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Surging Royals aim for sweep against tumbling Twins
Even as star Bobby Witt Jr. deals with a back issue, the Kansas City Royals appear confidently poised to continue their surge toward a potential postseason berth. ,The Royals can secure a winning homestand by completing a three-game series sweep of the lowly Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon.,Kans...
Rookies aim to power Nationals to series win against Cubs
Daylen Lile is swinging a hot bat of late, and the Windy City has done little to cool him off.,Lile will look to continue his torrid play on Sunday afternoon when the visiting Washington Nationals (57-84) play in the decisive contest of their three-game series against the Chicago Cubs (81-61).,The 2...
Giants look to reignite offense in series finale vs. Cardinals
After cooling down for a night, the San Francisco Giants will try to restart their offense when they close their weekend road series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.,The Giants (72-70) had won five straight games and 11 of 12 before squandering a ninth-inning lead in their 3-2 lo...
Phillies' Taijuan Walker looks to break drought, deliver sweep of Marlins
The Philadelphia Phillies will look to continue their push toward both the National League East title and a potential first-round bye in the postseason on Sunday afternoon when they vie for a three-game sweep of the host Miami Marlins.,The Phillies (83-59) have won three games in a row and seven of ...
Tigers' Charlie Morton aims to get back on track vs. White Sox
Charlie Morton had one of his best outings of the season against the Chicago White Sox.,Following two subpar performances, though, the veteran right-hander will look to bounce back in the finale of the Detroit Tigers' three-game home series against the White Sox on Sunday afternoon.,Pitching for Bal...
Reds chase series victory in 'must-win' game vs. Mets
The Cincinnati Reds can end their nine-game homestand on a positive note when they conclude a three-game series against the New York Mets on Sunday afternoon.,A win Sunday not only would give the Reds (71-71) the series victory over the Mets (76-66), but it also would give them the season series, 4-...
Jacob Misiorowski bids to pitch Brewers to series sweep of Pirates
Two of the more celebrated rookie pitchers in baseball will square off on Sunday afternoon when Milwaukee Brewers star Jacob Misiorowski faces fellow right-hander Bubba Chandler of the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the teams' series finale.,Misiorowski (4-2, 4.50 ERA), who is 0-1 with an 8.59 ERA over ...
Yankees turn to Max Fried vs. Jays' Max Scherzer in finale
Max Fried endured his worst stretch of the season and experienced two shaky outings in Toronto in July as the New York Yankees tumbled out of first place in the American League East.,The left-hander appears to be reverting to his stellar form from earlier this season and will be on the mound Sunday ...
Orioles feeling highs, Dodgers lows of consecutive walk-off games
The Los Angeles Dodgers have a final chance to salvage what has been a disastrous road trip.,That comes Sunday afternoon against the Baltimore Orioles, who have won the first two games of the series in walk-off fashion.,"There's a lot of good things we did, so that certainly makes it tougher," Dodge...
Guardians look to remain above Rays in playoff race
The Cleveland Guardians worked hard Saturday night to climb over the host Tampa Bay Rays in the wild-card standings and will look to increase that advantage in Sunday's series finale.,Having Steven Kwan at the top of the order is a huge asset.,The outfielder grounded a two-out hopper between third a...
Braves trying to spark Ronald Acuna Jr. while Mariners keep slugging
Atlanta manager Brian Snitker tried something different to help Ronald Acuna Jr. break out of his slump Saturday.,After sitting out Friday's game, Acuna batted sixth Saturday for the first time since his rookie year in 2018.,He didn't have any hits, but he did walk twice to keep rallies alive for th...
MLB roundup: O's break up Dodgers' no-hitter in 9th, rally for win
Emmanuel Rivera hit a game-winning two-run single in Baltimore's four-run bottom of the ninth and the Orioles, who didn't have a hit through 8 2/3 innings, rallied past the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers for a 4-3 victory Saturday night.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within one out of throwing a no-hitter, ...
Jordan Walker hits walk-off double as Cards top Giants
Jordan Walker snapped an 0-for-25 slump with a walk-off two-run double to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday night., ,The Cardinals (71-72) trailed 2-0 going into the ninth inning before scoring three times against Giants closer Ryan Walk...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 1 out from no-hitter, but O's stun Dodgers
Emmanuel Rivera hit a game-winning two-run single in Baltimore's four-run bottom of the ninth and the Orioles, who didn't have a hit through 8 2/3 innings, rallied past the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers for a 4-3 victory Saturday night.,Yoshinobu Yamamoto came within one out of throwing a no-hitter, ...
Athletics bash 4 HRs, 21 hits in blowout of Angels
Nick Kurtz, Colby Thomas, Carlos Cortes and JJ Bleday each homered and Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs to lead the Athletics to a 17-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif., ,Thomas went 2-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs and Jac...
Steven Kwan's go-ahead single pushes Guardians past Rays
Steven Kwan chopped a go-ahead, RBI infield single with two outs in the ninth as the Cleveland Guardians won their second straight over the host Tampa Bay Rays, 3-2, on Saturday night., ,Against Pete Fairbanks (4-5) in a 2-2 game, Cleveland (71-70) got a leadoff single by Daniel Schneemann and a wal...
Tarik Skubal tosses another gem as Tigers top White Sox
Tarik Skubal extended his franchise record by pitching seven scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers ended the visiting Chicago White Sox's six-game winning streak with a 6-0 shutout Saturday., ,Skubal (13-4) has 12 starts this season in which he has pitched at least six innings and allowed no runs...
Padres emerge from hit-fest with victory over Rockies
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered and singled to reach 700 career hits, Freddy Fermin had two hits and drove in three runs, and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 10-8 in Denver on Saturday night.,Luis Arraez and Ryan O'Hearn had three hits apiece and Ramon Laureano finished with two hits to he...
Brandon Pfaadt quiets Red Sox bats as D-backs win 4th straight
James McCann had three hits and scored twice, Brandon Pfaadt pitched six strong innings to earn his 13th victory and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 in Phoenix on Saturday.,Adrian Del Castillo had two hits and Jake McCarthy had two RBIs for the D-backs, who have won four in a ro...
Offensive outburst backs Hunter Brown as Astros rout Rangers
Christian Walker and Yordan Alvarez blasted solo home runs to back the splendid start from pitcher Hunter Brown as the Houston Astros walloped the Texas Rangers 11-0 on Saturday to capture the second game of a key three-game series between the American League West rivals in Arlington, Texas.,The win...