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Twins take down Rangers in 9th
Carlos Santana hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the visiting Minnesota Twins held on for a 3-2 win against the Texas Rangers in the opener of their four-game series on Thursday night in Arlington, Texas.,Willi Castro homered and Kyle Farmer had two hits and scored a run for Minnesota, whi...
Marlins place RHP Anthony Bender on 15-day IL
The Miami Marlins placed right-hander Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list on Thursday without an injury designation.,The move is retroactive to Monday. Bender, 29, last pitched on Saturday, allowing three hits, one walk and three runs with two strikeouts in one inning of a 9-8, 10-inning loss ...
Rookie Weston Wilson hits for cycle as Phillies smash Nats
Rookie Weston Wilson hit for the cycle and Alec Bohm and Nick Castellanos belted back-to-back homers in the first inning, lifting the host Philadelphia Phillies to a convincing 13-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.,Wilson struck out in the first inning, tripled and singled in the f...
Zach Elfin remains unbeaten for O's with win over Red Sox
Gunnar Henderson and Cedric Mullins homered and Zach Eflin continued his splendid work on the mound as the Baltimore Orioles beat the visiting Boston Red Sox 5-1 to open a four-game series Thursday night.,Colton Cowser and Henderson each had two hits for the Orioles, who won their second game in a r...
Brewers All-Star Christian Yelich to have season-ending surgery
The Milwaukee Brewers' hopes of holding on to their lead in the National League Central race took a blow Thursday when the club announced that All-Star left fielder Christian Yelich will undergo season-ending back surgery.,Yelich hasn't played since July 23. He spent the past three weeks having trea...
Astros aim to continue hot streak at home against White Sox
After stumbling through their most recent homestand, winning just four of nine games, the Houston Astros have reversed course and are riding a red-hot streak when they host the Chicago White Sox on Friday in the opener of a three-game weekend series.,Houston capped an 8-1 road trip with a 2-1, 10-in...
White-hot Padres look to keep winning at struggling Rockies
The San Diego Padres were an average team at the All-Star break. Things have gone much differently in the second half.,The Padres have won 19 of 23 and surged to the top of the National League wild-card standings, tied with the almost equally scorching Arizona Diamondbacks. San Diego will try to kee...
Twins place OF Byron Buxton (hip) on IL
The Minnesota Twins moved outfielder Byron Buxton to the 10-day injured list due to right hip inflammation on Thursday.,The move was retroactive to Tuesday after Buxton left Monday's game against the Kansas City Royals with the ailment.,The oft-injured Buxton, 30, was on track to appear in 100 games...
Logan Webb deals, Giants avoid four-game sweep vs. Braves
Logan Webb won his fourth consecutive start with 7 2/3 shutout innings, Grant McCray recorded his first two big-league hits, including a home run, and the San Francisco Giants salvaged one win in their four-game home series against the Atlanta Braves with a 6-0 victory Thursday afternoon.,Casey Schm...
Rays prepare for another red-hot opponent in Diamondbacks
After watching an American League club leave town with an eight-game winning streak, the Tampa Bay Rays will welcome in a standout National League team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, for three games starting Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Diamondbacks own the Senior Circuit's longest active wi...
Giants place RHP Randy Rodriguez (elbow) on 15-day IL
The San Francisco Giants placed rookie right-hander Randy Rodriguez on the 15-day injured list on Thursday because of right elbow inflammation.,The move is retroactive to Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the Giants recalled rookie right-hander Spencer Bivens from Triple-A Sacramento.,Rodriguez, 2...
Athletics overcome 5-0 deficit, top Mets
Seth Brown laced the tie-breaking RBI single in the sixth inning Thursday afternoon for the visiting Oakland Athletics, who overcame a five-run deficit to edge the New York Mets 7-6 in the rubber match of a three-game interleague set.,JJ Bleday began the comeback in the fourth inning by hitting a gr...
Brewers fight back to beat Dodgers, split four-game series
Tyler Black drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning groundout as the host Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday afternoon.,Enrique Hernandez put Los Angeles up 4-3 with an RBI single in the sixth, but everything fell apart for the Dodgers two in...
Javier Baez powers Tigers to sweep of Mariners
Javier Baez hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with a 2-1 victory on Thursday afternoon.,His sixth homer of the season was just Detroit's third hit of the game and second by Baez. A quartet of Tigers...
Cubs aim to rebound from sweep in opener vs. Blue Jays
The playoff picture is beginning to dim for the Chicago Cubs, who are six games out of a National League wild-card spot with 40 games remaining entering play on Thursday.,The Cubs will look to brighten their prospects when they open a three-game series against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Frida...
Reds bid to continue postseason push vs. Royals
Despite an inconsistent season spent mostly below .500, the Cincinnati Reds believed a hot streak was inevitable.,It appears one is finally brewing.,Cincinnati has won four straight games to creep back into postseason contention entering Friday's opener of a three-game interleague series against the...
White Sox lower season-ticket prices amid horrible season
Chicago White Sox season-ticket holders will see a drop in prices for 2025 when their invoices arrive -- consolation, perhaps, for enduring what could be an MLB-worst season.,Brooks Boyer, the club's senior vice president, chief revenue and marketing officer, said ticket prices will decrease an aver...
Slam boosts Phillies' spirits ahead of series vs. Nats
Riding the momentum of one mighty swing, the Philadelphia Phillies hope to put their recent troubles in the rear-view mirror.,Kyle Schwarber launched his seventh career grand slam in the fourth inning on Wednesday, helping the Phillies halt a four-game slide with a 9-5 victory over the Miami Marlins...
Hot pitchers clash in Twins-Rangers series opener
Minnesota Twins right-hander Bailey Ober and Texas Rangers left-hander Cody Bradford should have plenty of confidence when they take the mound in the opener of the four-game series on Thursday in Arlington, Texas.,Ober (12-5, 3.52 ERA) has won his past four starts, most recently throwing six shutout...
Orioles, Red Sox aim to build momentum, steady the course
The Baltimore Orioles might have taken a big step toward establishing the momentum that has been lacking over the past few weeks. ,The Boston Red Sox had a chance to do the same but were stymied. ,Those Wednesday finishes set up the teams for a meeting Thursday in Baltimore, where the American Leagu...