth inning and Mookie Betts followed with a game-ending blast as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Sunday., ,Ohtani, the favorite to become the first primary designated hitter to win a...
Shota Imanaga stymies Nationals in Cubs' win
Shota Imanaga pitched seven scoreless innings and the Chicago Cubs hit three home runs in a 5-0 win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Sunday.,Mike Tauchman, Michael Busch and Miguel Amaya went deep for Chicago (80-76), which took three of four from Washington (69-87).,The start of the game w...
Aaron Judge belts one last HR in Oakland as Yankees win
Northern California native Aaron Judge said goodbye to the Oakland Coliseum with his 55th home run, Jasson Dominguez and Gleyber Torres also homered and the New York Yankees clinched no worse than a tie for the American League East title with a 7-4 victory Sunday afternoon over the Oakland Athletics...
Padres bring up SS Nick Ahmed, place SS Mason McCoy (back) on IL
The San Diego Padres on Sunday selected the contract of veteran shortstop Nick Ahmed, who has a chance to play for his fourth National League West Division team since 2023.,To make room for Ahmed on the 40-man roster, the Padres placed shortstop Mason McCoy on the 10-day injured list because of back...
White Sox fall to Padres to equal record of 120 losses
A three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning Sunday lifted the San Diego Padres to a 4-2 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox, moving the winners within a victory of a National League playoff spot and the losers into a tie for history of the worst kind.,Chicago (36-120) equaled the 1962 N...
Brewers erase 8-run deficit to stun Diamondbacks
Jake Bauers delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the eighth as the host Milwaukee Brewers overcame an eight-run deficit to earn a stunning 10-9 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon., ,Milwaukee (89-67) trailed 8-0 after Arizona struck for a seven-run third that featur...
Zach Neto (two HRs, six RBIs) powers Angels past Astros
Zach Neto had six RBIs on a two-run homer, a solo shot, and a three-run double in the ninth inning off Houston closer Josh Hader as the Los Angeles Angels posted a wild 9-8 victory over the Astros on Sunday.,After losing the first three of this four-game set, Los Angeles (63-93) trailed 4-0 after fi...
Rangers dig out of five-run hole to stun Mariners
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Marcus Semien hit the walk-off RBI single to complete the Texas Rangers' 6-5 comeback win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.,Semien's single to left scored Leody Taveras, who had singled and stolen second in front of him. The ...
Rays score two late runs to sweep Blue Jays
Christopher Morel's sacrifice fly and Brandon Lowe's homer helped the Tampa Bay Rays close out a strong final homestand Sunday afternoon, sweeping the Toronto Blue Jays with a 4-3 win in St. Petersburg, Fla. ,After the Blue Jays (73-83) tied it 2-all in the top of the seventh on Ernie Clement's RBI ...
Andre Pallante shines as Cardinals nip Guardians
Andre Pallante allowed just one hit over seven innings as the St. Louis Cardinals edged the visiting Cleveland Guardians 2-1 Sunday afternoon.,Masyn Winn walked in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning for the Cardinals (79-77), who won for the fifth time in seven games.,Pallante (8-8) allowed one ...
Braves deliver clutch hits to edge Marlins
Jorge Soler drove in the tie-breaking run with an infield single off the pitcher's glove in the seventh inning as the wild-card contending Atlanta Braves earned a crucial 5-4 win over the host Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon.,With two outs in the seventh, Marlins reliever Declan Cronin couldn't ha...
Tigers stay hot, edge O's to move up in AL wild-card race
Kerry Carpenter hit two solo home runs and the Detroit Tigers held off the host Baltimore Orioles for a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon., ,Spencer Torkelson also homered for Detroit, which won two of three games in the series despite managing only five hits in the finale., ,Carpenter smacked both of...
Blake Snell, Giants hand Royals seventh straight loss
Grant McCray tripled in a run and scored another in a two-run second inning, Blake Snell combined with three relievers on a shutout and the San Francisco Giants completed a surprising three-game road sweep over the playoff-contending Kansas City Royals with a 2-0 win Sunday afternoon.,A seventh stra...
Astros All-Star OF Yordan Alvarez exits vs. Angels with knee injury
Houston Astros star Yordan Alvarez left in the third inning of Sunday's home game against the Los Angeles Angels due to a right knee contusion.,The left fielder injured his right leg sliding into second base on a double. He spent several minutes on the field being looked at by a member of the Astros...
Pirates' Paul Skenes dominates Reds for 3rd time in win
Pittsburgh rookie ace Paul Skenes struck out nine in five scoreless innings while O'Neil Cruz and Nick Yorke homered to lead the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates past the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 on Sunday afternoon. , ,In tossing five shutout innings without a walk, the hard-throwing rookie right-hander lowe...
Astros All-Star OF Yordan Alvarez exits vs. Angels with apparent leg injury
Houston Astros star Yordan Alvarez left in the third inning of Sunday's home game against the Los Angeles Angels due to an apparent leg injury.,The left fielder injured his right leg sliding into second base on a double. He spent several minutes on the field being looked at by a member of the Astros...
Tristan Casas (3 HRs, 7 RBIs) powers Red Sox past Twins
Triston Casas hit three home runs and drove in seven to propel the Boston Red Sox to an 8-1 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins in the first game of a split doubleheader on Sunday., ,Casas hit a pair of three-run home runs off Minnesota starter Pablo Lopez and added a solo homer against Brent ...
Yankees place RHP Jake Cousins (pec) on 15-day IL
New York Yankees right-handed reliever Jake Cousins landed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday, retroactive to Friday, with a right pec strain.,In a corresponding roster move, the Yankees recalled rookie right-handed reliever Clayton Beeter from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.,Cousins, 30, is 2-1 w...