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Bullpen locks down Brewers' win over Giants
Garrett Mitchell homered, the Milwaukee bullpen provided 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief and the Brewers held on for a 3-2 road victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night.,The Brewers (83-61) took another step toward a National League Central championshi...

Bunt-fueled 12th-inning rally lifts A's over Astros
Daz Cameron, Max Schuemann and Nick Allen parlayed successive bunts into a two-run rally in the top of the 12th inning, helping the Oakland Athletics escape with a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday.,The Athletics (63-82) rallied against Hector Neris (9-5), the sixth pitcher of the game for ...

Rhett Lowder gets first major league win as Reds snuff Cards
Rhett Lowder earned his first career big-league victory as the visiting Cincinnati Reds blanked the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Tuesday night. ,Lowder (1-1) held the Cardinals to five hits in five innings. He struck out three and didn't issue a walk. Justin Wilson, Tony Santillan, Brent Suter and Emi...

Chris Bassitt, Blue Jays shut down Mets
Right-hander Chris Bassitt struck out eight in six innings, Davis Schneider had a two-run triple and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Mets 6-2 Tuesday night.,Bassitt (10-13) allowed one run, five hits and one walk to go 2-0 in his career against his former team, the Mets.,The tea...

Twins snap four-game losing streak with 10-5 win over Angels
Matt Wallner doubled, homered and drove in three runs, and the Minnesota Twins pulled away for a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Kyle Farmer finished 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs for Minnesota (77-68), which snapped a four-game losing streak. Carlos Santa...

Seven Guardians pitchers combine to shut out White Sox
Lane Thomas had two hits, including a three-run home run, and seven Cleveland pitchers combined on a five-hitter as the visiting Guardians defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-0 on Tuesday.,Cleveland (83-62) maintained a 3 1/2-game lead on the Kansas City Royals atop the American League Central.,The Gua...

O's beat Red Sox, snap skid thanks to Cedric Mullins (2 HRs)
Cedric Mullins hit two home runs as the visiting Baltimore Orioles ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night. ,Mullins hit a solo shot in the first inning, then hit a two-run homer in the third. Both home runs came against Boston starting pitcher Kutter Craw...

Dodgers activate RHPs Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Brusdar Graterol
The Los Angeles Dodgers activated right-handed pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Brusdar Graterol on Tuesday night.,In corresponding roster moves, the Dodgers designated left-hander Nick Ramirez for assignment and placed left-hander Anthony Banda on the injured list with a left hand fracture.,Yamamoto...

Seth Lugo fans 10 as Royals blank Yankees
Seth Lugo struck out 10 in seven outstanding innings as the Kansas City Royals ended a six-game road losing streak with a 5-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.,Lugo (16-8) yielded three hits and no walks in his 105-pitch outing. He tied Atlanta's Chris Sale and Detroit's Tarik Skub...

Phillies score five in eighth to pull away from Rays
Cal Stevenson delivered a go-ahead double as part of a wild eighth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies pulled away for a 9-4 home win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday., ,Kyle Schwarber hit his major league-record 14th leadoff homer of the season for the Phillies (87-58), although he later exited w...

Michael Harris II, Braves crush Nationals' pitching
Michael Harris II homered twice, Orlando Arcia and Sean Murphy also went deep and the visiting Atlanta Braves routed the Washington Nationals 12-0 on Tuesday night.,Harris, Matt Olson and Ramon Laureano had three hits each for the Braves, who began the night one game behind the New York Mets in the ...

Andrew McCutchen's homer propels Pirates past Marlins
Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer to help lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-4 win against the visiting Miami Marlins on Tuesday evening.,Bryan Reynolds had two hits, two runs and an RBI and Isiah Kiner-Falefa added two hits and a run for the Pirates (69-76), who have won the first two games of...

Keider Montero logs shutout as Tigers clobber Rockies
Rookie right-hander Keider Montero recorded a shutout, Parker Meadows homered and drove in three runs and the host Detroit Tigers rolled to an 11-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.,Montero (5-6) held the Rockies to three hits and didn't walk a batter while recording five strikeouts. Riley G...

Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber (elbow) exits after setting leadoff HR record
Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber left Tuesday night's game against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays due to what the team called left elbow discomfort.,The Phillies' No. 1 hitter opened the bottom of the first inning with a 437-foot home run, breaking Alfonso Soriano's major league r...

Angels place 3B Anthony Rendon, RHP Ben Joyce on IL
Oft-injured Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday because of a left oblique strain.,The move is retroactive to Sunday. In other moves, the Angels placed right-hander Ben Joyce (right shoulder inflammation) on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Sa...

Athletics place RHP Osvaldo Bido (wrist) on 15-day IL
Oakland Athletics right-hander Osvaldo Bido was placed on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday, retroactive to Sunday, with right wrist flexor tendinitis.,The second-year right-hander had been scheduled to start on Tuesday in the series opener at the Houston Astros. Left-hander JP Sears was tapped to ...

Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto set to return to face Cubs
Trying to patch together a rotation for the stretch drive, the Los Angeles Dodgers will bring right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto back from his injury rehab in order to face the visiting Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.,Yamamoto is set to square off against fellow Japan native Shota Imanaga in the middle contes...

Reds' Rhett Lowder chases initial victory vs. Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds rookie Rhett Lowder is wasting no time proving he belongs in the big leagues.,The 22-year-old right-hander will search for his first win on Tuesday when the Reds visit the St. Louis Cardinals to open a three-game series.,Lowder (0-1, 0.87 ERA) pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings against ...

Twins, facing Angels, look to end four-game skid
The Minnesota Twins keep waiting to break out of their slump.,It didn't happen over the weekend, when a series sweep at the hands of the Kansas City Royals led to a stern lecture from manager Rocco Baldelli. Nor did it happen Monday, when the Twins lost the series opener against the visiting Los Ang...

Guardians attempt to improve record vs. lowly White Sox
The Cleveland Guardians have touted their depth and resilience while climbing to the top of the American League Central.,Catcher Bo Naylor is working to add more of the latter as Cleveland aims to hold on to the division lead down the stretch.,Naylor enters Cleveland's Tuesday road game against the ...