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With winning streak over, Mets hit road to face Blue Jays
The New York Mets will seek to start another winning streak when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night for the opener of a three-game series.,The Cincinnati Reds ended the Mets' nine-game winning streak on Sunday with a 3-1 victory.,That left the Mets (78-65) tied in the National League w...
Paul Skenes seeks 10th win as Pirates take on Marlins
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes looks to win his fourth straight decision when the Pirates open a three-game series against the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday.,The Pirates (67-76) and the Marlins (54-89) enter Monday coming off series-finale wins against the Washington Nationals and Philadel...
MLB roundup: Pavin Smith blasts 3 HRs in Diamondbacks' win
Pavin Smith homered in each of his first three at-bats and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 12-6 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday night.,Smith recorded his first career multi-homer game and collected a career-high eight RBIs to power Arizona (8...
With both jockeying for playoff position, Yankees face Royals
Two teams battling for playoff position meet as the New York Yankees begin a three-game series against the visiting Kansas City Royals on Monday.,New York (82-61) took two of three from the Chicago Cubs over the weekend and the team holds a half-game lead for first place in the American League East ...
D-backs get 3 HRs, 8 RBIs from Pavin Smith, blast Astros
Pavin Smith homered in each of his first three at-bats and the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 12-6 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday night.,Smith recorded his first career multi-homer game and collected a career-high eight RBIs to power Arizona (8...
Phillies hoping Cristopher Sanchez can spark turnaround vs. Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies experienced polar opposite weekends heading into their first matchup of the season Monday in Philadelphia.,The Rays (71-72) lost their series opener in Baltimore on Friday before winning the final two games in decisive fashion. They pounded the Orioles 7-...
After helping Atlanta, Reds take aim at Braves
The Cincinnati Reds did the Atlanta Braves a favor on Sunday. Now the Reds will try to turn the tables on the Braves when they meet in a makeup game in Atlanta on Monday.,The Reds (69-75) beat the Mets 3-1 on Sunday with a two-run ninth-inning rally that ended New York's nine-game winning streak. Th...
Tigers blast Athletics with big eighth inning
Trey Sweeney homered as part of the first four-hit game of his career, Parker Meadows ignited a six-run eighth inning with a two-run double and the Detroit Tigers won a second straight over the host Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Sunday afternoon.,Ty Madden pitched effectively in a bulk-innings reliever r...
Giants slug four homers to edge Padres
Matt Chapman, Jerar Encarnacion and Luis Matos each homered in a six-run fourth inning Sunday as the visiting San Francisco Giants squeaked past the San Diego Padres 7-6.,Erik Miller (4-5) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to get the win after starter Spencer Bivens was hooked two o...
Shohei Ohtani hits 46th home run as Dodgers blank Guardians
Shohei Ohtani hit his 46th home run, Jack Flaherty continued to establish himself as the lead of the rotation with 7 1/3 scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 4-0 victory Sunday over the visiting Cleveland Guardians.,Max Muncy added a home run and Will Smith had a go-ahead RBI singl...
Streaking Rangers overpower Angels
Marcus Semien, Nathaniel Lowe and Ezequiel Duran homered to help the Texas Rangers to a 7-4 win against the Los Angeles Angels in the finale of their four-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Travis Jankowski had two hits and an RBI for the Rangers (70-74), who have won five of six.,Rangers starter Andr...
Mariners club Cardinals 10-4 to take series
Randy Arozarena and Jorge Polanco hit two-run home runs to power the visiting Seattle Mariners past the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 Sunday.,Luke Raley and Mitch Garver drove in two runs apiece, and Raley, Arozarena, Julio Rodriguez and Justin Turner scored twice for the Mariners (73-71), who won for th...
Chris Sale, Braves get the better of Blue Jays in 11 innings
Sean Murphy drove in the winning run with an infield grounder to complete a two-run 11th-inning rally and give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 win on Sunday over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays in the rubber game of a three-game series.,The win moved the Braves (78-65) into a tie with the New York Mets for ...
Jameson Taillon helps Cubs salvage series finale vs. Yankees
Jameson Taillon tossed six strong innings and Isaac Paredes drove in two runs as the Chicago Cubs avoided a three-game sweep against the visiting New York Yankees with a 2-1 win on Sunday.,Taillon (10-8) allowed one run on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Nate Pearson pitched two scoreless...
Sam Hilliard, Kyle Freeland lead Rockies past skidding Brewers
Sam Hilliard had a three-run homer and Kyle Freeland allowed one unearned run over six innings to pace the visiting Colorado Rockies to a 4-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday in the decider of the three-game series.,Hilliard's three-run homer in the fifth put Colorado (54-90) up 4-1. Eze...
Santiago Espinal helps Reds halt Mets' 9-game win streak
Santiago Espinal lined a tiebreaking two-run double with one out in the ninth inning off Phil Maton to give the visiting Cincinnati Reds a 3-1 victory Sunday afternoon over the New York Mets, whose nine-game winning streak came to an end.,Noelvi Marte blooped a tying single in the seventh off Luis S...
Michael Wacha pitches Royals past Twins for series sweep
Michael Wacha delivered seven shutout innings as the Kansas City Royals got past the visiting Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Sunday afternoon, completing a three-game weekend sweep.,Despite allowing two hits and a walk in a difficult first inning, Wacha escaped unscathed when right-fielder Hunter Renfroe th...
White Sox break Boston with five-run ninth, finally win Chris Flexen start
A five-run ninth inning propelled the visiting Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 win over the Boston Red Sox, salvaging the finale of a three-game series on Sunday.,Chicago (33-111) broke open a 2-2 game with five runs on five hits against Boston reliever Zack Kelly (6-3), who recorded just one out while f...
Marlins' Connor Norby, Edward Cabrera overpower Phillies
Connor Norby slugged a pair of two-run homers, and Edward Cabrera pitched seven scoreless innings, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 10-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon.,Norby has been impressive since being traded by the Orioles on July 30. In 18 games with the Marlins, he...
Joey Bart, Pirates fend off Nationals to split series
Joey Bart hit a two-run home run, rookie Jared Jones pitched seven strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Sunday to earn a split of the four-game series.,Andrew McCutchen and former National Michael A. Taylor added sole home runs for the Pirates (67-76), who b...