Baseball Page 49 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
MLB roundup: Pirates, White Sox, Mets, Rockies hit walk-off HRs
Bryan Reynolds' two-run walk-off home run lifted the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.,The shot with one out in the ninth inning off Taylor Rogers (1-2) was Reynolds' second career walk-off blast.,Oneil Cruz also went deep for Pittsburgh, and Gregory Soto...
Mets' MJ Melendez beats Marlins with 10th-inning homer
MJ Melendez hit the first walk-off homer of his career in the 10th inning Friday night, when the New York Mets squandered a four-run lead before outlasting the visiting Miami Marlins 9-7 in the opener of a three-game series between the National League East foes.,Pete Fairbanks (2-3) retired Juan Sot...
Cardinals sock 3 homers, dump Cubs to end 4-game skid
Ivan Herrera belted a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth inning, fueling the host St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.,St. Louis' Nelson Velazquez celebrated his call-up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday by launching a three-run homer in the first inning.,Thomas Saggese ...
White Sox await diagnosis on Munetaka Murakami (hamstring)
White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami, removed in the third inning of Chicago's game against the Detroit Tigers on Friday after tweaking his right hamstring, will undergo imaging on Saturday.,The 26-year-old rookie, who shares the American League homer lead with Houston's Yordan Alvarez, each with 20,...
Athletics RHP Luis Severino headed for tests on sore arm
Right-hander Luis Severino exited the Athletics' Friday game against the New York Yankees in West Sacramento, Calif., due to right arm soreness, and he will undergo tests on Saturday.,Severino, 32, was warming up for the start of the second inning when he suddenly walked to the back of the mound and...
Mariners squander 9th-inning lead, rally past D-backs in 10th
Randy Arozarena doubled home the winning run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners edged the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 Friday night.,J.P. Crawford homered twice and Julio Rodriguez and Luke Raley also went deep as the Mariners won their fourth game in a row. R...
Yankees overpower Athletics for fifth consecutive win
Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer and Ryan McMahon and Ben Rice added solo blasts as the New York Yankees rolled to an easy 8-2 victory over the Athletics on Friday in West Sacramento, Calif.,Rice had three hits and two RBIs and Aaron Judge also drove in two runs as the Yankees stretched their ...
Four solo shots, Justin Wrobleski's pitching lift Dodgers past Phils
Justin Wrobleski gave up one run on one hit over seven innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers increased their winning streak to six games with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Friday.,Wrobleski (7-2) recorded a career-high nine strikeouts with no walks on 88 pitches as he rebound...
Rockies overtake Giants with 2 homers, 5 runs in bottom of ninth
Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar homered in a five-run ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to stun the San Francisco Giants 8-6 in Denver on Friday.,Willi Castro, Jake McCarthy, Tyler Freeman, Goodman and Tovar had two hits each and Juan Mejia (1-4) got the win for Colorado, which snappe...
Brice Turang's sac fly in 10th lifts Brewers past Astros
Brice Turang produced a sacrifice fly that scored Christian Yelich in the top of the 10th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the Houston Astros 5-4 on Friday in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,Yelich, who opened the 10th at second base, used speed to manufacture the winnin...
Resurgent Rangers rout struggling Royals
MacKenzie Gore allowed four hits over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, and Ezequel Duran's two-run single highlighted a four-run first, as the Texas Rangers sent the visiting Kansas City Royals to a fourth straight defeat with Friday night's 9-1 victory at Arlington, Texas.,Brandon Nimmo and Nicky Lopez eac...
Athletics RHP Luis Severino exits after 1 inning with sore arm
Right-hander Luis Severino exited the Athletics' Friday game against the New York Yankees in West Sacramento, Calif., before the top of the second inning due to right arm soreness.,Severino, 32, was warming up when he suddenly walked to the back of the mound and looked toward the dugout, prompting c...
Athletics RHP Luis Severino exits after 1 inning with injury
Right-hander Luis Severino exited the Athletics' Friday game against the New York Yankees in West Sacramento, Calif., before the top of the second inning due to an undisclosed injury.,Severino, 32, was warming up when he suddenly walked to the back of the mound and looked toward the dugout, promptin...
MJ Melendez, Mets walk off Marlins
MJ Melendez hit the first walk-off homer of his career Friday night, when the New York Mets squandered a trio of four-run leads before outlasting the Miami Marlins, 9-7, in the opener of a three-game series between the National League East foes.,Pete Fairbanks (2-3) retired Juan Soto on a fly out to...
Miguel Vargas cracks walk-off HR as White Sox stun Tigers in 10th
Miguel Vargas smacked a game-ending two-run home run against Drew Anderson in the 10th inning to propel the host Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday.,Chicago, which lost slugging first baseman Munetaka Murakami to hamstring tightness in the third inning, has won thre...
Rare Jackson Merrill homer rallies Padres past Nats
Jackson Merrill cracked a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh and Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits as the visiting San Diego Padres rallied for a 7-5 win on Friday night against the Washington Nationals.,Ty France added a game-tying solo homer in the sixth for the Padres, who snapped a four-ga...
Nelson Velazquez, Ivan Herrera homer to lift Cardinals past Cubs
Ivan Herrera belted a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth inning, fueling the host St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.,St. Louis' Nelson Velazquez celebrated his call-up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday by launching a three-run homer in the first inning.,Thomas Saggese ...
Nick Martinez, big seventh inning rally Rays past Angels
Tampa Bay's Nick Martinez continued his amazing start with seven quality innings, and the Rays rallied with seven runs in the seventh inning to stop a season-long four-game losing streak in an 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Martinez (5-1) extended his str...
Bryan Reynolds' walk-off blast lifts Pirates past Twins
Bryan Reynolds' two-run walk-off home run lifted the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.,Reynolds' sixth home run of the season came with one out in the ninth off Twins reliever Taylor Rogers (1-2) and represented his second career walk-off home run and fou...
Blue Jays escape 5-run hole, pull out win over Orioles
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays wiped out a five-run deficit with late-game offense to stun the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday.,Charles McAdoo homered in his major league debut and Kazuma Okamoto also went deep during the comeba...