Baseball Page 51 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Red Sox having fun at home as Royals come to Fenway
The Boston Red Sox will have plenty of momentum and a rested bullpen when they open a three-game series against the visiting Kansas City Royals on Monday.,Boston completed a three-game sweep by beating the visiting Houston Astros 6-1 on Sunday, running its winning streak to five games. The Red Sox h...
Pirates' Johan Oviedo set to return from 2-year absence to face Giants
Nearly two years after he last pitched in a major league game, Johan Oviedo is ready to return to the Pittsburgh Pirates.,The 27-year-old right-hander will get the start on Monday against the visiting San Francisco Giants and veteran Justin Verlander.,The teams are set to open a three-game series af...
Tigers' Casey Mize looks for turnaround effort vs. Twins
Casey Mize pitched well enough during his first 15 starts to be named an American League All-Star. The Detroit Tigers right-hander will be looking to regain that form when he starts against the visiting Minnesota Twins on Monday night.,Mize (9-4, 3.43 ERA) is coming off three subpar outings. He gave...
Marlins are the hot team, for a change, heading into series vs. Astros
The Houston Astros, who are on track for their ninth straight playoff berth, will visit the red-hot Miami Marlins for a three-game series that starts on Monday night.,Houston also is on pace for its eighth American League West title in nine years. However, the Astros will arrive in Miami after getti...
MLB roundup: M's Julio Rodriguez sets 20-20 record in win
Julio Rodriguez hit a milestone home run as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 5-4 on Sunday.,Jorge Polanco and J.P. Crawford also went deep for the Mariners, who took three of four games in the series. Rodriguez's two-run homer in the third inning off Jacob deGrom (10-4) was t...
Julio Rodriguez reaches 20-20 again as Mariners edge Rangers
Julio Rodriguez hit a milestone home run as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 5-4 on Sunday afternoon.,Jorge Polanco and J.P. Crawford also went deep for the Mariners, who took three of four games in the series between the American League West rivals and improved to 10-3 again...
Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez dominates Tigers in shutout
Kyle Schwarber belted his 38th homer of the year and Cristopher Sanchez threw eight scoreless innings to help the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-0 victory Sunday night over the Detroit Tigers.,Sanchez (10-3) allowed five hits and struck out six over eight innings. He was dominant throughout, thro...
White Sox release former All-Star Noah Syndergaard
The Chicago White Sox released veteran right-hander Noah Syndergaard.,The 32-year-old is a former All-Star, who rose to prominence during his run with the New York Mets. In 2016, Syndergaard pitched 183 2/3 innings, posting a 2.60 ERA and 218 strikeouts.,However, injury struggles persisted, and the ...
Dylan Cease powers Padres past Cardinals
Jake Cronenworth cracked a two-run homer, and Dylan Cease tossed five scoreless innings as the San Diego Padres defeated the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 7-3 on Sunday.,Cease (4-10) allowed just one hit, a first-inning single to Ivan Herrera, and one walk while striking out nine. It was the first wi...
Julio Rodriguez hits 100th career homer as Mariners edge Rangers
Julio Rodriguez hit a milestone home run as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 5-4 Sunday afternoon.,Jorge Polanco and J.P. Crawford also went deep for the Mariners, who took three of four games in the series between the American League West rivals and improved to 10-3 against ...
Taylor Ward hits walk-off homer, Angels avoid sweep against White Sox
Taylor Ward hit a three-run home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth, as the Los Angeles Angels rallied from a 5-0 deficit for a 8-5 walk-off victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Ward, who finished with four RBIs, hit a 3-2 sweeper from Chicago reliever T...
Diamondbacks top A’s with balanced attack, snap post-deadline skid
Corbin Carroll capped a three-run second with an RBI single, Eduardo Rodriguez threw five effective innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks won a road series over the Athletics with a 6-4 victory Sunday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.,Blaze Alexander hit his first home run of the season, while Ale...
Spencer Horwitz drives in 6, as Pirates beat Rockies
Spencer Horwitz homered twice, doubled and drove in a career-high six runs, Tommy Pham also went deep, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 9-5 in Denver on Sunday.,Nick Gonzales had four hits for Pittsburgh, which salvaged the finale of the three-game series.,Mickey Moniak, Hunter G...
Cubs' Justin Turner cracks pinch-hit homer to walk off O's
Justin Turner delivered a pinch-hit two-run homer in the ninth to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 win against the visiting Baltimore Orioles Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of their three-game series.,On the first pitch after Orioles third baseman Jordan Westburg threw high to first on a Dansby S...
Giants top Mets for much-needed victory
Carson Whisenhunt recorded his first career win by combining with three relievers on an eight-hitter Sunday afternoon for the visiting San Francisco Giants, who beat the New York Mets 12-4 in the rubber game of a three-game series.,Rafael Devers was 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs for the Giants,...
Kyle Stowers' blast leads Marlins to unprecedented Yankees sweep
All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers launched a three-run homer as the host Miami Marlins claimed a 7-3 win on Sunday afternoon to sweep the New York Yankees for the first time.,Stowers, whose fourth-inning blast pushed the Marlins' lead to 6-1, finished with two homers and eight RBIs in the three-game ...
Royals score five in 10th to topple Blue Jays
Tyler Tolbert keyed a five-run 10th with a two-run single as the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 on Sunday afternoon.,Kyle Isbel started the 10th-inning rally with an RBI double against Seranthony Dominguez (2-4) to help the Royals take the rubber match of the three-ga...
Brice Turang goes deep twice as Brewers clobber Nationals
Brice Turang homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers routed the Washington Nationals 14-3 to complete a sweep of the three-game series.,The Brewers, who boast the best record (67-44) in baseball, scored 38 runs and collected 56 hits in the series.,Joey Ortiz had two hits and ...
Twins' early splurge highlights win over Guardians
Trevor Larnach singled in two runs to cap a four-run first inning as the visiting Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 Sunday.,The first four Minnesota batters scored to start the game and help the Twins salvage a win in the three-game series.,Twins starter Jose Urena went four innings i...
Angels activate top prospect Chrisitan Moore from IL, get Mike Trout back
As they strive to reach the postseason for the first time in over a decade, the Los Angeles Angels activated top prospect Christian Moore from the 10-day injured list as well as face of the franchise Mike Trout, who missed two games due to an illness.,Moore, a 22-year-old second baseman, had been ou...