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Cards' Sonny Gray eyes turnaround, starting vs. Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Sonny Gray enters Thursday night's series opener with the host Chicago Cubs sitting among the National League leaders with 10 wins, but he will be happy to flip the calendar to August.,Gray (10-6, 3.79 ERA) was just 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in four starts in July, allowin...
Jo Adell's new approach paying off as Angels battle Rockies
The calendar turns to August on Thursday when the Los Angeles Angels oppse the Colorado Rockies in the decisive game of a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif., but for Angels right fielder Jo Adell, it's never too late to try something new.,In spring training, Adell tinkered with eliminating a leg k...
Braves' Jorge Soler returning to Atlanta to face Marlins
Former World Series MVP Jorge Soler returns to Atlanta for the first time since rejoining the Braves when they begin a four-game series against the new-look Miami Marlins on Thursday.,Soler is still remembered for hitting a ball out of Houston's Minute Maid Park in 2021 when he helped the Braves win...
MLB roundup: O's get slam from Jackson Holliday, beat Jays
Top prospect Jackson Holliday hit a fifth-inning grand slam for his first career home run in his return to the major leagues as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 on Wednesday afternoon.,Holliday, who had only two hits across 34 at-bats during a spring promotion, retu...
Buyers at deadline, Royals face Tigers, who dealt key pieces
Kansas City and Detroit took vastly different approaches heading leading up to Tuesday's trade deadline.,Making a playoff push, the Royals added three relievers and a utility infielder. The Tigers were sellers, subtracting four veterans and acquiring seven minor leaguers.,The fortified Royals -- who...
Kyle Freeland, Rockies edge Angels 2-1 on late HR
Brenton Doyle's eighth-inning home run snapped a tie and lifted the Colorado Rockies to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Doyle's homer off Angels reliever Hans Crouse (4-2) was his 18th of the season and the 11th in July, during which the center fielder...
Logan Webb goes distance as Giants blank A's 1-0
Logan Webb won a 1-hour, 55-minute pitchers' duel over Ross Stripling with his second career shutout as the host San Francisco Giants salvaged a split of their two-game series against the rival Oakland Athletics with a 1-0 victory Wednesday night.,Facing a team that ranked second in the majors in ru...
Orioles must fill hole in lineup to open series vs. Guardians
After a bittersweet day, the Baltimore Orioles have an adjustment to make when they hit the road to begin a 10-game road trip with the opener of a four-game series against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.,First, the positives: The American League East-leading Orioles cruised to their fourth win ...
Dylan Cease, Padres complete two-game sweep of Dodgers
Luis Campusano homered while Dylan Cease won his fourth straight start as the San Diego Padres earned a two-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers with an 8-1 victory on Wednesday.,In his first outing since no-hitting the Washington Nationals on July 25, Cease (11-8) allowed three hits and a...
Mauricio Dubon's pinch-hit HR caps Astros' rally, sinks Pirates
Mauricio Dubon clubbed his first career pinch-hit home run and the Houston Astros won their seventh consecutive game with starter Framber Valdez on the mound, topping the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Wednesday to salve the finale of a three-game interleague series., ,Dubon turned on a first-pi...
Ian Happ haunts Reds again, leads Cubs to 13-4 win
Ian Happ went 3-for-4 with a tape measure home run and Seiya Suzuki added a pair of doubles and three RBIs as the visiting Chicago Cubs salvaged the series finale with a 13-4 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday.,Happ, who attended the University of Cincinnati, has 18 homers and 49 RBIs in 56 ca...
San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays Took Divergent MLB Trade Deadline Paths
Like many MLB Trade Deadlines, this one was dominated by buyers and sellers. The San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays took divergent paths this deadline....
MLB roundup: O's get grand slam from Jackson Holliday, beat Jays
Top prospect Jackson Holliday hit a fifth-inning grand slam for his first career home run in his return to the major leagues as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 on Wednesday afternoon.,Holliday, who had only two hits across 34 at-bats during a spring promotion, retu...
Rafael Devers, Red Sox walk off vs. Mariners
Rafael Devers led off the bottom of the 10th inning with an RBI double that scored Tyler O'Neill and handed the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 win over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Wednesday., ,Devers had three hits in the victory, which gave the Red Sox their second win in the three-game series. Boston p...
D-backs hang on to edge Nats
The Arizona Diamondbacks erupted for four runs in the sixth inning and held on for their seventh win in eight games, a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals in Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon.,The Nationals, who lost their fourth game in a row, scored one run in the eighth on Luis Garcia Jr.'s RB...
Marlins end Taj Bradley’s scoreless streak in 6-2 win over Rays
Jake Burger blasted a two-run homer during a three-run third inning as the Miami Marlins earned a split of a two-game series with a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.,The Marlins rocked red-hot right-hander Taj Bradley (6-5) for four runs on four hits in h...
Report: Rays traded pricey talent after failed sale bid
The Tampa Bay Rays' decision to offload some of their top talent before Tuesday's trade deadline partially stemmed from a deal to buy the team that never came to be, the New York Post reported Wednesday. ,Rays owner Stuart Sternberg was looking to sell the team to a group of local investors for $1.6...
Orioles All-Star 3B Jordan Westburg fractures hand
Baltimore Orioles All-Star third baseman Jordan Westburg sustained a fractured right hand when hit by a pitch in Wednesday's game against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.,Westburg was plunked by a fastball from Toronto's Yerry Rodriguez in the fifth inning.,Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is hopeful Wes...
Braves use clutch hits, power display to down Brewers
Austin Riley grounded a go-ahead two-run single in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 6-2 victory over the host Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon.,After Milwaukee reliever Jared Koenig walked Jorge Soler to load the bases with two outs in the seventh, Elvis Peguero ...
Tommy Pham helps Cardinals rout Rangers, 10-1
Tommy Pham continued his happy homecoming by driving in two runs and scoring twice as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers 10-1 Wednesday afternoon.,Pham, who spent parts of five seasons with the Cardinals to start his career, hit a grand slam Tuesday on his first game since arriving i...